All Course Descriptions

LET 2313 - Civil Litigation I

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2313 - Civil Litigation I (Prerequisites: LET 1123 & LET 1213). This course is designed to study the litigation process. Emphasis is on the structure of the Mississippi Court System and on gathering information and evidence, summarizing and arranging materials, maintaining docket and file control, developing a litigation case, and interviewing clients and witnesses, using ethical standards. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2323 - Torts

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2323 - Torts (Prerequisite: LET 1123). This course provides instruction in the area of law that deals with civil wrongs and injuries, including intentional wrongs, negligence, and strict liability. It concentrates on the elements of a tort, type of tort, damages, ethics, and remedies. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2333 - Civil Litigation II

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2333 - Civil Litigation II (Prerequisite: LET 2313). This course is designed to continue the study of the litigation process from discovery through appeal. Emphasis is placed on collecting and organizing discovery materials and demonstrating knowledge of the limits placed on discovery by the federal and states rules of civil procedure. The course also includes the trial and appeal phases of litigation, with emphasis on trial preparation and appellate procedure. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2343 - Contracts

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2343 - Contracts. This course provides instruction in the area of contract law, concentrating on the elements of a valid contract, various types of contracts, the Uniform Commercial Code, and ethical issues in contract law. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2353 - Criminal Law

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2353 - Criminal Law. This course provides an overview of criminal law, and the procedures involved in the criminal process. The course focuses on the Mississippi court system, legal terminology involved in criminal practice, and on gathering information and evidence, and using ethical standards. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2373 - Contracts and Business Law

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2373 - Contracts and Business Law. This course provides instruction in the area of contract law, concentrating on the elements of a valid contract, various types of contracts, the Uniform Commercial Code, and ethical issues in contract law. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2383 - Criminal Law and Procedure

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2383 - Criminal Law and Procedure. This course provides an overview of criminal law and the procedures involved in the criminal process. The course focuses on the Mississippi court system, legal terminology involved in a criminal practice, and on gathering information and evidence, using ethical standards. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2453 - Real Property I

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2453 - Real Property I. This course is an introduction to real property law including ownership, transfer of property, liens and encumbrances, and the various types of deeds. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2463 - Real Property II

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2463 - Real Property II (Prerequisite: LET 2453). This course examines legal documents related to real property as recorded in the chancery clerk's office, the tax assessor's office, and the circuit clerk's office. It includes compiling a title abstract and completing an assignment to prepare a real estate file from transaction through closing and post-closing implementing ethics. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2523 - Bankruptcy Law

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2523 - Bankruptcy Law (Prerequisite: LET 1123). This course is an introduction to federal bankruptcy law. Emphasis is placed on federal bankruptcy statutes, chapters and forms. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2653 - Law Office Management

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2653 - Law Office Management. This course provides practical application of daily legal office skills needed in the legal field, professional enrichment presentations, history of the profession, professional ethics through fact analysis, and an overview of law office management. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LET 2913 - Special Problem in Paralegal Technology

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2913 - Special Problem in Paralegal Technology. A course to provide students with an opportunity to utilize skills and knowledge gained in other Paralegal Technology courses. Six hours laboratory. Three hours credit.

LET 2923 - Internship for Paralegal

Technical Hours: 3
LET 2923 - Internship for Paralegal. Supervised practical experience in a private law office, courts, government offices, or businesses. Provides students the opportunity to apply theory presented in the classroom in a supervised work setting. (135 clock hours supervised work experience minimum). Three hours credit.

LLS 1151 - College Life

Academic Hours: 1
LLS 1151 - College Life. This course is designed to assist the first-time student in achieving academic, career, and personal success. One hour lecture. One hour credit.

LLS 1152 - College Life

Academic Hours: 2
LLS 1152 - College Life. This course is designed to assist the first-time student in achieving academic, career, and personal success. Two hours lecture. Two hours credit.

LLS 1313 - Orientation

Academic Hours: 3
LLS 1313 - Orientation. This course is designed to help the new college student adjust to college life. It includes a study of personal and social adjustments and gives the student guidance in collegiate life. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LLS 1321 - Career Exploration

Academic Hours: 1
LLS 1321 - Career Exploration. This course is designed to assist students in determining career goals. Interest tests, personality inventories, and aptitude tests are given to assist students in determining career choices. One hour lecture. One hour credit.

