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BUS& 201 - Business Law and the Regulation of Business

Credits: 5
Focuses on business law and the regulation of business activities. Emphasizes contracts, the uniform commercial code, sales and secured transactions, bankruptcy, and third party contract rights. Illustrates concepts using the case method presentation approach.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for READ 104 ; and POLS& 200 ; or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Social Science

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

  1. Display a working knowledge business law in society, and the factors that effect the evolution of those laws over time.
  2. Understand the fundamental Concepts of Contracts, the Uniform Commercial Code, Sales and Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, and Third Party contracts, property principles, and Contract Remedies available for Breach.
  3. Demonstrate an ability to concisely articulate the specific holdings and  reasoning in given assigned cases.
  4. Work cooperatively and effectively in group presentations.

Program Outcomes
 

  1. Recognize and use critical thinking elements and standards as they apply to the study of legal content.


College-wide Outcomes
  • Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
  • Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
  • Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.



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