COURSE SYLLABUS
BUS215 (Legal Environment Of Business)
Department of Information System
Salman Bin Abdulaziz University
Course
description:
Prerequisites:
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Course
Learning
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This course intends to define the law and its sources, domain and
interpretation. The course also defines the commercial law and its
history, sources and application and emphasizes the legal rights and
duties of the individual and corporate business.
BUS 201 – Introduction to Business
Student completing this course successfully will be able to :
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Topics covered
Outline the substantial range of legal topics within the business
environment.
Describe the different aspects of traditional and modern Laws.
Identify and analyze legal issues, arising from business practice using
sophisticated approaches
Facilitate business decision making in matters involving legal issues
that are customarily addressed without reference to legal counsel.
Think creatively in dynamic, unpredictable business situations
1. An Introduction to the Legal Environment
Of Business
2. Elements of Traditional Business Law
3. Regulatory Environment of Business
4. Law of commercial Papers
5. International Legal environment of Business
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Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Classes
Class/Tutorial
Schedule :
Wednesday : 8 to 11 am
Textbook :
Roger E. Meiners, AL H. Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards,(2008),
Legal Environment of Business-10e,South Western Cengage
Learning
1.Henry R. Cheeseman, Howard C. Ellis (2008), Legal
Environment of Business, Pearson Custom Publication.
References:
2.Frank B Cross & Roger LeRoy Miller (2008), Legal
Environment of Business, South Western Educational Publishing.
3.Henry R. Cheeseman (2007), Legal Environment of Business,
Prentice Hall.
4.Nancy K. Kubasek, Bartley A. Brennan, Neil Browne (2009),
Prentice Hall.
5.Marianne M. Jennings (2008), Foundations of the Legal
Environment of Business, South-Western Cengage Learning.
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Course evaluation : There are __2___ exams during the term, a final exam and graded
assignments:
Week due
Proportion
First exam
Date
12 / 3 /2015
20%
Second exam
Homework + quizzes +
Project
Final exam
Date 23 /4 /2015
During the term
20%
20%
Decided By College
40 %
Office hours:
location
Office Room.Room No: 4
Time
Sunday 8 pm to 12 am.
Outside office hours, please make an appointment
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Prepared by :
Shabana Ziyad
Reviewed by:
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27.01.2015