Course Syllabus: Business Law Case Study
Course Syllabus: MBA 610 Business Law G1054 Manchester Center
Term and Dates: 14TW1 9/02/2014 through 11/09/2014 Hybrid Tuesday 06:00PM - 09:30PM,
Instructor Information : Attorney Saheed W. Dahar II
s.dahar@snhu.edu
Office Hours/ Availability:
Instructor will arrive thirty (30) minutes prior to each lecture. You will normally communicate with your instructor during a scheduled lecture and in an open Blackboard forum so that your questions and the instructor’s answers benefit the entire class. You should send emails directly to your instructor only when you need to discuss something of a personal or sensitive nature, and in those cases your instructor will generally provide a response within 24 hours.
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Law Principles For Today’s Commercial Environment, 4 edition, ISBN-13:
9781305024045, ITP
Course Prerequisite:
N/A
Course Description:
This course focuses on the theory and application of business regulations and the laws of contracts, agency, property and business organizations.
Hybrid Statement:
This course will combine the face-to-face classroom experience with the convenience of online learning. A hybrid course structure allows us all to connect in person while keeping the flexibility of an online course for the second half of the week. You will be expected to attend and participate in both the classroom portion of the course and via Blackboard every week. We will be connecting much of what we do in the classroom to online discussions, assignments, and assessments throughout the rest of the week on Blackboard.
Course Objectives:
To acquire an understanding of general legal principles and specific business law issues, to engage in analysis of the law, and to explore how the law impacts business and personal decisions.
Assignment Schedule: In Class Lectures will take place Tuesday 6-9:30 p.m. Manchester Center
Robert Frost Hall, Room 220
Week / Module
Assignments / Assessments
1/1
In Class
Lecture
09/2/14
2/2
Online
3/3
In Class
Lecture
09/16/14
4/4
In Class
Lecture
09/23/14
5/5
Online
6/6
In Class
Lecture
10/07/14
Introduction to the Legal SystemTopic
1: The Constitution, Statutory Regulations, and the
Common Law
Topic 2: Courts and the Judicial Process
Topic 3: Natue and Sources of Law
Topic 1: Government Regulation of Competition and
Prices
Topic 2: Administrative Agencies
Topic 3:The Legal Environment of International Trade
Topic 1: Crimes
Topic 2: Torts
Topic 3: Intellectual Property rights
Topic 4: Cyberlaw
Research Paper – Topic Outline Due
Contracts--Part One
Topic 1: Contract Basics
Topic 2: Formation of the Contract
Group Project Activity – Negotiate and Draft Contract
Contracts--Part Two
Topic 1: Termination and Breach of Contract
Topic 2: Special Issues Regarding Contracts
Topic3: Third Persons in Contract
Midterm Due
Negotiable Instruments
Topic 1: Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and
Negotiability
Topic 2: Warranties and Liability
Group Project Activity – Modification of Contract
Research Paper: Draft Research Paper due
7/7
Agency
Online
Topic 1: Formation of the Agency Relationship
Topic 2: Duties and Liabilities of the Principals and
Agents
Topic 3: Third Persons in Agency
Research Paper Due
8/8
In Class
Lecture
10/21/14
Business Organizations
Topic 1: Business Organizations
Topic 2: LPs, LLCs, and LLPs
Topic 3: Corporation Formation and Shareholder
Rights
Group Project Activity Formation of Business
9/9
In Class
Lecture
10/28/14
DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS
Topic 1: Nature of the Debtor-Creditor Relationship
Topic 2: Consumer Protection
Topic 3: Secured Transactions in Personal Property
Group Project Activity: Class Business and ReOrganization
10/10
Online
DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS Part 2
Topic 1: Bankruptcy – Chapters 7, 11, 13
Topic 2: Real Property and Estates
Topic 3: Leases
Final Exam
Assignment Descriptions:
The following is expected of each student: class reading assignments, a Final exam, individual paper, group class projects, Research paper, class participation and short topical assignments.
Students are responsible for reading the assigned material prior to each class. Students are expected to attend all classes. Absenteeism will affect the final grade, barring extenuating circumstances. All students are expected to participate in the class discussions.
Course Grading Policies:
All papers should be submitted through the appropriate Assignment in Blackboard by the stated due date using Microsoft Word or similar word processing format. The length of the paper is defined by instructor and should follow APA formatting guidelines
All assignments must be submitted to the appropriate Assignment in Blackboard by 11:59 PM
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the date it is due
Final Grade Calculation:
Assessment Item(s)
Percentage of Final Grade
15%
15%
10%
20%
15%
25%
Midterm
Online Assignments
In – Class Participation
Research Paper
Group Activities Participation
Final Exam
Total Possible:
100%
Official University Grading Scale:
UC-COCE Graduate Grading System:
Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
F
Numerical Equivalent
Points
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
73-76
0-72
4.00
3.67
3.33
3.00
2.67
2.33
2.00
0.00
I
IF
Incomplete
Incomplete/Failure*
W
Withdrawn
* Incomplete and Incomplete/Failure - Any student requesting an “I” grade must complete a Student Petition
& Contract for a Grade of Incomplete and submit it to the proper offices prior to the final day of the
term/semester.
