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  • ITE 4950: Technology Management Intern

    1.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Student interns work with an industrial organization which most nearly approximates their goals for employment. The intent of the internship is to provide students with practical work experience in an environment in which they will be dealing with practical problems requiring real solutions in a relatively short time frame. Working with the Internship Center, advisor and department chairperson approval are required before course enrollment. Credit for this course shall be awarded as one academic credit for each 40 hours of internship work. During the internship, students will be limited to three weeks of activities in one discipline area. For the purposes of this internship, a discipline area is defined as an area of industrial work that would normally be taught by one undergraduate course.
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  • ITE 4990: Research Project

    6.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide supervised research experience in initiating, designing, analyzing, documenting and presenting original research in an area of interest to the student. This course is to be completed under the supervision and direction of a faculty member who will work with the student to develop an appropriate topic related to technology management and methodology for investigation.
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  • LAW 1000: Introduction to Legal Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course provides an introduction to the role of the paralegal within the American legal system. Students are introduced to the structure and operation of the court system and tasks managed by paralegals. The ethical obligations of the paralegal is emphasized.
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  • LAW 2000: Methods of Legal Research

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Students learn traditional legal research materials and brief writing techniques. The course emphasizes computerized legal research through West Law and Lexis-Nexis. Extensive work in brief and memorandum writing are used to apply the research techniques used.
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  • LAW 2001: Legal Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course trains students in the various writing tasks performed by a paralegal. The learner will become proficient at writing pleadings, trial briefs, appellate briefs, legal memoranda, demand letters, and informational requests.
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  • LAW 2500: Proc and Pract of Criminal Law

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course will examine the development of law and an analysis of the criminal system bureaucracy, including punishment, courts and police. This course will instruct the legal studies student to prepare all documents and procedures in a criminal law practice, be it the District Attorney's Office or a private defense office.
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  • LAW 3003: Anglo-American Jurisprudence

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The primary aim of this course is the introduction of mainline American theories of law and jurisprudence from its common law roots to the founding period of this nation. At issue is the evolution of our current legal institutions and principles. How does a body of law and practice become fully ensconced into the dynamism known as America? How does the English system influence the American model? The course looks at legal definitions, legal procedures and processes, common law principles, the role of judge, jury and the tribunal, the pedagogy of legal education, the types of legal professions common to Western democracies as well as the development of ecclesiastical, equitable, civil and criminal systems. Finally, the course examines some of the more influential thinkers in law and jurisprudence at the time of this nation's founding including Locke, Mill and Jefferson.
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  • LAW 3100: Legal Resources and Databases

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to teach students to use a law library, perform legal research, analyze legal problems, and write a legal memorandum, draft pleadings and case briefs. Students are taught to locate and use primary, secondary and CALR legal research sources to solve legal problems, including federal and state cases, digests, statutes, regulations, treatises, encyclopedias, law reviews, citators, and practice works. Students are expected to produce a written scholarly work at the courses end.
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  • LAW 3200: Litigation and Trial Evidence

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course will teach you the principles of civil litigation in federal and state courts. You will learn causes of action and defenses, and will be introduced to rules of procedure and discovery, along with ethical responsibilities. Pretrial practice, including discovery, pretrial motions and trial preparations, will be covered, together with the basics of a civil trial, post-trial motions and appeals. The principles learned will be applied to practical exercises.
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  • LAW 3300: Real Property

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is an introduction to Real Estate Law and covers the processes, procedures, and legal concepts involved in residential and commercial real estate. A solid foundation of real estate law concepts, with a special focus on the oil and gas industry, is provided in this course. The student will learn the essentials of real estate law, including various forms of ownership and tenancy, title search and closing activities, and real estate sale and transfer procedures. Special issues such as leasehold estates, common interest communities and real estate development will also be covered.
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