LLS 1322 - Career Exploration

Academic Hours: 2
LLS 1322 - Career Exploration. This course is designed to assist students in determining career goals. Interest tests, personality inventories, and aptitude tests are given to assist students in determining career choices. Two hours lecture. Two hours credit.

LLS 1323 - Career Exploration

Academic Hours: 3
LLS 1323 - Career Exploration. This course is designed to assist students in determining career goals. Interest tests, personality inventories, and aptitude tests are given to assist students in determining career choices. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LLS 1413 - Enhancement of Study

Academic Hours: 3
LLS 1413 - Enhancement of Study. This course is designed to aid the student in study skills, promote student success in critical reading and note-taking techniques, critical thinking, time management, test-taking strategies, listening and memory enhancement. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

LLS 1713 - Job Search Skills

Academic Hours: 3
LLS 1713 - Job Search Skills. This course is designed to prepare students for job networking skills, completing applications, resume writing, interviewing, and work ethic. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1233 - Intermediate Algebra

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1233 – Intermediate Algebra (Prerequisite: MAT 0124 with a C or appropriate placement score for MAT 1233). This course includes linear equations and their graphs; inequalities and number line graphs; rational expressions; factoring; laws of exponents; radicals; polynomials. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 124 - Beginning Algebra

Academic Hours: 4
MAT 0124 – Beginning Algebra. This course includes operations with real numbers, linear equations, the coordinate system, linear inequalities, laws of exponents, operations with polynomials, and factoring. Four hours lecture. Four hours institutional credit. (Not designed to transfer.)

MAT 1313 - College Algebra

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1313 – College Algebra (Prerequisite: MAT 1233 with a C or appropriate placement score for MAT 1313). This course includes the following topics with applications: inequalities; functions; linear and quadratic equations, and their graphs; rational, radical, and higher-order equations; polynomial and rational functions; logarithmic and exponential functions; systems of equations. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1323 - Trigonometry

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1323 - Trigonometry (Prerequisite: MAT 1313 or appropriate placement score for MAT 1323). This course includes trigonometric functions and their graphs; trigonometric identities; trigonometric equations; radian measurement; solutions of right and oblique triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; applications. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1513 - Business Calculus I

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1513 – Business Calculus I (Prerequisite: MAT 1313 or appropriate placement score for MAT 1323). This course is a study of functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, and applications of derivatives to business and economics. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1523 - Business Calculus II

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1523 – Business Calculus II (Prerequisite: MAT 1513). This course is a study of antiderivatives, techniques of integration, and applications of the definite integral to business and economics. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1613 - Calculus I

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1613 – Calculus I (Pre-requisite: MAT 1323 or appropriate placement score for MAT 1613). This course includes the following topics: limits; continuity; the definition of the derivative; differentiation; and applications. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1623 - Calculus II

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1623 – Calculus II (Prerequisite: MAT 1613). This course includes the following topics: antiderivatives, the definite integral, indefinite integrals, techniques of integration, improper integrals, and applications. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1723 - The Real Number System

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1723 – Real Number System (Prerequisite: MAT 0124 with a C or appropriate placement score for MAT 1233). This course is designed for elementary and special education majors. Topics include set theory, numeration systems, foundations of number theory, and properties and operations of real numbers. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1733 - Geometry, Measurement, & Probability

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1733 – Geometry, Measurement, and Probability (Prerequisite: MAT 1233 with a C or appropriate placement score for MAT 1313). This course is designed for elementary and special education majors. Topics include geometric definitions, shapes, and formulas; linear and angular measurements; unit conversions, statistics and probability. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1743 - Problem Solving

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1743 – Problem Solving (Prerequisite: MAT 1723). This course is designed for elementary and special education majors. Topics include logic, applications of real numbers, probability, and statistics. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 1753 - Quantitative Reasoning: Math in Your World

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 1753 – Quantitative Reasoning: Math in Your World. This course includes practical mathematics concepts from logic, algebra, set theory, probability, descriptive statistics, and finance. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 2113 - Introduction to Linear Algebra

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 2113 - Introduction to Linear Algebra (Prerequisite: MAT 1623). This course includes the following topics: systems of linear equations; matrices; determinants; vector spaces; orthogonality; linear transformations; applications; Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 2323 - Statistics

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 2323 – Statistics (Prerequisite: MAT 1313 or appropriate placement score of MAT 1613). This course is an introduction to statistical methods of describing, summarizing, comparing, and interpreting data to include probability distributions, sampling, estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 2613 - Calculus III

