BA 207 - Business Law I

Description
This course is an introduction to legal rights; jurisdiction and the courts; dispute resolution; torts; business crimes; contracts; warranty and product liability; agency, consumer, environmental, employment, insurance and property law.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Business
Discipline: BA

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240208T17:16:44
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:

Describe the historical and constitutional foundations of law.
Discuss traditional, alternative and online dispute resolution.
Differentiate torts and cyber torts.
Classify major crimes and cyber crimes.
Explain contract formation, performance, breach and remedies.
Contrast laws that relate to consumers and products.
Apply the principles of agency and employment law.
Distinguish law in the areas of personal and real property.
Relate legal concepts to insurance.
Examine major laws that impact the environment.
Identify the best solution to a problem or issue.
Use rules or frameworks to provide context for and understand problems or issues.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Historical and Constitutional Foundations of Law
A. Sources and Classifications
B. Remedies
C. Constitutional Powers of Government

II. Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution
A. Jurisdiction and Venue
B. Federal and State Courts
C. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

III. Torts and Cyber Torts
A. Intentional Torts
B. Negligence
C. Strict Liability
D. Damages and Defenses

IV. Crimes and Cyber Crimes
A. Basis of Liability
B. Types of Crimes
C. Defenses
D. Constitutional Safeguards

V. Contracts and eContracts
A. Elements and Types of Contracts
B. Defenses to Enforceability
C. Statute of Frauds
D. Third Parties
E. Damages and Remedies

VI. Consumer Law
A. Warranties
B. Product Liability
C. Statutory Protections

VII. Agency and Employment
A. Creation and Termination
B. Rights, Duties and Liabilities
C. Employment Discrimination

VIII. Personal and Real Property
A. Concepts of Title and Concurrent Ownership
B. Bailments
C. Interests in Land

IX. Insurance
A. Types of Risk
B. Clauses

X. Environmental Law
A. Common Law
B. State and Local Regulations
C. Federal Statutes

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 25-75%

Facilitated discussion: 25-75%

Mediated instruction: 0-25%

Group work: 0-25%

Mandatory Course Components:
All sections will include some assessments that require written responses to cases or scenarios.

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Other (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Attorney, Law School graduate (Juris Doctor) or CPA.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 28
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Accounting, A.B., Business Administration, A.B., Management and Supervision, A.B., Marketing, A.B., Pre-Sport Management, A.A. (Grand Valley State University), Pre-Business, A.A. (Grand Valley State University), Pre-Accounting, A.B. (3+1, Davenport University), Pre-Business, A.B. (3+1, Davenport University), Pre-Management, A.B. (3+1, Davenport University), Pre-Marketing, A.B. (3+1, Davenport University)
1st Catalog Year: Fall 2019 (8/1/2019)
People Soft Course ID Number: 100037
Course CIP Code: 52.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA