2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

English Language and Literature, Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Concentration, B.A.

Program Requirements

Core Requirements: Minimum of 38 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements. Students in the English Language and Literature, Pre-Law and Paralegal Studies Concentration must take PHIL 220 to satisfy the core requirement in Reasoning Skills-Critical Thinking.

Other Major Requirements: Grade of C or higher is required in all courses used to fulfill major requirements.

Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.

Online Degree Completion

This program has an online degree completion option for the final two years. See here for more information: https://www.uncfsu.edu/fsu-admissions/online

University College Core Curriculum: 38-40 Credits

Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits

UNIV 101-102 required for all first-time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.

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Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits

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Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits

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** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits

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Information Literacy: 3 Credits

ENGL 120 - English Composition II

Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

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Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3-4 Credits

MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.

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Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7-8 Credits

At least one natural science class must include its associated lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.

Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits

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** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits

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** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Global Literacy: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

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Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits

Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Select three credits from the following:

** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Foundations of American Democracy

Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits.

Select three credits from the courses below.

The course selected must also be used to satisfy another Core or major requirement. The credits count only once.

The following course may also satisfy the Written Communication Core requirement:
ENGL 111 - Composition I: Writing about American Democracy
The following courses may also satisfy the Scientific Literacy – Social Science Core requirement:
HIST 212 - The United States since 1865
POLI 210 - Principles of American Government
The following courses may also satisfy the Humanities and Creative Arts Core requirement:
HUMN 216 - Cultural Foundations of American Democracy
HUMN 217 - Performing American Democracy
PHIL 230 - Political and Social Philosophy
The following courses may also satisfy the Ethics and Civic Engagement Core requirement:
BADM 220 - Ethics in a Contemporary World
HCM 200 - Foundations of American Democracy and Ethics for Health Professions
HIST 211 - The United States to 1865
POLI 150 - North Carolina Government and Politics

Program Requirements: 82 Credits

English Courses: 25 Credits

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English Language and Professional Writing Courses: 15 Credits

Select five courses from the following:

Pre-Law and Paralegal Interdisciplinary Electives: 30 Credits

ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I
ECON 211 - Principles of Macroeconomics
HIPO 341 - Constitutional Law and History
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Logic (if not taken to satisfy core requirements)
POLI 200 - Introduction to Political Science
(if not taken to satisfy core requirements)

Select three from the following:

At least four of the legal specialty courses must be taken in the traditional classroom setting (includes ENGL 380, ENGL 381, and HIPO 341)

Select four from the following:

Any ENGL or TESL 300-400 level courses
FINC 311 - Principles of Finance
HIPO 440 - Modern Ideologies
PHIL 320 - Introduction to Ethics
POLI 460 - History of Political Theory II

Foreign Language Courses: 6 Credits

Any two foreign language courses

Free Electives: 6 Credits

Select any courses

Total Credit Hours: 120