The petition will specify a deadline by which the course work must be completed. The incomplete automatically becomes an “IF” if work has not been completed and a grade has not been submitted by the specific deadline.
Attendance / Participation Policy:
Failure to participate during the first week of the course (12:00 AM Monday through 11:59 PM
Sunday) will result in automatic withdrawal. Participation is defined as posting activity within a discussion board, wiki, or blog, and/or an assignment submission. Students who do not participate during the first week forfeit their rights to be reinstated into the course.
Students are expected to attend face-to-face (F2F) class meeting times as well as participate online for Hybrid courses throughout the term. Students enrolled in F2F (lecture) courses should also login to their blackboard course site to check for announcements, assignment information, and links to additional resources.
Students who fail to attend and participate or who fail to withdraw from the course in accordance with COCE’s official drop and withdrawal policy will be graded …show more content…
appropriately.
Southern New Hampshire University Policies
More information about SNHU policies can be found at https://my.snhu.edu/Academics/Pages/SyllabiStatements.aspx. Continuing Education Center Instructor Availability: All undergraduate Continuing Education instructors at all center locations (Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Portsmouth, and Brunswick, Maine) will be available to students for a minimum of four additional hours of face-to-face meeting time per term.
This time is in addition to the required 20 hours of face-to-face time in hybrid classes and the required 40 hours of face-toface time in lecture classes. How the additional meeting time is utilized is at the discretion of the instructor and may vary by course.
Academic Honesty Policy: Southern New Hampshire University requires all students to adhere to high standards of integrity in their academic work. Activities such as plagiarism and cheating are not condoned by the university. Students involved in such activities are subject to serious disciplinary action. Plagiarism is defined as the use, whether by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another without full and clear acknowledgment. Cheating includes the giving or receiving of unauthorized assistance on quizzes, examinations, or written assignments from any source not approved by the instructor.
Understand that in taking this course, your assignments may be submitted to Turnitin.com or other plagiarism-detection services and reviewed for textual similarity suggestive of plagiarism. All submitted papers are subsequently included as source material in the Turnitin.com database for the purpose
of detecting plagiarism in other submitted work. Please review the Turnitin.com Usage Policy should you have any questions. For more about academic dishonesty, please refer to the undergraduate or graduate catalogs.
ADA/504 Compliance Statement: Southern New Hampshire University is committed to and concerned with meeting the needs of students challenged by physical, sensory, psychiatric and/or learning disabilities with regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended, and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation
Act. At the beginning of each term, or as soon as you become aware of a disability, we encourage you to contact the Office of Disability Services to discuss accommodations for which you may be qualified.
For questions concerning support services, documentation guidelines, or general disability issues:
Office of Disability Services, Exeter Hall, Suite 59
Hyla Jaffe, Director
603.626.9100 ext. 2386
h.jaffe@snhu.edu
For questions concerning disability-related compliance matters, grievance, or legal issues:
Ms. Jet Goldberg, ADA/504 Compliance Officer
Director of Wellness Center
603-645-9679
j.goldberg@snhu.edu
Technical Support: Support for Blackboard or other technology issues via phone, chat, and online form submission is available from the SNHU Technology Help Desk at http://www.snhu.edu/techsupport including 1.855.877.9919. Technical support is available 24/7.
Academic Assistance: Online students enrolled in undergraduate courses in the areas of math, writing, accounting, and statistics will have access to Smarthinking online tutoring: https://my.snhu.edu/offices/COCE/Tutoring/Pages/default.aspx. Library Resources Statement: In addition to the intellectual resources available onsite and online, https://my.snhu.edu/Academics/Library/Pages/default.aspx, Shapiro Library makes available group and oneon-one instruction in information literacy, enabling students to define and articulate what knowledge-based resources are relevant to their research interests. Library staff are available to assist students in effectively and efficiently accessing information from credible sources, to compare new knowledge with prior beliefs, and to consider the related ethical, legal, and socioeconomic issues that are inherent in scholarly investigation. Copyright Policy: Southern New Hampshire University abides by the provisions of United States Copyright
Act (Title 17 of the United States Code). Any person who infringes the copyright law is liable. The SNHU
Copyright Policy can be accessed from the Shapiro Library’s Copyright LibGuide at http://libguides.snhu.edu/content.php?pid=5411. Questions regarding copyright may be addressed to the
Dean of the University Library.
