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 Department:    BUS

 Course #:    450

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    520201

 EPC:    502

 REV:    2019

 Course Description  

Analyze the origins and development of law and its role in society. Survey legal rights and remedies, courts and court procedures, torts, contracts, and criminal law as it relates to the business and managerial world. Critical thinking skills are developed by the required analysis, writing summaries of court rulings and opinions and through an in-depth research paper on current legal issues in business.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: Admission to BASAM program and BASAM Director permission.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the historical and constitutional foundations of the law and the basic components of the legal system, including government regulation, structure, and function of federal and state law.
2. Describe the principals of international law.
3. Analyze and assess tort and contract cases across a range of business sectors and function.
4. Explain the lifecycle of a business including corporate governance and legal aspects of business financing.
5. Debate the evolution, commercial application, and societal implications of current and emerging topics in the business legal and regulatory environment such as trends in employment, environment and cyberspace.
6. Identify and evaluate the business implications of current legal issues.
7. Demonstrate awareness of the inherent tension between legal obligations, public opinion, ethical behavior, business objectives and social responsibility.
8. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Acquire, organize, analyze, and interpret information and data to make informed, reasoned, equitable decisions and analyze systems for planning and decision-making.
9. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Use written & spoken skills & tools, concepts, & models of management applicable to the professional-technical discipline to communicate clearly & create an effective message, while demonstrating a professional presence.
10. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Demonstrate ability to assimilate, evaluate, & synthesize information from varying media & formats, including the ability to assess qualitative & quantitative data & to apply critical thinking & knowledge in an industry & managerial funct
11. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Explore, appreciate, and define the opportunities, challenges, and nuances of operating in an increasingly diverse, interconnected, and complex global community.
12. PROGRAM OUTCOME: Recognize and challenge culture-bound assumptions.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Historical and constitutional foundations of the law and the basic components of the legal system, including government regulation, structure, and function of federal and state law.
2. Principals of international law.
3. Tort and contract cases across a range of business sectors and function.
4. The lifecycle of a business including corporate governance and legal aspects of business financing.
5. Evolution, commercial application, and societal implications of current and emerging topics in the business legal and regulatory environment such as trends in employment, environment and cyberspace.
6. Awareness of the inherent tension between legal obligations, public opinion, ethical behavior, business objectives and social responsibility.