LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Business
Discipline/Program:
Business
Course Number and Name: BUS 005 Business Law I
Program Contact Person: ____Stanley Sandell, J.D._____________________
Phone: _____310-233-4181________
Reviewed by:
Date:
, Academic Dean
Data collected from Winter 2009, Section 1607, 27 students
Institutional
Course Intended Outcomes
Means of Assessment
Learning Outcomes
and Criteria for Success
1. Identify the historical and
Means: 7 multiple
1
constitutional foundations of
choice questions of 25
the law in the United States.
from Exam 1.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
2. Identify what business ethics Means: 8 multiple
1
is and why it is important.
choice questions of 25
from Exam 1.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
3. Recall the aspects of judicial Means: 10 multiple
1
review, jurisdiction and the
choice questions of 25
court system.
from Exam 1.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
4. Recall the principle of torts
Means: 8 multiple
1
and the basic categories of
choice questions of 25
torts.
from Exam 2.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
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Summary of Data
Collected
78% of students scored
60% or better.
Use of Results
Instructional methods are
effective. No changes are
recommended.
59% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
56% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
26% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
better.
5. Recall the principle of
Means: 5 multiple
intellectual property, such as
choice questions of 25
copyrights, patents, trademarks, from Exam 2.
and trade secrets.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
6. Identify what constitutes a
Means: 12 multiple
crime and what are the defenses choice questions of 25
and constitutional safeguards.
from Exam 2.
Criteria: 65% of the
students score 60% or
better.
7. Identify the elements of a
Means: 13 multiple
valid contract, including the
choice questions of 25
agreement and consideration.
from Exam 3.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
8. Identify the elements of a
Means: 12 multiple
valid contract, including
choice questions of 25
capacity, legality, assent and
from Exam 3.
form.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
9. Recall third party contractual Means: 18 multiple
rights, discharge, breach of
choice questions of 25
contract, and election of
from Exam 4.
remedies.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
10. Identify e-contracts, eMeans: 7 multiple
signatures, shrink wrap and
choice questions of 25
click on agreements, as well as from Exam 4.
the related uniform act.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
11. Identify the types of
Means: 14 multiple
77% of students scored
60% or better.
Instructional methods are
effective. No changes are
recommended.
50% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
69% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
65% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
38% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
58% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.
24% of students scored
Recommend that exams be
negotiable instruments, the
requirements for negotiability,
and the concept of holder in
due course.
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12. Recall legal aspects of
checks, as well as bank duties
and liabilities to customers and
third parties.
choice questions of 25
from Exam 5.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
Means: 11 true-false
questions of 25 from
Exam 5.
Criteria: 70% of the
students score 60% or
better.
60% or better.
restructured.
12% of students scored
60% or better.
Recommend that exams be
restructured.