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Professional Program:

PRO 005 – Business Law

PROGRAM OF STUDY

WINTER 2016

Course Period: January 4-28, 2016

Days: Mondays – Tuesdays - Wednesdays: 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Thursdays: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm

Location: San Diego (Fashion Valley Campus)

123 Camino de la Reina

Suite 100 East

San Diego, CA 92108

Phone: (619) 298-1829

Fax: (619) 704-0175

Southern States University

www.ssu.edu

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COURSE SYLLABUS

(Updated: August 31, 2015)


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Professional Program: PRO 005 – Business Law

COURSE SYLLABUS

Campus Location: ___San Diego (Fashion Valley)_____________________

Instructors: ______________________________________________

Contact Information: ______________________________________________

Class Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays: 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Thursdays: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm (field trips)

4-Week Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a short-term, non-credit course that is part of the Professional Program at Southern States

University. Using reading and case study materials from a reputable business law textbook, this

course presents an overview of the ethical issues and laws that affect business sustainability.

Students will also learn the relationship between ethics and laws, and how they have an overall

impact on the stakeholders in an organization. The course will analyze various sources, statutes,

and regulatory issues that affect U.S. business operations. At the end of the course, students will

analyze and present their analysis of an existing business law case.

Prerequisite: None, Co-requisite: None

Credit: Non-degree, Non-credit

Advised English Proficiency: Intermediate or Higher Level.

CONTACT HOURS

This is a non-degree, non-credit short-term course. Total contact hours: 72 clock-hours

MAJOR INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS

Business Law Terminology

The Legal and Global Environment

Public Responsibility and Ethics

The Contract and E-Commerce

Business Organizations

Aspects of Employment

The Regulatory Environment

The Property Environment



METHODS OF INSTRUCTION

1. Lectures and Student Involvement

2. Student Reading

3. In-Class Exercises

4. Whole Class Discussions

5. Pair or Small Group Discussions

6. Case Studies

7. Group Work

MINIMAL INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES

1. Standard classroom with podium, overhead projector, DVD, monitor, and other

classroom equipment, including access to Internet and PC with demonstration software.

2. Access to computer outside of class time.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to notify

the instructor and contact the Administration early in the quarter so that reasonable

accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible.

COURSE OBJECTIVES (STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES or SLOs)

After completing this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the problems in business law and provide solutions by using quantitative

reasoning, including the principles of accounting and finance, and analyze business

problems, with special attention to the ways in which management and marketing

decisions affect financial performance.

2. Articulate, develop and defend positions critically and engage in problem solving.

3. Formulate an effective legal analysis by synthesizing information, identifying legal

issues, distinguishing relevant from irrelevant facts, using facts and law to support

argument, reasoning by analogy and reaching conclusions based on analysis.

4. Identify and critically analyze ethical issues and apply them to case studies.

5. Analyze and define laws, such as property, bailments, sales and commercial paper, with

particular emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code, and determine what is within the

law and what is not.

6. Critically analyze the changing area of public policy, social issues and the area of

business ethics as they apply to contracts and sales.

7. Identify and describe the basic parts of a valid contract and the limitations of contracts,

and recognize a breach of contract, and implement possible remedies for a breach of

contract.



INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND REFERENCES

Students need to purchase the required textbook:

Kubasek, N.K., Brennan, B. A., Browne, M. N. (2015). The Legal Environment of Business: A

Critical Thinking Approach. (7th

ed.). NY: Pearson Education. ISBN-13: 978-0133546422,

ISBN-10: 013354642X.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Attendance

As regular attendance and successful student learning are closely linked, University policies

concerning student attendance are necessary for ensuring students are meeting their learning

goals.

It is the policy of the University that students are required to be regular and punctual in class

attendance. In order to receive a “Certificate of Completion”, a student needs to have a

minimum of 60 hours of attendance (83% attendance) and complete the course. Full attendance

requires full participation in class.

Student Responsibilities

Students are required to bring the required textbook to each class and participate in all class

activities as requested by the instructor. Students enrolled at Southern States University assume

the obligation to conduct themselves in a manner compatible with the University's function as an

educational institution, suitable to a member of an academic community. The University,

therefore, expects its students to conduct themselves as responsible individuals, considerate and

respectful of the rights and interest of others.



COURSE OUTLINE

Lectures are based upon the assigned reading material. Students are required to bring their

Textbook to each class.

