Earn Your Bachelor of Arts in General Legal Studies

To apply for the BA in General Legal Studies program, students must have earned a high school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma prior to the semester in which they would like to enroll. Students are not required to take standardized tests and SoPA has an open admissions policy for all undergraduate study. Transfer students must be in good standing with the most recent prior college attended or have completed any dismissal terms set forth by the previous academic institution.

The School of Professional Advancement awards the Bachelor of Arts in General Legal Studies degree following the successful completion of 120 credits, including 36 credits in the major. Upon completion of prerequisite courses, students will complete a practicum course that includes a 100-hour law office internship and classroom component focusing upon legal professionalism and job search skills.

To ensure compliance with ABA requirements, all students must complete at least 4 GLSP classes (12 credits) via in-person or synchronous transmission format.

Undergraduate students are required to maintain the following minimum grade-point average throughout their enrollment dependant on the total number of credit hours completed:

• 1-30 cumulative attempted credit hours completed: 1.75 minimum cumulative GPA
• 31-61 cumulative attempted credit hours completed: 1.85 minimum cumulative GPA
• 62-93 cumulative attempted credit hours completed: 1.95 minimum cumulative GPA
• 94-124 cumulative attempted credit hours completed: 2.00 minimum cumulative GPA

Students will be placed on academic probation upon failure to meet these requirements. The cumulative grade-point average of a student is calculated by dividing the number of quality points a student has earned by the total number of quality hours (including credits with failures). Only the grades of S, U, NR, W, and grades in courses affected by SoPA's Repeated Course policy are excluded from this calculation.

If you're interested in transferring to Tulane SoPA, our advisors can work with you to determine which courses will be accepted and help you navigate the process. We accept credits for transfer from all fully accredited institutions. In order to transfer course credit from another school, Tulane SoPA must offer a comparable course, and the student must have achieved a C- or higher. Courses transferred from other institutions are never figured into the grade point average. Your advisor can also help you in the case that your previous school operated on a quarter system instead of semesters. Tulane SoPA accepts a maximum of 60 hours of transfer credits for bachelor’s degrees.

Tulane’s General Legal Studies Program does not accept the transfer of credits for paralegal or legal studies courses completed at paralegal programs that were not approved by ABA’s Standing Committee on Paralegals at the time the courses were taken.

Visit our Student Transfers page to learn more about this process.

Major Requirements

* Preceding course is a prerequisite

** Prerequisite: CPST 1000 Intro to Microcomputers or director approval

Read our course descriptions for an in-depth look at our curriculum.

Summer 2019

Summer 2019 Tuition

• All SoPA Undergraduate: $433/credit
• All SoPA Graduate: $1,000/credit
• Non-SoPA summer courses that are not cross-listed: $1,107/credit
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificates & Professional Certificates: $433/credit

Summer 2019 Fees

• Undergraduate Application Fee: $40
• Graduate Application Fee: $50
• Graduate Credit for Prior Learning Portfolio Fee: $1,000

Fall 2019 & Spring 2020

Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 Tuition

• All SoPA Undergraduate: $474/credit
• All SoPA Graduate: $1,039/credit
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificates & Professional Certificates: $474/credit

Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 Fees

• Undergraduate Application Fee: $40
• Graduate Application Fee: $50
• Academic Support Fee: $60
• Student Activity Fee: $12 per three-credit course ($48 maximum)
• Graduate Credit for Prior Learning Portfolio Fee: $1,000