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1 SECTION A - Curse Infrmatin 1. Curse ID: 2. Curse Title: 3. Divisin: 4. Department: 5. Subject: 6. Shrt Curse Title: 7. Effective Term:: BUSL 18 Business Law Business Divisin Business Administratin Department Business: Law Business Law Summer 2015 SECTION B - Official Curse Infrmatin 1. Recmmended Class Size: a. Maximum Class Size: 36 b. Class Size Apprval Date: 2. Methd f Instructin: þ Lecture Labratry Lecture and Labratry Wrk Experience, Occupatinal Wrk Experience, General Open Entry/Exit Independent Studies þ Distance Learning (Distance Educatin Delayed) fr nline curses. Distance (Hybrid Online) fr nline supprted curses 3. Cntact Hurs fr a Term: Nte: If nt a variable unit/hur curse, enter the hurs in the "Lw" clumn nly. Leave the hurs in the "High" clumn blank. Lw High Lecture: Lab: Lab/Lecture Parity? Yes þ N Activity: Clinical: tal Hurs Credit Units: Unit f credit per eighteen (18) hurs f lecture cntact hurs fr a term 1 Unit f credit per fifty-fur (54) hurs f lab, activity r clinical cntact hurs fr a term 5. Taxnmy f Prgrams (TOPS) Infrmatin: a. TOPS Cde and Curse Prgram Title: Page 1 f 5

2 *Business Management b. Curse Cntrl Number: ( be entered by the Instructin Office Only.) 6. SAM Pririty Cde:(Select One) þ Apprenticeship Curses ffered t apprentices nly. Advanced Occupatinal Curses taken in the advanced stages f an ccupatinal prgram. Each B level curse must have a C level prerequisite in the same prgram area. Clearly Occupatinal Curses taken in the middle stages f an ccupatinal prgram. Shuld prvide the student with entry-level jb skills. Pssibly Occupatinal Curses taken in the beginning stages f an ccupatinal prgram. Nn-Occupatinal 7. Please place this curse int the apprpriate discipline by selecting frm the drp dwn list. The discipline placement indicates what preparatin is needed t teach the curse. Discipline faculty may place their curses int mre than ne discipline as apprpriate: Business Law 8. General Curse Infrmatin a. Curse Credit Status: b. State Transfer Cde: c. State Classificatin Cde: d. Basic Skills Status/Level: e. Sprts/Physical Educatin Curse: D Credit Degree Applicable A Transferable, UC/CSU/Private I Career-Technical Educatin N Nt a Basic Skills Curse Yes ( Only check here if the curse is a physical educatin curse.) f. Grading Methd: g. Number f repeats allwed: Letter Grade Only Nn-repeatable Credit (equates t 0 repeats) h. Overlap/Duplicate Curse: 9. Curse Preparatin: Nte: If this curse has a new requisite, a cntent review supplemental frm must be cmpleted. þ Prerequisite Eligibility fr ENGL 68 Page 2 f 5

3 Crequisite Advisry Nne 10. Curse Special Designatrs 11. Curse Prgram Status þ Prgram Applicable Stand-alne 12. Funding Agency Categry: þ Nt Applicable Primarily develped using ecnmic develpment funds Partially develped using ecnmic develpment funds SECTION C - Transfer Status Baccalaureate Status is granted by the Educatinal Design General Educatin and Baccalaureate Level Subcmmittee. þ CSU Transferable Apprval Date: þ UC Transferable SECTION D - General Educatin Request Mt. San Antni Cllege and CSU General Educatin curse apprval are submitted t the Educatinal Design GE and BL Subcmmittee fr apprval. 1. The Articulatin Officer submits the curse directly t the CSU Chancellr fr apprval. 2. Upn receiving apprval, the curse is apprved fr the Mt. SAC Assciate Degree GE and placed in the area(s) CSU apprval indicate(s). Yes þ N Apprved fr inclusin n Mt. SAC and CSU General Educatin List? 1. Mt SAC General Educatin Applicability: 2. CSU General Educatin Applicability (Requires CSU apprval): 3. IGETC Applicability (Requires CSU/UC apprval): Page 3 f 5

