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Curriculum plans

During your time at the School of Law, you will have the opportunity to take a rich range of classes in both the day and evening divisions.

You will earn 87 credits before graduating taking an array of both required and elective courses. As a day student, your first year is structured. As an evening student your first two years are structured. As an evening student, you can expect your evening classes generally to be scheduled between 5:45 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Summer courses are not required, but can be taken to lessen the course load during the fall/spring semesters.

Take a look at the curriculum plans to see what you can expect as a full-time day, part-time day, or evening student.

First Year Full Time Day

Fall Course (credits)	Spring Course (Credits)
Introduction to Lawyering Skills (3)	Introduction to Advocacy (3)
Contracts (4)	Constitutional Law I (3)
Civil Procedure I (3)	Civil Procedure II (3)
Torts (3)	Property (4)
	Criminal Law (3)
Total: 13 credits	Total: 16 credits

First Year Part Time Day

Fall Course (credits)	Spring Course (credits)
Introduction to Lawyering Skills (3)	Introduction to Advocacy (3)
Contracts (4)	Constitutional Law I (3)
Civil Procedure I (3)	Civil Procedure II (3)
	Criminal Law (3 - optional)*
Total: 10 credits	Total: 9 - 12 credits

Second Year Part Time Day

Fall Course (credits)	Spring Course (credits)
Professional Responsibility (3)	Property (4)
Constitutional Law II (3)	Elective (3)
Torts (3)	Elective (3)
Elective (3 - optional)
Total: 9 - 12 credits	Total: 10 credits

*As a part-time day student, you may take Criminal Law in the summer after the first year if it is offered and if there is space available. Starting in the spring of the second year part-time day students will need to take Evidence, Family Law, Business Organizations, and Constitutional Criminal Procedure in their remaining semesters.

First Year Evening

Fall Course (credits)	Spring Course (credits)
Introduction to Lawyering Skills (3)	Introduction to Advocacy (3)
Contracts (4)	Property (4)
Civil Procedure I (3)	Torts (3)
Total: 10 credits	Total: 10 credits

Second Year Evening

Fall Course (credits)	Spring Course (credits)
Constitutional Law I (3)	Constitutional Law II (3)
Criminal Law (3)	Professional Responsbility (3)
Civil Procedure II (3)	Elective (3)
	Elective (3 - optional)
Total: 9 credits	Total: 9 - 12 credits

Starting in the spring of the second year evening students will need to take Evidence, Family Law, Business Organizations, and Constitutional Criminal Procedure in their remaining semesters.