A daily field trip to law-related organizations in Southern California will also take place each

week.

WEEK 1: Introduction to U.S. Business Law

Topics Covered Business Law Terminology

Chapter 1. Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning

Chapter 2. Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of

Business

Chapter 7. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager

Chapter 3. The American Legal System

Chapter 8. The International Legal Environment of Business

Chapter 5. Constitutional Principles

Reading Material Reading: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8

Learning Objectives 1. Define law.

2. Discuss the state court systems, the federal court systems and the

Supreme Court.

3. Discuss ethics and the law.

4. Define business ethics.

5. List the social responsibilities of business.

6. Describe the history of American law.

7. Describe the sources of international law.

8. Explain the role and function of the UN.

9. Define the WTO.

10. Discuss what national courts decide.

11. Discuss the state court systems, the federal court systems and the

Supreme Court.

12. Explain the Bill of Rights.

13. Define freedom of speech.

14. Explain the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause.

15. Discuss privileges and immunities.

Classroom Activities Lecture

Reading

Class Exercises

Class Discussion of Case Studies

Field Trips: Visits to Private Law Practices, Law Courts, Law

Schools, Law Libraries, or other Law-related Organizations



WEEK 2: Administrative Agencies and Employment Law


Chapter 16-17. Law and Business Associations

Chapter 15. Agency Law

Chapter 18. The Law of Administrative Agencies

Chapter 19. The Employment Relationship

Chapter 20. Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations

Chapter 21. Employment Discrimination

Reading Material Reading: Chapters 15-21

Learning Objectives 1. Define entrepreneurship, sole proprietorship, general partnership,

and limited partnership.

2. Describe the nature of the corporation.

3. Explain the incorporation procedures.

4. Explain how to finance a corporation.

5. Define mergers and acquisitions.

6. Discuss the dissolution of the corporation.

7. Describe multinational corporations

8. Explain the difference between employees and independent

contractors.

9. Define the scope of an agent authority.

10. Identify limitations on an employer’s monitoring of employees.

11. Describe the overtime and minimum-wage provisions of the Fair

Labor Standards Act.

12. List the steps in a typical employment discrimination case.

13. Discuss issues that are appropriate for collective bargaining.

14. State advantages of doing business as a sole proprietorship and a

limited liability company.

15. Describe the formation of an agency.

16. Explain the independent contract.

17. Discuss workers’ compensation.

18. Define the COBRA Act, the ERISA Act and the IRCA Act.

19. Explain the purpose and function of the EEOC, ADEA, and the

ADA.


Reading

Class Exercises






WEEK 3: Law in Financial Markets and Contract Law


Chapter 6. White-Collar Crime and the Business Community

Chapter 23. Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities

Chapter 24. Antitrust Laws

Chapters 9 & 10. The Law of Contracts and Sales

Chapter 11. The Law of Torts

Reading Material Reading: Chapters 6, 9, 10, 11, 23, and 24

Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the Federal Antitrust Laws and explain their role and

function.

2. Explain mergers and section 7 of the Clayton Act.

3. Describe some unfair methods of competition.

4. List the exemptions from antitrust laws.

5. Explain the role and function of The Securities and Exchange

Commission (SEC).

6. Define Short-Swing Profits.

7. Explain Trading in Securities and the state securities laws.

8. Discuss the process of going public.

9. Define a contract.

10. Discuss classifications of contracts.

11. Discuss legality.

12. Define genuineness of assent.

13. Discuss breach of contract.

14. Explain monetary damages.

15. Define equitable remedies.

16. Define Article 2, and 2A.

17. Define risk of loss.

18. Discuss performance and remedies.

19. Describe warranties and their uses.

20. Explain the formation of sales and lease contracts.

21. Define torts.

22. Discuss strict liability.

23. Define negligence and fault.

24. Explain failure to warn.

25. List some of the defenses against negligence.


Reading

Class Exercises






WEEK 4: Product, Property, Environmental, and Consumer Protection


Chapter 12. Product and Service Liability

Chapter 13. Law of Property: Real, and Personal

Chapter 14. Intellectual Property

Chapter 22. Environmental Law

Chapter 25. Laws of Debtor-Creditor Relations and Consumer

Protection

Reading Material Reading: Chapters 12, 13, 14, 22, and 25

Learning Objectives 1. Discuss property and land use regulation.

2. Define concurrent ownership.

3. Explain the process of transfer of ownership of real property.

4. Describe non-possessory interests

5. Discuss trade secrets.

6. Describe patents.

7. Discuss the different types of consumer protection.

8. Describe the different types of environmental protection agencies

and the state environmental protection laws.

9. Discuss the issues with hazardous waste.


Reading

Class Exercises


Group Project: Analysis and Presentation Business Law Case





COURSE SCHEDULE

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GENERAL COURSE SCHEDULE


PERIOD MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lecture

Field Trips

9:00 am – 1:30 pm

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Break


3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Break


WEEK TOPICS COVERED

WEEK 1:

Introduction to

U.S. Business Law


Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning

Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business

Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager

The American Legal System and The International Legal Environment of Business

Constitutional Principles

Field Trips: Visits to Private Law Practices, Law Courts, Law Schools, Law Libraries, or

other Law-related Organizations

WEEK 2:

Administrative

Agencies and

Employment Law


Law and Business Associations

Agency Law

The Law of Administrative Agencies

The Employment Relationship

Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations and Employment Discrimination



WEEK 3:

Law in Financial

Markets and

Contract Law


White-Collar Crime and the Business Community

Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities

Antitrust Laws and the Law of Contracts and Sales and the Law of Torts



WEEK 4:

Product,

Property,

Environmental,

and Consumer

Protection


Product and Service Liability

Law of Property: Real, Personal and Intellectual

Environmental Law

Laws of Debtor-Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection




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DETAILED SCHEDULE – JANUARY 4-28, 2016


WEEK 1: Introduction to U.S. Business Law

Monday: Jan 4 Tuesday: Jan 5 Wednesday: Jan 6 Thursday: Jan 7

12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lecture: LEGAL TERMS VOCABULARY

9 am – 1:30 pm

FIELD TRIP:

San Diego Law Library, California Western School of

Law

1:45 – 3:00 pm Lecture: Chapter 1. Critical Thinking and Legal Reasoning

Lecture: Chapter 7. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the Business Manager

Lecture: Chapter 8. The International Legal Environment of Business

3:15 – 4:30 pm Lecture: Chapter 2. Introduction to Law and the Legal Environment of Business

Lecture: Chapter 3. The American Legal System

Lecture: Chapter 5. Constitutional Principles

WEEK 2: Administrative Agencies and Employment Law


12:00 – 1:30 pm


9 am – 1:30 pm

FIELD TRIP:

San Diego County Bar Association, National Conflict Resolution

Center

1:45 – 3:00 pm Lecture: Chapter 16-17. Law and Business Associations

Lecture: Chapter 18. The Law of Administrative Agencies

Lecture: Chapter 20. Laws Governing Labor-Management Relations

3:15 – 4:30 pm Lecture: Chapter 15. Agency Law

Lecture: Chapter 19. The Employment Relationship

Lecture: Chapter 21. Employment Discrimination

WEEK 3: Law in Financial Markets and Contract Law


12:00 – 1:30 pm


9 am – 1:30 pm

FIELD TRIP:

San Diego Superior Court - Case Hearings

1:45 – 3:00 pm Lecture: Chapter 6. White-Collar Crime and the Business Community

Lecture: Chapter 24. Antitrust Laws

Lecture: Chapters 10. The Law of Contracts and Sales

3:15 – 4:30 pm Lecture: Chapter 23. Rules Governing the Issuance and Trading of Securities

Lecture: Chapters 9. The Law of Contracts and Sales

Lecture: Chapter 11. The Law of Torts

WEEK 4: Product, Property, Environmental, and Consumer Protection


12:00 – 1:30 pm


9 am – 1:30 pm

FIELD TRIP:

U.S. District Court Southern District of California – Tour of

Buildings

1:45 – 3:00 pm Lecture: Chapter 12. Product and Service Liability

Lecture: Chapter 14. Intellectual Property

Lecture: Chapter 25. Laws of Debtor-Creditor Relations and Consumer Protection

3:15 – 4:30 pm Lecture: Chapter 13. Law of Property: Real, and Personal

Lecture: Chapter 22. Environmental Law

GROUP BUSINESS LAW CASE STUDY ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION

SSU Welcome Session: (date to be announced)

Social Event: Happy Hour on Thursday, January 28, 3:00 pm+ (place to be announced)

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