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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION<br />
This course examines the role of the paralegal in the<br />
rendering of legal services by attorneys to clients and<br />
the ethical rules that govern that relationship. The<br />
student will become familiar with the concept of the<br />
unauthorized practice of law, the criminal penalties such<br />
practices carry and the best means to avoid liability.<br />
Comprehensive study of the ABA’s Model Rules of<br />
Professional Conduct will give the student a broad base<br />
from which to operate ethically and legally as a<br />
paralegal.<br />
POLS 134 FAMILY LAW<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite)<br />
This course examines Family Law rules and procedures<br />
for the paralegal working in a California family law<br />
practice. Concepts covered include marital contracts,<br />
annulment, separation, dissolution, child custody and<br />
support, spousal support, property division, and tax<br />
consequences of family law procedures. Included will be<br />
current topics in family law such as demise of marriage,<br />
same-sex unions, adoptions, and surrogate<br />
motherhood.<br />
POLS 135 TORT LAW FOR PARALEGALS<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite)<br />
This course introduces the paralegal to the world of tort<br />
law; takes them through the basic concepts that are the<br />
foundation of negligence litigation (duty, breach,<br />
causation, damages), intentional torts to both persons<br />
and property, and strict liability. Introduces the student<br />
to investigative procedures in personal injury cases.<br />
POLS 136 LEGAL WRITING FOR PARALEGALS<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite.)<br />
This course provides the paralegal student with the<br />
development of good legal writing skills. Critical analysis<br />
of proper legal writing forms stressing logic, clarity and<br />
format will be used to shape the paralegal student’s<br />
ability to produce such legal documents as correspondence,<br />
legal briefs, memorandum of law,<br />
pleadings, and appellate briefs.<br />
POLS 137 BEGINNING LEGAL RESEARCH FOR<br />
PARALEGALS<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite.)<br />
This course provides the paralegal student with a<br />
beginning introduction to the sources and means of<br />
legal research. The course will focus on developing the<br />
student’s ability to locate and use various types of legal<br />
authority including legal encyclopedias, constitutions,<br />
statutes, court opinions, administrative regulations, and<br />
appellate decisions. The student will be expected to<br />
learn and practice Shepardizing and citation checking<br />
skills.<br />
POLS 139 WILLS AND TRUSTS FOR PARALEGALS<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite.)<br />
This course introduces the paralegal student to the laws<br />
of Wills, Trusts and Estates, including the creation of<br />
wills, testate succession, intestate succession, trust<br />
creation and arrangements, family protection, estate<br />
planning, probate courts, and estate taxes.<br />
POLS 138 COOPERATIVE EDUCATION<br />
See Cooperative Education listing ( 1-8 units)<br />
POLS 206 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
POLICY AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No<br />
prerequisite)<br />
This course examines American environmental policy<br />
and how natural resources are managed. The historical,<br />
global, and ethical dimensions of how our society<br />
relates to the environment are analyzed from an<br />
interdisciplinary perspective.<br />
POLS 211 GLOBAL ISSUES (formerly POLS 111)<br />
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU, UC. (No<br />
prerequisite. Grade Option). This course may be taken<br />
two times.<br />
Surveys recent developments in the nature of global<br />
interdependence. Examines the major political,<br />
economic, and military conflicts of this century and<br />
recent problems of population growth, environmental<br />
decay, ethnic/national antagonism and violence, and<br />
post-Cold War politics. Course content changes based<br />
on current events.<br />
PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Psychology is a behavioral science which has as its<br />
goals to describe, understand, explain, predict and<br />
influence behavior and mental processes. Graduates in<br />
psychology—bachelor’s degree and post-graduate<br />
study required—are employed in a number of areas,<br />
including teaching, research, and practice. Some of the<br />
major sub-fields in psychology are clinical, counseling,<br />
developmental, educational, environmental, health,<br />
industrial/organizational, neuroscience, physiological,<br />
quantitative (math, psychometrics, statistics), school,<br />
and social psychology.<br />
Career Opportunities<br />
Advertising Executive<br />
Industrial/Organizational Psychologist<br />
Marriage, Family and Child Counselor<br />
Mental Health Officer<br />
Personnel Analyst<br />
Probation Officer<br />
Psychologist<br />
POLITICAL SCIENCE • PSYCHOLOGY<br />
2012-2013 <strong>Victor</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> <strong>College</strong> Catalog 293