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Name:
Anna Luci Wymer
Submission Date: 12/5/2011
Organization: Admin Affairs & Graduate Education
Course Catalog Update
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Course Catalog Update Information:
STU0004
Reference Number: CCU003357
Date: 23-NOV-11
Level: 2.00 of 2.00
Currently On The Worklist Of: Nancy Barbour, nbarbour
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services, 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559, curriculum@kent.edu
Basic Course Data
Change type: Revise
Faculty member submitting this proposal:
Requested Effective Term: 201280
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: FLA-Foundations, Leadership and Administration
Course Subject: SRM-Sport and Recreation Management
New Course Subject:
Course Number: 56080
New Course Number:
Course Title: LEGAL ISSUES IN SPORT AND RECREATION
Title Abbreviation: LEGAL ISSUES IN SPRT AND REC
Slash Course and Cross-list Information: SPAD 46080 + SRM 56080
Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: No
If yes, course attributes: 1.
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Can this course be repeated for credit: No Repeat
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Course Level: Graduate
Grade Rule: B-Standard letter
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable):
Schedule Type(s): 1. LEC-Lecture 2.
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Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description: Designed to alert potential recreation and sport professionals
to the litigious environment prevalent in the United States and increase awareness of their legal responsibility and risk
management. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Catalog Description (edited): A discussion of legal issues as the apply to the sport and recreation industries.
Prerequisites (edited): Graduate Standing
Corequisites (edited):
Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
Content Outline:
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Topic
Topic Description
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Introduction to the Legal System
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Identify and define intentional torts
Identify and define defamation
Identify and define negligence and
strict liability
Identify risk management issues
Identify, define and describe contract
law issues
Identify and define employment law
issues
Identify constitutional and federal law
issues
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Total Contact Hours: 45
Textbook(s) used in this course: Course packet
Writing Expectations: Two Legal briefs, chapter questions from packet, a paper on a current legal issue of choice
Instructor(s) expected to teach: Mulrooney
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Mulrooney
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
This proposal changes the course title and modifies the course content of SPAD 46080 Sport and the Law. The new title will
be SPAD 46080 Legal Issues in Sport and Recreation. Currently there is a course RPTM 46080 Legal Issues in Sport and
Recreation that will be dropped from the course offerings. SPAD 46080 will take its place. The RPTM course is currently
being taught by Sport Administration faculty and has been taught by this same faculty member for over 18 years. The
majority of students in the course are Sport Administration students. The faculty of both programs felt it was logical to have
one law course offered under SPAD for the SPAD and RPTM programs. Learning Outcomes: Apply course knowledge to legal
fact patterns (apply) Analyze law and facts to draw conclusions (analyze) Evaluate facts to determine the legal outcome
(evaluate) Synthesize law and facts to develop appropriate legal arguments (synthesize) Understand general legal theory
and concepts as applied to sport and recreation (knowledge) In-class Actvities that Support Outcomes: Hypothetical
discussions (apply, evaluate, analyze and synthesize) Real world applications (apply, evaluate, analyze and synthesize)
Legal theory reviews (apply, evaluate, analyze and synthesize) Faculty lectures (knowledge) Exams (knowledge, apply,
evaluate, analyze and synthesize) Out-of-class Activities that Support Outcomes: Writing a Legal Brief (apply, evaluate,
analyze and synthesize) Summary and Review questions (knowledge) Lexis Nexis legal searches and case reviews (analyze
and synthesize) Writing a Legal research paper (apply, evaluate, analyze and synthesize)
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
None
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
None
Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
None
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
RPTM
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Comments:
Date
11/30/2011
Return To Initiator
User
Aaron L Mulrooney
Return To Prior Approver
Deny
Comment
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History:
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11/30/2011 Shawn M Fitzgerald Approved
11/30/2011 Aaron L Mulrooney Submitted
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