BUS 115 - Business Law I

Class Hours 3
Lab Hours 0
Clinical Hours 0
Work Experience 0
Credit Hours 3
Minimum State Prerequisites: None
Minimum State Corequisites: None
Local Prerequisites: DRE-097, or ENG 002, or ENG 110, or ENG 111
Local Corequisites: None

This course introduces the ethics and legal framework of business. Contracts, negotiable instruments, the law of sales, torts, crimes, constitutional law, the Uniform Commercial Code, and the court systems are explained. Upon completion, students should be able to identify legal and ethical issues that arise in business descions and the laws that apply to them.

Competencies - Student Learning Outcomes

Identify the elements of a contract
Describe the structure of the U.S. court system
Identify laws, conditions and regulations in national and international work environments.

College Transfer: This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. This course has been approved for transfer under the ICAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.