4 SECTION E - Curse Cntent 1. Curse Descriptins a. Catalg Descriptin Principles f business law emphasizing legal setting f business, nature f the law and curt prcedures, principles f cntract law, sales f gds under the Unifrm Cmmercial Cde, trts, ethics, the U.S. Cnstitutin, and criminal law. b. Class Schedule Descriptin: þ Yes N Is a curse descriptin t be printed in the Class Schedule? Business law: curt prcedures, ethics, trts, crimes, cntract law, and sales f gds under the Unifrm Cmmercial Cde. 2. Curse Outline Infrmatin a. Lecture pical Outline: - The law and legal reasning - State and federal curt systems, alternative dispute reslutin - Curt prcedures: civil and criminal - Applicatin f the U.S. Cnstitutin t business activities - Ethics and business decisin making including crprate scial respnsibility, stakehlder relatinships, and ethical decisin making - Intentinal trts, business trts, negligence, and strict liability including prducts liability - Intellectual prperty, criminal law, business crimes, and cyber crimes - Nature and terminlgy f cntracts, elements f a valid cntract - Agreement, genuineness f assent, defenses t cntract frmatin - Cnsideratin - Capacity, legality - Statute f frauds, third party rights - Perfrmance and discharge - Breach f cntract and remedies, e-cntracts - Frmatin f cntracts fr sale r lease f gds; title, risk, and insurable interest - Perfrmance and breach f sales and lease cntracts, warranties - Business rganizatins, including sle prprietrships, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability cmpanies, crpratins, crprate structure and gvernance. - Final exam b. Lab pical Outline: 3. Curse Measurable Objectives: Page 4 f 5

5 1. Cmpare and cntrast the state and federal curt systems 2. Cmpare and cntrast the civil and criminal legal prcedures. 3. Evaluate the U.S. Cnstitutin and the Bill f Rights 4. Cmpare business trts and analyze their practical applicatin t tday s business envirnment. 5. Analyze and apply business ethics t a hypthetical fact pattern 6. Cmpare and cntrast business crimes, including their applicatin t the businesses as a whle as cmpared t their applicatin t business wners and fficers individually. 7. Evaluate the different cmpnents necessary fr the frmatin f a valid cntract. 8. Evaluate whether a cntract has been perfrmed r breached. 9. Cntrast the differences between rdinary cntracts and cntracts fr sale f gds. 10. Analyze and apply sme f the varius defenses t cntract frmatin. 4. Curse Methds f Evaluatin: Categry 1. Substantial written assignments fr this curse include: Tw case summaries (briefs), minimum length tw pages Written assessment cmparing and cntrasting criminal law vs. civil law. (1-2 pages) If the curse is degree applicable, substantial written assignments in this curse are inapprpriate because: Categry 2. Cmputatinal r nn-cmputatinal prblem slving demnstratins: Analyzing an appellate curt case t determine its legal issue, the curt's hlding, and the legal reasning that the curt applied t reach its hlding Categry 3. Skills Demnstratins: Case briefs (2-3 pages) summarizing appellate curt cases regarding tpics relevant t curse tpics such as the U.S. Cnstitutin, ethics, crimes, trts, and cntracts. Categry 4. Objective Examinatins: Multiple chice, true/false, shrt answer and essay questins n the state and federal curt systems, civil and criminal legal prcedures, business trts, business crimes, and the cmpsitin f a valid cntract 5. Sample Assignments: 1. Critically read, analyze, and brief a given cntracts case and a given nn-cntracts case. These briefs must be at least tw pages lng, duble-spaced. 2. Chse a legal current event t fllw ver the curse f the semester, analyze it, and write a minimum tw-page paper summarizing it and describing hw it relates t the class tpics. The articles r surces used fr the paper must be submitted. 3. Discuss, analyze, and summarize the Bill f Rights. This prject may be dne in a grup, and the resulting paper must be at least ne page lng. 4. Analyze a hypthetical business situatin, and recmmend an apprpriate business rganizatin fr the situatin. 6. Representative Text: Bk 1: Authr: Title: Publisher: Date f Publicatin: Editin: Clarksn, Miller, Crss Business Law, Text and Cengage CAses th Page 5 f 5