Term and Dates: 14TW1 9/02/2014 through 11/09/2014 Hybrid Tuesday 06:00PM - 09:30PM,
Instructor Information : Attorney Saheed W. Dahar II
s.dahar@snhu.edu
Office Hours/ Availability:
Instructor will arrive thirty (30) minutes prior to each lecture. You will normally communicate with your instructor during a scheduled lecture and in an open Blackboard forum so that your questions and the instructor’s answers benefit the entire class. You should send emails directly to your instructor only when you need to discuss something of a personal or sensitive nature, and in those cases your instructor will generally provide a response within 24 hours.
Text:
rd
Twomey /Business …show more content…
Law Principles For Today’s Commercial Environment, 4 edition, ISBN-13:
9781305024045, ITP
Course Prerequisite:
N/A
Course Description:
This course focuses on the theory and application of business regulations and the laws of contracts, agency, property and business organizations.
Hybrid Statement:
This course will combine the face-to-face classroom experience with the convenience of online learning. A hybrid course structure allows us all to connect in person while keeping the flexibility of an online course for the second half of the week. You will be expected to attend and participate in both the classroom portion of the course and via Blackboard every week. We will be connecting much of what we do in the classroom to online discussions, assignments, and assessments throughout the rest of the week on Blackboard.
Course Objectives:
To acquire an understanding of general legal principles and specific business law issues, to engage in analysis of the law, and to explore how the law impacts business and personal decisions.
Assignment Schedule: In Class Lectures will take place Tuesday 6-9:30 p.m. Manchester Center
Robert Frost Hall, Room 220
Week / Module
Assignments / Assessments
1/1
In Class
Lecture
09/2/14
2/2
Online
3/3
In Class
Lecture
09/16/14
4/4
In Class
Lecture
09/23/14
5/5
Online
6/6
In Class
Lecture
10/07/14
Introduction to the Legal SystemTopic
1: The Constitution, Statutory Regulations, and the
Common Law
Topic 2: Courts and the Judicial Process
Topic 3: Natue and Sources of Law
Topic 1: Government Regulation of Competition and
Prices
Topic 2: Administrative Agencies
Topic 3:The Legal Environment of International Trade
Topic 1: Crimes
Topic 2: Torts
Topic 3: Intellectual Property rights
Topic 4: Cyberlaw
Research Paper – Topic Outline Due
Contracts--Part One
Topic 1: Contract Basics
Topic 2: Formation of the Contract
Group Project Activity – Negotiate and Draft Contract
Contracts--Part Two
Topic 1: Termination and Breach of Contract
Topic 2: Special Issues Regarding Contracts
Topic3: Third Persons in Contract
Midterm Due
Negotiable Instruments
Topic 1: Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and
Negotiability
Topic 2: Warranties and Liability
Group Project Activity – Modification of Contract
Research Paper: Draft Research Paper due
7/7
Agency
Online
Topic 1: Formation of the Agency Relationship
Topic 2: Duties and Liabilities of the Principals and
Agents
Topic 3: Third Persons in Agency
Research Paper Due
8/8
In Class
Lecture
10/21/14
Business Organizations
Topic 1: Business Organizations
Topic 2: LPs, LLCs, and LLPs
Topic 3: Corporation Formation and Shareholder
Rights
Group Project Activity Formation of Business
9/9
In Class
Lecture
10/28/14
DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS
Topic 1: Nature of the Debtor-Creditor Relationship
Topic 2: Consumer Protection
Topic 3: Secured Transactions in Personal Property
Group Project Activity: Class Business and ReOrganization
10/10
Online
DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS Part 2
Topic 1: Bankruptcy – Chapters 7, 11, 13
Topic 2: Real Property and Estates
Topic 3: Leases
Final Exam
Assignment Descriptions:
The following is expected of each student: class reading assignments, a Final exam, individual paper, group class projects, Research paper, class participation and short topical assignments.
Students are responsible for reading the assigned material prior to each class. Students are expected to attend all classes. Absenteeism will affect the final grade, barring extenuating circumstances. All students are expected to participate in the class discussions.
Course Grading Policies:
All papers should be submitted through the appropriate Assignment in Blackboard by the stated due date using Microsoft Word or similar word processing format. The length of the paper is defined by instructor and should follow APA formatting guidelines
All assignments must be submitted to the appropriate Assignment in Blackboard by 11:59 PM
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the date it is due
Final Grade Calculation:
Assessment Item(s)
Percentage of Final Grade
15%
15%
10%
20%
15%
25%
Midterm
Online Assignments
In – Class Participation
Research Paper
Group Activities Participation
Final Exam
Total Possible:
100%
Official University Grading Scale:
UC-COCE Graduate Grading System:
Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
F
Numerical Equivalent
Points
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
73-76
0-72
4.00
3.67
3.33
3.00
2.67
2.33
2.00
0.00
I
IF
Incomplete
Incomplete/Failure*
W
Withdrawn
* Incomplete and Incomplete/Failure - Any student requesting an “I” grade must complete a Student Petition
& Contract for a Grade of Incomplete and submit it to the proper offices prior to the final day of the
term/semester.
