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BUSINESS
LAW
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BUSL
255 - Law
and Society
Four Quarter Hours
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| PREREQUISITES: Sophomore rank. |
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COURSE
OVERVIEW: This
course provides an introduction to the American legal system
with particular emphasis on the law of contracts and sales.
Included within the topics for study are origins and sources
of law, the court system and the distinctions between various
kinds of law. The student should be interested in general
principles of law followed in business and the relationship
between business practices and the law. A clear distinction
between the laymen's application of legal principles and awareness
of those situations in which professional legal counsel is
needed is outlined.
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METHODS
OF COURSE INSTRUCTION:
All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and
students communicate and exchange materials through postal
mail.
E-PRINT
OPTION
Students
may use e-mail to submit lesson assignments, using any e-mail
provider and any standard e-mail software. The assignments
that are submitted electronically are printed and sent to
the instructor by mail, not e-mail, so assignments may be
sent as attached documents, thus preserving the original format.
Graded assignments will be returned as printed copy by postal
mail. Instructions for the e-print option are enclosed with
the course guide.
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TEXTBOOKS
AND SUPPLIES: ISBN
13: 9780324655520 Mann, Richard and Barry Roberts,
Smith and Roberson’s Business Law, 14th ed., South-Western/West
Publishing, 2009
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| LESSONS
AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: There
are sixteen lessons, including supervised midcourse and final
examinations. Students will be asked to brief cases, write short
essay answers related to textbook readings, and apply legal
concepts to business problems. |
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EXAMINATIONS:
This
course requires two supervised examinations, a midcourse and
final. The examinations will consist of essay and objective
types of questions. The final examination is comprehensive.
Each examination will be two hours in duration.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. |
| GRADING
CRITERIA:
Each
examination will be given a letter grade. The quality of the
lessons will be graded by an S+, S, S-, or U. The average of
lesson grades plus each examination counts 1/3 of the final
course grade.
Grades
will be assigned on the following grading scale.
A = 90 - 100%
B =
80 - 89%
C =
70 - 79%
D =
60 - 69%
F = Below
60%
Plus and minus grades may be assigned at the discretion of
the instructor.
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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call
Independent
and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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