THE ONLINE COURSE – SPRING „09
Syllabus: Management 262 – Business Law
Instructor- Larry DeAngelis; M.B.A., J.D.
Purpose of Course: To cover the basic elements to that
aspect of the law commonly known as business law.
This coverage keeps the needs of the business major as
to real-life business situations in mind.
Course Text: Fundamentals of Business Law:
Summarized Cases by Miller and Jentz. 8th ED.
CENTAGE/South-Western Publishing Company.
(2010). ISBN-13:978-0-324-59573-4
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOU ARE
CONSIDERING TAKING THIS COURSE AFTER
SPRING-„09, ALWAYS CHECK TO SEE WHAT TEXT
IS BEING USED. THIS MAY BE DONE BY EMAILING ME AT ldeangelis@ccp.edu
You are welcome to review the contents of this syllabus to
get an idea of the content and dynamics of the course.
Components of Final Grade:
60% - Four Tests
12% - Three Forums
14% - Four “You Be The Judge” cases
14% - Intro, & Three Legal Research Assignments
Dynamics of Course:
1. Read each chapter that is assigned. As you are
reading the chapter, review the chapter checklist to be
sure that you understand the relevant information in the
chapter.
2. After finishing the reading of the chapters with the
checklist, take the tests as scheduled.
3. Move to next chapter and repeat steps 1 and 2.
4. Complete the Forums and Assignments as scheduled.
EXTRA CREDIT:
You may take interactive quizzes for extra credit.
Follow the instructions in the first week of the timeline.
When you click the tab, it takes you to a web page with
an interactive quiz designed by the authors of the text
Answer the questions and e-mail to me at
ldeangelis@ccp.edu for each quiz.
Take if you want for practice before the tests. Or take
the quizzes to receive extra credit. For each chapter, you
may take the interactive extra credit quiz only once and
submit score to me to have counted towards extra
credit. For extra credit to count towards a change of
grade, you must complete at least ten of the quizzes. The
average of the interactive quizzes can be used to replace
your lowest test score.
LATE WORK:
Work must be completed by end of the week for
which it is scheduled. If it is turned in later in the
next week, there may be a deduction in your grade
for that assignment. SEE TIMELINE FOR DUE
DATES AND WORK DUE.