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 2613 – Calculus III (Prerequisite: MAT 1623). This course includes the following topics: analytical geometry; parametric equations; polar coordinates; infinite sequences and series; Taylor polynomials; vectors; geometry of space; and vector-valued functions. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 2623 - Calculus IV

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 2623 – Calculus IV (Prerequisite: MAT 2613). This course includes the following topics: partial differentiation; optimization; multiple integration; vector calculus; quadric surfaces; line integrals; and the divergence theorem. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MAT 2913 - Differential Equations

Academic Hours: 3
MAT 2913 – Differential Equations (Pre/Co-requisite: MAT 2623). This course includes the following topics: solutions of first- and higher-order differential equations; existence theorems; Laplace transforms; applications. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MFL 1203 - Occupational Spanish

Academic Hours: 3
MFL 1203 – Occupational Spanish. This course is designed to teach basic oral communication skills for interaction in Spanish in an occupational setting. Specialized variations of this course include but are not limited to Law Enforcement, Military, Medical, and Business. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MFL 1213 - Spanish I

Academic Hours: 3
MFL 1213 – Spanish I. This course is an oral-aural approach which stresses conversation, pronunciation, listening comprehension, reading, writing, and functional grammar with emphasis on communication and culture. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MFL 1223 - Spanish II

Academic Hours: 3
MFL 1223 – Spanish II (Prerequisite: MFL 1213). This course builds on MFL 1213 with wider vocabulary and more complex structures and functions. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MFL 2213 - Spanish III

Academic Hours: 3
MFL 2213 – Spanish III (Prerequisite: MFL 1223). This course builds on MFL 1223 with additional materials of literary and cultural value. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MFL 2223 - Spanish IV

Academic Hours: 3
MFL 2223 – Spanish IV (Prerequisite: MFL 2213). This course builds on MFL 2213 with additional literary and cultural readings and compositions as well as a review of essential elements of grammar. Three hours lecture. Three hours credit.

MGT 1111 - CPR and First Aid

Technical Hours: 1
MGT 1111 - CPR and First Aid. This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary to provide emergency care for the injured or ill until appropriate professionals take over. One hour lecture. One hour credit.

MGT 1214 - Introduction to Massage Therapy

Technical Hours: 4
MGT 1214 - Introduction to Massage Therapy. This course teaches the student theories and principles of therapeutic massage and includes the effects, benefits, indications and contraindications, history of massage therapy, Mississippi laws and regulations pertaining to massage therapist, educational and licensing requirements, professional ethics, equipment and products, client evaluations, draping techniques, massage environment, massage therapy in a healthcare system, sanitary and safety practices, therapist body mechanics, conditioning, strengthening, flexibility, human relationship skills, and basic business and marketing skills. Four hours lecture. Four hours credit.

MGT 1224 - Massage Therapy I

Technical Hours: 4
MGT 1224 - Massage Therapy I. This course examines basic skills in massage therapy for various modalities. Each modality will move into the next progressive phase enhancing the student's knowledge. Four hours lecture. Four hours credit.

MGT 1233 - Massage Therapy I Lab

Technical Hours: 3
MGT 1233 - Massage Therapy I Lab. This course develops basic skills in massage therapy for various modalities in a laboratory setting. Each modality will move into the next progressive phase enhancing the student's knowledge. Six hours laboratory. Three hours credit.

MGT 1244 - Massage Therapy II

Technical Hours: 4
MGT 1244 - Massage Therapy II. Students will develop basic skills in massage therapy. Each modality will move into the next progressive phase enhancing the student's knowledge. Four hours lecture. Four hours credit.

MGT 1253 - Massage Therapy II Lab

Technical Hours: 3
MGT 1253 - Massage Therapy II Lab. Students will develop basic skills in massage therapy in a laboratory setting. Each modality will move into the next progressive phase enhancing the student's knowledge. Six hours laboratory. Three hours credit.

MGT 1263 - Massage Therapy Clinical Lab II

Technical Hours: 3
MGT 1263 - Massage Therapy Clinical Lab II. This course applies the principles and theories of Introduction to Massage Therapy and Massage Therapy I and builds on the principles and theories taught in Massage Therapy II and is a continuation of Massage Therapy Clinical Lab I. Six hours laboratory. Three hours credit.