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Introduction to Business
Law
Instructor: Byron Lilly
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lilly
(408) 864-8431
lillybyron@fhda.edu
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Office Hours
Mon - Thurs 12:30-1:30PM
or by appointment
Office: F41F, Building F4
(408) 864-8431
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Essential Materials
 Selected Material From Essentials of
Business Law, Custom Edition for De
Anza College, 4th Edition, Beatty /
Samuelson, Cengage Learning, 2012
or
 Essentials of Business Law, 4th
Edition, by Beatty / Samuelson,
Cengage Advantage Books, 2012
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Essential Materials
 Green sheet (course syllabus)
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Available at
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lillybyron/pdf/b18green.pdf
 De Anza’s Catalyst website
 25% of your grade will be based on
the weekly online quizzes located
here
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Optional Materials
 My lecture slides, posted at
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lillybyron/business18.html
 Textbook website (Optional
interactive chapter quizzes)
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Administrative Details
 Attendance
 Online quizzes
 In-class exams
 ParSCORE forms
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Grading
A+
A
AB+
B
BMcGraw-Hill/Irwin
99%-100%
92% - 98%
90% - 91%
88% - 89%
82% - 87%
80% - 81%
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Grading
C+
C
D+
D
DF
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
78% - 79%
70% - 77%
67% - 69%
58% - 66%
55% - 57%
Below 55%
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Grading Components
Online Quizzes
Midterm
Final Exam
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
25%
36%
39%
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Three Websites You Should Become
Familiar With
1. De Anza’s Catalyst website:
https://catalyst.deanza.edu/
2. My De Anza College website:
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lillybyron/busi
ness18.html
3. The Fourth Edition Textbook website:
http://www.wadsworth.com/cgiwadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b
&product_isbn_issn=9780538473804&token=
Catalyst Website
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https://catalyst.deanza.edu
First accessible on the later of:
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January 7th, or
A couple hours after you use your add code…
Mozilla Firefox is recommended
User name: 8-digit Student ID
Password: birthday (in form MMDDYYYY if new
to Catalyst) OR your current Catalyst password (if
you already used Catalyst this year)
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About Me
Byron Lilly
 M.A. Economics, U.C. Berkeley,
1982
 MBA, U.C. Berkeley, 1986
 14 years industry experience
 @DeAnza College since 1999
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Your Homework
Before our next class meeting:
 Print and read the course syllabus, if
you have not already
 Read the rest of chapter 1
 Decide the winner in James v. Meow
Media
 Try your Catalyst login to make sure it
works
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Your Homework
Before our next class meeting (continued):
 Review chapter 1 “additional questions”
3, 6, 7, and 9 on pages 23-24 and be
prepared to tell me what you think the
correct answer is.
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