Faculty Syllabus

 Instructor: Jim Christianson

 Email : jchristi@austincc.edu

Telephone: (512) 477-3448 or 512 468-2892

Blackboard: Copies of all Power points will be posted  on Class Blackboard

Office Hours: Tuesday : 5PM- 6PM during the session.   

 Course Description: The relationships of law and business as they relate to commercial transactions. 

 Required Text:  Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Enviroment- Comprehensive Volumne  23rd ed , Twomey & Jennings{ISBN 978-1337061292} Be aware that there are several  used 23rd  ed Anderson’s Business Law texts used in Busi 2301 courses. These text have only 40 chapters.   Those texts do not have  all the chapters  required to be covered in this course  The comprehensive volume has  51 chapters. It is essential that the edition you purchase has 51 chapters.   Also note there is a newer 24th edition of this book. Do not purchase the 24th edition. The department has decided to save the student’s money by using the older 23rd edition of the text. 

 Instructional Methodology:This course will be taught via lecture,  textbook and Blackboard, Students will be expected to have absorbed the assigned material prior to taking each exam. The instructor encourages students to contact  the instructor when assigned material is unclear to the student and explanation is needed.

 Course Rationale: The  course is designed to provide the student with in-depth information concerning our system of law and its impact upon the day-to-day operations of businesses and business related transactions.

Student Learning Outcomes:  Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes: The Student will display a comprehensive understanding of: the origins and structure of the American legal system; the requirements and structure of an enforceable contract; available defenses to the enforcement of a contract; discharge of contracts and remedies for breach of contract; third party rights in contracts; the differences between common law contracts and contracts for the sale of goods; commercial transactions, the impact of law upon accountant's liability; intellectual property; negotiable instruments; title and risk of loss; insurance; and the impact and structure of administrative agencies. Also included in the course material will be bankruptcy law,  agency, creditor’s rights, and employment  law, debtor-creditor relations, types of business organizations including partnership, corporation and limited liability companies and real and person property

 Course Evaluation System:  Grades will be based on the following areas of performance. Students are required to take four exams. Each exam will be all multiple choice. Each exam will cover chapters assigned and worth 20% each. An exam  review sheet will be sent to students one  week before the exam. 

Exam One Chapters 1,2,4,5,6,9,11,12,13 14                                                      (20%)

Exam Two Chapters 15,16,17,18,19,  21,22,23,24                                             (20%)

Exam Three Chapters27,28,29,30.31,32.33.34,35,36,37                                    (20%)

Exam Four  Chapters 38,39,40,41, 42,43,44,45,46,47,48                                  (20%) 

End of Chapter  Textbook Assignment                                                              (10%)

 Legal Briefs                                                                                                        (10%)

                                                                                                                            100%

The Exams must be taken without any notes, books, or any other outside assistance such as electronic devices or internet searches.

End of Chapter Textbook  Homework  Assignments.  Homework questions are found at the end of the associated chapters.  Due Date for homework  is the date of the Exam  that covers those chapters. You wont be assigned a grade on the homework but will be given 100  points for turning in  the homework on time. Do not turn in your homework until you turn in your exam answer sheet

Two written legal briefs will be required to be  prepared by each student and turned in later in the semester. Assignments of what legal briefs the student is required to prepare will be provided on Blackboard. . Instructions on how to do the legal brief, how they will be prepared , a sample legal brief  and when they will be due will be presented  in instructions provided on Blackboard.   In this class, you may use Chat GPT to brainstorm ideas and revised drafts to only your legal briefs, but final submission of the two legal briefs must be your original writing.    

