Course Description
Law regulating distinctions in the employment relationship. The emphasis is on federal statutory law regulating race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability discrimination in employment.
Athena Title
Employment Discrimination
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To familiarize students with the range of issues governing distinctions in business relationships. Students should be able to identify when a set of facts implicates this body of law and apply that law to new scenarios presented.
Topical Outline
1. Introductory materials 2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 3. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act 4. The Equal Pay Act 5. The Americans with Disabilities Act 6. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act 7. Other anti-discrimination provisions of state and federal law
Syllabus