| Course ID: | LEGL 2700. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | Course Description: | The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing why legal duties are placed on the business community and how managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law. | Athena Title: | Legal Regulatory Environ Bus | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2700E, LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 2700E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | Course Description: | The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing
why legal duties are placed on the business community and how
managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal
institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law. | Athena Title: | LEGAL & REG ENV BUS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2800H | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 2800H. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (Honors) | Course Description: | The legal and regulatory environment of business, emphasizing why legal duties are placed on the business community and how managers should appropriately respond to them. Covers legal institutions, constitutional law, common law, and public law. | Athena Title: | Legal Regulatory Environ Bus H | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 2700, LEGL 2700E | Prerequisite: | Permission of Honors | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4200. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Intellectual Property law | Course Description: | A comprehensive study of intellectual property law. Primary topics that will be covered include patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Emphasis will be placed on creation, ownership, transfer, and use of intellectual property rights. | Athena Title: | Intellectual Property Law | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4300E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Law of Business Organizations | Course Description: | A managerial, entrepreneurial focus on the law applicable to
forming partnerships, corporations, and other business
entities, raising capital and structuring relationships with
agents, employees, partners, officers, and directors. | Athena Title: | Law of Business Organizations | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4300, LEGL 6300 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4300/6300. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Law of Business Organizations | Course Description: | A managerial, entrepreneurial focus on the law applicable to forming partnerships, corporations and other business entities, raising capital and structuring relationships with agents, employees, partners, officers, and directors. | Athena Title: | Law of Business Organizations | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4300E | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4400/6400. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Business Law | Course Description: | Debtor-creditor relations, commercial paper, contracts, securities, agency, partnership, joint ventures, corporations, professional and legal responsibility, sales, secured transactions, bankruptcy. | Athena Title: | Business Law | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4400E | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4400E. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Business Law | Course Description: | Debtor-creditor relations, commercial paper, contracts,
securities, agency, partnership, joint ventures, corporations,
professional and legal responsibility, sales, secured
transactions, bankruptcy. | Athena Title: | Business Law | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 4400 or LEGL 6400 | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4500/6500. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Employment Law | Course Description: | Study of domestic laws, regulations, and policies affecting the employment relationship, with particular emphasis on legal risk for employers, including wage and hour issues, hiring and promotion decisions, use of background checks and references, issues of worker privacy, and employment discrimination. | Athena Title: | Employment Law | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Graduate Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4600/6600. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems | Course Description: | Styles of negotiation as a tool used to resolve and reduce conflicts and disputes. Also studied are ADR systems, such as arbitration and mediation. | Athena Title: | NEGOTIATION & ADRS | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4700/6700. 3 hours. | Course Title: | FinTech and Financial Services Law | Course Description: | Students will survey banking and securities law, look at how
FinTech companies are disrupting old financial services models,
and examine how these new technologies can serve communities that
have been traditionally excluded from the financial services
sector. | Athena Title: | FinTech Financial Svcs Law | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4900/6900. 3 hours. | Course Title: | International Legal Transactions for Business | Course Description: | Study of laws, agreements, and institutions that affect
international business transactions with particular emphasis on
legal risk in global transactions, including sales contracts,
major trade agreements, regulation of imports and exports,
anti-trust law, intellectual property rights, labor and
employment law, environmental law, as well as cultural,
political, and ethical problems related to international legal
transactions. | Athena Title: | Intl Legal Transact for Busi | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 5000. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Special Topics in Legal Studies | Course Description: | Group study of selected topics from the field of legal studies,
such as more advanced study of areas of law relevant to
business and current legal issues affecting business. | Athena Title: | Special Topics Legal Studies | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL(REAL) 5200. 3 hours. | Course Title: | Real Estate Law | Course Description: | How law impacts real estate, its ownership, conveyance, and development. Real property ownership interests, restrictions on such interest, methods of transferring such interest, private and public land-use controls, and legal transactions involving real estate, such as gifts, sales, and leases. | Athena Title: | Real Estate Law | Prerequisite: | REAL 4000 or REAL 4000H or REAL 4000E | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 5900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | Course Title: | Research in Legal Studies | Course Description: | A research-intensive course requiring an original and
independent research paper/project on a legal studies related
topic under the supervision of a faculty member. | Athena Title: | Research in Legal Studies | Nontraditional Format: | Directed research and study done independently of a regularly
scheduled class. | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Pre or Corequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H or BUSN 4000 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 5990. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Directed Study | Course Description: | Individual advanced study, reading, or projects under the
direction of a faculty project director. | Athena Title: | Directed Study | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 7010. 1.5-3 hours. | Course Title: | Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business | Course Description: | The interrelationship of business and the ordering of society through law. Emphasizes why legal duties come to be placed on business and how managers appropriately respond to these duties. | Athena Title: | LEGAL & REG ENV BUS | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8000 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 7050. 1.5-3 hours. | Course Title: | Negotiation | Course Description: | Concepts and tools of integrative, interest-based negotiation. | Athena Title: | NEGOTIATION | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8050 | Nontraditional Format: | Some sections of this class will be taught in a non-traditional, i.e., part distance delivery, format. Where taught in distance delivery for three credit hours, at least one credit hour of lecture, generally on campus, will be included. The remaining hours for this non-traditional format will consist of one or more of on-site lectures, distance lectures, virtual office hours, and other distance exercises and discussions. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 7200. 1.5-3 hours. | Course Title: | Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | Course Description: | Complex negotiation simulations and interest-based conflict management systems, with emphasis on methods of recognizing and resolving underlying conflicts and resulting disputes. | Athena Title: | NEG & CONFL RES | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LEGL 8200 | Prerequisite: | LEGL 7050 | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 7990. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | Course Title: | Directed Study in Legal Studies | Course Description: | Directed study in legal studies topics for MBA students, giving
particular attention to specialized problems in an area related
to a student's academic interests. | Athena Title: | DIR STUDY IN LEGL | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course ID: | LEGL 8990. 1-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 15 hours credit. | Course Title: | Directed Study in Legal Studies | Course Description: | Research in Legal Studies. | Athena Title: | DIRECTED STUDY | Nontraditional Format: | Course involves independent work outside the traditional classroom format. | Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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