3.00 Credits
Survey course in Business Law, providing students with a working knowledge of the core legal issues arising in business and international business. Course topics include business torts, negligence and strict liability, contracts, agency, business organizations, property, copyright, constitutional law, business crimes, bankruptcy, entrepreneur law, and ethics. Required for Business majors, and encouraged for all students in any department who are considering the law as a career possibility. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate a working level knowledge of Business Law: Master the core concepts, vocabulary, relevant laws and methods of analysis of Business Law as applied to the commercial environment and social scenarios. 2. Hone critical thinking ability: Analyze complex business situations, identify relevant Business Law issues, and synthesize knowledge to recommend viable courses of action using pertinent tools and frameworks from assigned course materials. 3. Develop interpersonal and professional communications skills necessary to succeed in business, including via: delivering professional quality oral and written presentations and in-class debates. 4. Cultivate the elements of successful teamwork and networking. 5. Develop the ability to identify and aptly resolve ethical issues, and to suggest ethical courses of action, in the U.S. and International Business Law contexts. 6. Internalize the key elements of GRIT, and take personal responsibility and initiative throughout the semester to develop or enhance one's own GRIT. 7. Develop and be able to apply a rich, practical "Executive's Tool-Kit" of business solutions and appropriate business action(s) throughout the semester, based on newly-acquired knowledge of Business Law. Deploy new "Tool-Kit" capabilities in hypothetical scenarios to make optimal executive decisions in light of broad-based Business Law knowledge, whether to avoid risks or to take advantage of opportunities. 8. Prepare to succeed on the "Law and Society" portion of the M.F.T. exam. FA, SP