CorrespondenceCourseInstruction

BUAD3355BUSINESSLAW
Textbook:

Clarkson,Kenneth,etal.,West'sBusinessLaw,10thedition,Thomson/SouthwesternPublishingCompany,2006,
ISBN:0324303904
Grader:
Dr.LauraSullivan
DepartmentofGeneralBusinessandFinance
SmithHutsonBuilding,Office200M
936.294.4631
lls003@shsu.eduhttp://www.shsu.edu/~gba_www/faculty/sullivan.html
*Thefinalexamwillcountaminimumof75%towardthecoursegrade.*
DepartmentofGeneralBusinessandFinance
CorrespondenceCourseDivision
GENERALBUSINESSADMINISTRATION3355:
BUSINESSLAW
CreditHours
Thiscourseisworththree(3)credithours.
Textbook
Clarkson,Kenneth,etal.,WestsBusinessLaw,10thedition,Thomson/SouthwesternPublishingCompany,2006,
ISBN0324303904
CourseObjective
Thiscoursecoversthelegalenvironmentinwhichindividualsandbusinessesoperate.Thefocusofthiscourseison
areasofmoderncommerciallawfacedbybusinessesandbusinessrelatedprofessions.Specificsubjectscovered
includeContracts,Sales,CommercialPaper,RealProperty,PersonalProperty,Bankruptcy,andSecured
Transactions.Thepurposeofthiscourseistoexpandthestudent'sawarenessandunderstandingofthedevelopment
andfunctionofbusinesswithinthejudicialenvironment.
DescriptionofCourse
Thiscoursecontainsten(10)lessonsandafinalexam.
Lessons
Lessonssubmittedforgradingshoulddemonstrateareasonableunderstandingofthesubjectmatter.Whileproper
citationofthetextisexpected,youshouldattempttosummarizematerialfromthetextandrespondtoquestions"in
yourownwords"asmuchaspossible.Useresearchfindingsandstatisticaldatapresentedinthetexttostrengthen
andsupportyouranswers.Lengthandscopeofanswersshouldreflecttheattentiongiventothetopicinthetext.Be
certainthatyourresponseadequatelyaddresseseachpartofthequestion.Althoughthe"suggested"rightanswer
maydifferfromyouranswer,youmaybeawardedpointsorfullcreditifyoucanjustifyyouranswerwithdataor
logicfromthetextorothersources.
Grading
Basedontheabovecriteria,eachlessonwillreceivetheappropriatelettergradeofA+,A,A...D+,D,D,F.The
gradingwillbebasedonyourabilitytounderstandthetextandcommunicatethisunderstanding.Ten(10)lessons
willcomprise25%ofyourgrade.Eachlessonwillbereturnedtoyouassoonasitisgraded,thatis,approximately
onetotwoweeksafterthelessonhasbeenreceivedbythecorrespondenceoffice.Thefinalexamwillcomprise
75%ofyourgrade.
StudyHintsfortheFinal
Thefinalwillbecomprisedof50100multiplechoiceandtrue/falsequestionsfromthetextmaterial.Averyhelpful

finalexamstudyhintistofocusonvocabularyandkeyterms/concepts.A"whichofthefollowingisorisnot"formof
questioniscommon.
CourseOutline
Yourtextisdividedintofour(4)unitsandiscomprisedof20chapters.Two(2)orthree(3)chaptersrepresentone
lesson.Forexample,toanswerquestionsforLesson1,readchapters10and11forLesson3,readchapters14and
15....forLesson10,readchapters29and30.(Onlyonelessonhasone(1)chapter,Lesson9readChapter28)