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  • 5.00 Credits

    This course is designed to assist students in understanding codes and adjacent code provisions. It addresses various codes founded upon certain basic principles of environmental sanitation and safety through properly designed, acceptably installed, and adequately maintained plumbing systems will be addressed. NOTE: Prerequisites: Must be employed by a Master Plumber. Prerequisite:    At Least Two Years of Apprenticeship and Employed by a Master Plumber
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on residential drainage and venting systems. It provides explanations of the elements and processes involved in the drainage systems, as well as instructions on appropriate applications. Student will also learn how to diagnosis blockage and slow drain problems associated with improper installation, inferior materials and improper venting. Prerequisite:    PLB 112
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course introduces advance piping principles as they apply to the plumbing industry. Students learn to identify and use a variety of piping, fittings, and materials in domestic water and drainage installations. These installations could be in new or retro-fit applications. Prerequisite:    PLB 210
  • 2.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to help students develop the fundamentals skills required to install plumbing related fixtures, faucets and appliances in residential homes. The course builds on the skills students acquire in the introductory Faucets and Fixtures course. Prerequisite:    PLB 211
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course presents the principles of heating water for consumption in a variety of applications. Students also learn the theories and practice of using different fuels to produce hot water systems. In addition, they gain knowledge of several types of hot water systems configurations as well as how to install residential hot water heating systems. Prerequisite:    PLB 212
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an overview of the paralegal profession while focusing on the role of the paralegal in the legal profession, the legal and ethical rules that determine unauthorized practice of law, and key legal terminology used in the profession. While developing critical thinking and legal reasoning skills, students will be introduced to such concepts as common law, constitutional foundation in the American legal system, federalism, and differences between the federal and state court systems. Prerequisite:    (ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces basic legal research and writing skills. Students are taught the basics of researching issues of substantive and procedural law as well as how to draft basic legal documents. This course also introduces students to traditional law library resources, such as Black's Law Dictionary, U.S. Code, the Pennsylvania Code, Federal Reporter, Pennsylvania Reporter, Atlantic Reporter, and legal treatises. In addition, students will learn about online research sources including Lexis and the official federal and Pennsylvania State Courts websites. Students need to obtain a C or higher in the course in order to take any course that requires PLG 110 as a prerequisite. Prerequisite:    PLG 100* (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds upon the knowledge and skills acquired in Legal Research and Writing I to research substantive and legal issues with more complexity and greater depth. Students will draft more intricate and varied legal documents including different forms of discovery, motions, and memoranda in support, orders, trial briefs, final pretrial orders, and appellate briefs. NOTE: Prerequisites: PLG 120 with grade "C" or better. Prerequisite:    PLG 110 (Grade of C or Higher)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a general introduction to the use and the application of legal specialty software programs in the modern practice of law. Covers law office applications of client management software, billing software, LexisNexis Academic, and various state and federal websites. Students will use appropriate software to perform client conflicts checks, for timekeeping and file management, to prepare and maintain a database for each client, to organize and safeguard documentary evidence, and to assist during trial preparation and trial. Prerequisite:    (ENG 050 and REA 050) or ENG 099* or REA 075 or Appropriate Placement Test Scores (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides in-depth analysis of contract law including contract formation and the elements of an enforceable contract, rights and obligations of the parties to a contract, contract performance and discharge, elements of breach of contract, defenses to a claim of breach, remedies for breach, implied-in-law contracts, implied-in-fact contracts, promissory estoppels, and secured transactions. Included in the course is a study of the Sales and Commercial paper provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code. Specific contracts that are subject to much litigation are examined and discussed. Application of contract drafting techniques will be stressed. Ethical issues related directly to contract law will be discussed. Prerequisite:    PLG 110* (*Course(s) May Be Taken Concurrently)
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