2 Years -
Earn your Associate in Arts at Miami Dade College

1 Year -
Transfer to Saint Thomas University for your third year and courses directly relevant to the practice of environmental law and administration.

3 Years -
Law School at Saint Thomas University

Continue at STU for your fourth-year, the required first-year program of the STU School of Law as well as the final studies resulting in a  B.A. degree in Environmental Justice.

If accepted into the law school, the Curriculum of the fifth and sixth years address legal areas of direct relevance to the practice of environmental law and prepares students for the Florida Bar Examination

Recommended AA Curriculum to Transfer to St. Thomas University

 Course                                                      Title                                                         Credits

BSC 2010                                Principles of Biology                                                       3.0

BSC 2010L                             Principles of Biology 1 Lab                                             2.0

BSC 2011                                Principles of Biology II                                                     3.0

BSC 2011L                             Principles of Biology Lab II                                              2.0

CHM 1045                              General Chemistry and Qualitative  Analysis                  3.0

CHM 1045L                            General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis Lab           2.0

CHM 1046                              General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis                   3.0

CHM 1046L                            General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis Lab           2.0

CGS 1060                               Introduction to Microcomputer Usage                             4.0

or passing of Computer Competency Test (CCT)*

ECO 2013                               Principles of Economics-Macro                                       3.0

ENC 1101                               English Composition 1                                                      3.0

ENC 1102                               English Composition II                                                       3.0

MAC 1105                              College Algebra                                                                  3.0

STA 2023                                Statistical Methods                                                            3.0

PHI 2064                                 Critical Thinking/Ethics                                                      3.0

Humanities Group B                  Variable                                                                           3.0

POS 2041                                American Federal Government                                      3.0

PSY 2012                                Introduction to Psychology                                               3.0

SPC 1026                                Fundamentals of Speech Communication                   3.0

Electives                                                                                                                              6-10*  

Total Credits                   60.0

  1.  60 credits are needed for an Associate in Arts Degree

*          If student takes CGS 1060, earning 4 credits, then 6 elective credits are needed.  However, if student passes the CCT, then student needs 10 credits of electives.

IDS 1920 Earth Literacy Colloquium is encouraged as an elective.

St. Thomas and Barry University Center for Earth Jurisprudence http://www.earthjuris.org/home.htm