The petition will specify a deadline by which the course work must be completed. The incomplete automatically becomes an “IF” if work has not been completed and a grade has not been submitted by the specific deadline.
Attendance / Participation Policy:
Failure to participate during the first week of the course (12:00 AM Monday through 11:59 PM
Sunday) will result in automatic withdrawal. Participation is defined as posting activity within a discussion board, wiki, or blog, and/or an assignment submission. Students who do not participate during the first week forfeit their rights to be reinstated into the course.
Students are expected to attend face-to-face (F2F) class meeting times as well as participate online for Hybrid courses throughout the term. Students enrolled in F2F (lecture) courses should also login to their blackboard course site to check for announcements, assignment information, and links to additional resources.
Students who fail to attend and participate or who fail to withdraw from the course in accordance with COCE’s official drop and withdrawal policy will be graded …show more content…
appropriately.
Southern New Hampshire University Policies
More information about SNHU policies can be found at https://my.snhu.edu/Academics/Pages/SyllabiStatements.aspx. Continuing Education Center Instructor Availability: All undergraduate Continuing Education instructors at all center locations (Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Portsmouth, and Brunswick, Maine) will be available to students for a minimum of four additional hours of face-to-face meeting time per term.
This time is in addition to the required 20 hours of face-to-face time in hybrid classes and the required 40 hours of face-toface time in lecture classes. How the additional meeting time is utilized is at the discretion of the instructor and may vary by course.
Academic Honesty Policy: Southern New Hampshire University requires all students to adhere to high standards of integrity in their academic work. Activities such as plagiarism and cheating are not condoned by the university. Students involved in such activities are subject to serious disciplinary action. Plagiarism is defined as the use, whether by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another without full and clear acknowledgment. Cheating includes the giving or receiving of unauthorized assistance on quizzes, examinations, or written assignments from any source not approved by the instructor.
Understand that in taking this course, your assignments may be submitted to Turnitin.com or other plagiarism-detection services and reviewed for textual similarity suggestive of plagiarism. All submitted papers are subsequently included as source material in the Turnitin.com database for the purpose
of detecting plagiarism in other submitted work. Please review the Turnitin.com Usage Policy should you have any questions. For more about academic dishonesty, please refer to the undergraduate or graduate catalogs.
ADA/504 Compliance Statement: Southern New Hampshire University is committed to and concerned with meeting the needs of students challenged by physical, sensory, psychiatric and/or learning disabilities with regard to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended, and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation
Act. At the beginning of each term, or as soon as you become aware of a disability, we encourage you to contact the Office of Disability Services to discuss accommodations for which you may be qualified.
For questions concerning support services, documentation guidelines, or general disability issues:
Office of Disability Services, Exeter Hall, Suite 59
Hyla Jaffe, Director
603.626.9100 ext. 2386
h.jaffe@snhu.edu
For questions concerning disability-related compliance matters, grievance, or legal issues:
Ms. Jet Goldberg, ADA/504 Compliance Officer
Director of Wellness Center
603-645-9679
j.goldberg@snhu.edu
Technical Support: Support for Blackboard or other technology issues via phone, chat, and online form submission is available from the SNHU Technology Help Desk at http://www.snhu.edu/techsupport including 1.855.877.9919. Technical support is available 24/7.
Academic Assistance: Online students enrolled in undergraduate courses in the areas of math, writing, accounting, and statistics will have access to Smarthinking online tutoring: https://my.snhu.edu/offices/COCE/Tutoring/Pages/default.aspx. Library Resources Statement: In addition to the intellectual resources available onsite and online, https://my.snhu.edu/Academics/Library/Pages/default.aspx, Shapiro Library makes available group and oneon-one instruction in information literacy, enabling students to define and articulate what knowledge-based resources are relevant to their research interests. Library staff are available to assist students in effectively and efficiently accessing information from credible sources, to compare new knowledge with prior beliefs, and to consider the related ethical, legal, and socioeconomic issues that are inherent in scholarly investigation. Copyright Policy: Southern New Hampshire University abides by the provisions of United States Copyright
Act (Title 17 of the United States Code). Any person who infringes the copyright law is liable. The SNHU
Copyright Policy can be accessed from the Shapiro Library’s Copyright LibGuide at http://libguides.snhu.edu/content.php?pid=5411. Questions regarding copyright may be addressed to the
Dean of the University Library.