Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

OOSL-0048

Organization's ID:

BUS110

Organization:

StraighterLine

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

14 weeks (75 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Business Law

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to familiarize students with various kinds of laws, key elements of the American Constitution, and the concepts of the various schools of jurisprudence. Ethics, values, morality, law, and the various ethical theories are compared and contrasted, and the need for promoting corporate social responsibility is discussed. The elements of tort law, the basic elements of a contract, the sources of laws governing contracts, and the conditions for an offer to be valid are examined.

Learning Outcomes:

Contrast ethics, values, morality, law, and the various ethical theories and explain the need and means for promoting corporate social responsibility in business
Classify the different types of intellectual property and cases of infringement, and detail the measures for their protection
Compare and contrast the various terms pertaining to reality of consent and discuss issues related to capacity of minors, mentally impaired, and intoxicated persons
Enumerate unfair contracts and contracts made illegal by public policy, and explain the consequences of illegal agreements
Classify the types of conditions for performance of contracts, and explain the standards of expected performance
Discuss the general rules of sales contract, delivery of goods, right to inspection, acceptance and revocation of contract, and the remedies available to buyers and sellers
Describe the nature of property, its classifications, and elements and types of bailments, and enumerate the means of acquiring ownership of personal property
Classify the various kinds of laws, and describe the key elements of the American Constitution and the concepts of the various schools of jurisprudence
Define the elements of tort law and explain the various types of interference with personal and property rights, corresponding liabilities, negligence, and strict liability
Explain the basic elements of a contract, the sources of laws governing contracts, and the conditions for an offer to be valid
State the meaning of acceptance of an offer and describe the modes of communication and elements of consideration in a contract
List the information that must be written in a contract and explain the parol evidence rule, the nature of assignment of rights, and delegation of duties in the assignment
Examine the terms of sales contracts, the concept of transfer of title, the rights of third parties, and the risks of loss faced by the parties
Relate the duties of agent to principal and vice-versa, discuss ways of termination of an agency, and outline the factors that affect a principal's contract liability

General Topics:

Reality of consent, capacity of minors, consequences of illegal agreements, assignment of rights, transfer of title, and the rights of third parties, delivery of goods, right to inspection, acceptance and revocation of contract, the remedies available to buyers and sellers, and the nature of property

Instruction & Assessment