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BUSINESS
LAW
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BUSL
356 - Law
of the Management Process
Four Quarter Hours
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| PREREQUISITES: Business Law 255 and junior rank. |
| COURSE OVERVIEW: The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the general principles of business organizations, particularly corporations and partnerships. Application of legal principles to business situations will include rights, powers and limits of managers in relation to duties and responsibilities to their organizations, owners, creditors, employees, customers, state and public. |
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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
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. Writing assignments will test the student's knowledge
of textbook readings. Short essay answers are required with
each lesson, which the student should answer with sound legal
reasoning. Most lessons will require the student to brief one
or more cases. Instruction is included on how to brief a case.
This course requires a good understanding of the material presented
and the ability to apply it to the problem situation in the
business world. |
EXAMINATIONS:
There
will be a midcourse and final examination, each two hours in
duration. Objective and short essay questions are included.
No textbooks or supplemental material of any kind will be allowed.
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. |
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GRADING
CRITERIA:
The student's final grade will be determined
by counting the midcourse examination 1/3, the final examination 1/3,
and the lessons 1/3. The quality of the lessons will be
graded by an S+, S, S-, and U grading system.
Grades
will be assigned on the following grading scale.
90 - 100% =
A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% =
C
60 - 69% =
D
Below 60% =
F
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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