GRADES:

Grades will be earned on the following scale:

90‑100 A

80‑89  B

70‑79  C

60‑69  D

0-60   F

Business Law Homework Assignments

Homework is due on the day of the exam for the chapters covered by the exam.    The homework  chapters  due are those chapters  associated with the chapters  tested on. They are to be sent to the instructor at the email of the instructor above.. These questions are at the back of the chapter indicated

Chapter `1– None

Chapter 2- Questions 3, 4 and 5

Chapter 4 Questions 1,3, and 4

Chapter 5 Questions 2, 3, and  4

Chapter 6 Questions 4, 5,  and 6

Chapter 9 Questions  2 and 4

Chapter 11 Questions  2 and 4

Chapter 12 Questions 4,5, and 7

Chapter 13 Questions 1, 3, and 4

Chapter 14 Questions 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 15 – Question 2, 3, and 8

Chapter 16 Questions  02 and 4

Chapter 17  Questions 3 amd 5

Chapter 18 Questions 2, 3, 7,and 9

Chapter 19 Questions 3, 4, and 5

Chapter 21 Questions 5, 6, and 7

Chapter 22 Questions 3, 4, 5 and 8

Chapter 23 Questions 3, 5, and 6

Chapter 24 Questions 1, 2, and 4

Chapter 27 Questions 2 and 3

Chapter 28 Questions 2, 3, and 8

Chapter 29 Questions 1, 2, and 5

Chapter 30 Questions 2, 3, and 9

Chapter 31 Questions 1, 3, and 4

Chapter 32 Questions 1, 2, and 4

Chapter 33 Questions 1, and 2

Chapter 34 Questions 1, 2, and 5

Chapter 35 Questions 1, 3, and 4

Chapter 36 Questions 1, 4, and 7

Chapter 37 Questions 3, 4, and 5

Chapter 38 Questions 1, 2, and 4

Chapter 39 Questions 2, 4, and 5

Chapter 40 Questions 1, 2, and 4

Chapter 41 Questions 1 and 3

Chapter 42 Questions 3 and 4

Chapter 43 Questions 6 and 8

Chapter 44 Questions 1 and 2

Chapter 45 Questions 3 and 4

Chapter 46 Questions 1 and 10

Chapter 47 Questions 1, 3, and 4

Chapter 48 Questions 1, 3, and 5

The Student will display a comprehensive understanding of: the origins and structure of the American legal system; the requirements and structure of an enforceable contract; available defenses to the enforcement of a contract; discharge of contracts and remedies for breach of contract; third party rights in contracts; the differences between common law contracts and contracts for the sale of goods; commercial transactions, the impact of law upon accountant's liability; intellectual property; negotiable instruments; title and risk of loss; insurance; and the impact and structure of administrative agencies. Also included in the course material will be bankruptcy law,  agency, creditor’s rights, and employment  law, debtor-creditor relations, types of business organizations including partnership, corporation and limited liability companies and real and person property

Required Text:  Anderson’s Business Law and the Legal Enviroment- Comprehensive Volumne  23rd ed , Twomey & Jennings{ISBN 978-1337061292} Be aware that there are several  used 23rd  ed Anderson’s Business Law texts used in Busi 2301 courses. These text have only 40 chapters.   Those texts do not have  all the chapters  required to be covered in this course  The comprehensive volume has  51 chapters. It is essential that the edition you purchase has 51 chapters.   Also note there is a newer 24th edition of this book. Do not purchase the 24th edition. The department has decided to save the student’s money by using the older 23rd edition of the text. 

   Student Learning Outcomes:  Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes: The Student will display a comprehensive understanding of: the origins and structure of the American legal system; the requirements and structure of an enforceable contract; available defenses to the enforcement of a contract; discharge of contracts and remedies for breach of contract; third party rights in contracts; the differences between common law contracts and contracts for the sale of goods; commercial transactions, the impact of law upon accountant's liability; intellectual property; negotiable instruments; title and risk of loss; insurance; and the impact and structure of administrative agencies. Also included in the course material will be bankruptcy law,  agency, creditor’s rights, and employment  law, debtor-creditor relations, types of business organizations including partnership, corporation and limited liability companies and real and person property