MATC 2025-26 Catalog

PHYED – POLICE

and investigative techniques, settlement procedures and trial preparation. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-114 Credits: 3 Trusts and Estates – Probate Systems Students learn the fundamental principles of estate planning, wills and trusts, as well as the essential processes of formal and informal probate using Wisconsin law as a perspective. Estate and gift taxation are also explored by the student. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-116 Credits: 3 Real Estate Law and Practice This course examines the law of real property, real estate interests, transactions and processes. Forms used in Wisconsin real estate transactions will be used. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-118 Credits: 3 Criminal Practice The course concentrates on the sources and purposes of criminal law, the meaning of criminal responsibility, elements of crimes, defenses, and criminal procedures. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-121 Credits: 3 Domestic Relations and Divorce Practice Systems This course is a study of actions that affect the family such as divorce, legal separation, annulment, paternity and adoption. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-123 Credits: 3 Corporate Practice Systems Students are introduced to the various types of business organizations with special emphasis on the limited liability company and the corporation. Topics include formation of a business entity, required recordkeeping, securities regulations and organizational maintenance. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110 1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-127 Credits: 3 Debtor-Creditor Law This course examines the law of relating to creation of debt, collection of debt and bankruptcy. Forms used in Wisconsin collection practice and U.S. Bankruptcy Court will be used.

theoretical and experimental treatment of motion, material properties, fluids, and heat. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or currently enrolled in MATH-232. PHYS-275 Calculus-Based Physics 2 This is the second part of a two-part sequence of calculus-based physics. Topics include electricity, magnetism, optics and some modern physics. Prerequisite(s): Complete PHYS-274 with a grade of C or higher. PLEGAL – Paralegal (Department 110) PLEGAL-101 Credits: 3 Introduction to Paralegalism This course offers an orientation to the American judicial system, the growth and development of the paralegal profession, ethics, and skills required to practice such as interviewing, investigation, legal reasoning, and writing and document preparation. PLEGAL-103 Credits: 3 Legal Research This course provides an understanding of the law library through projects that develop research skills by using digests, legal encyclopedias, reporter systems, treatises and practice manuals. Students also become familiar with computerized legal research. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post-Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-105 Credits: 3 Civil Procedure This course covers the fundamental principles used in civil litigation. Students apply the procedural concepts discussed by reviewing forms and drafting pleadings and other documents used in civil litigation. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-107 Credits: 3 Legal Writing This course involves the use of principles that apply to effective legal writing. Students draft memoranda, briefs, letters and other forms of correspondence to gain skills in communicating legal concepts in various areas of the law. Prerequisite(s): Must be admitted to the Legal Studies/Paralegal program (10-110-1) or Post Baccalaureate Legal Studies/Paralegal program (30-110-2). Complete PLEGAL-101. PLEGAL-111 Credits: 3 Litigation Practice Systems This course is a study of the procedures involved and the documents that may be used in a civil lawsuit prior to filing, during the resolution of the matter and after the judgment. Included in the study is the paralegal’s role in interviewing Credits: 4

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Fitness Walking 1 This course introduces proper guidelines and techniques used in indoor and outdoor fitness walking. Students will learn proper walking mechanics and develop a lifelong walking program. Various forms of walking and related exercises are presented. PHYS – Physical Science (Department 806) PHYS-139 Credits: 3 Survey of Physics This course emphasizes understanding basic physics concepts through laboratory investigation and applications. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, temperature, heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and atomic and nuclear physics. PHYS-221 Credits: 4 College Physics 1 College Physics 1 is a first-semester physics course to study the principles of mechanics and heat. Calculus is not required. Laboratory work involves the analysis of data using computers. Prerequisite(s): Complete MATH-202 or MATH 230. PHYS-222 Credits: 4 College Physics 2 This is a second-semester physics course to study the principles of electricity, magnetism, light, optics and the basics of modern physics. Lab work will include experiments related to the above topics and data analysis via computer. Calculus is not required. Prerequisite(s): Complete PHYS-221. PHYS-225 Credits: 3 Introductory Astronomy This introductory course covers the principles, theories and understandings related to astronomy. Topics to be covered include the history of astronomy, telescopes, the earth and the solar systems, the sun as a star, and other stars, galaxies, and theories of the universe. PHYS-226 Credits: 1 Observational Astronomy This course is designed to provide hands-on experience in the application of the laws of physics to astronomy. Using computers, as well as other technological instruments in the field of astronomy, students observe phenomena and experience astronomical events. This course focuses on identification of the tools of astronomy and their use in solving basic problems in astronomical theory. This laboratory should be taken only in conjunction with, or subsequent to, GEOSCI-225. PHYS-274 Credits: 4 Calculus-Based Physics 1 This is the first part of a two-part sequence of calculus-based physics for prospective engineering students. Topics covered include

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