Legal Studies
Courses
BLAW 201 Business Law I 4.0 Credits
This course focuses on the legal environment in which businesses operate with a special concentration on contracts. The course addresses various aspects of contract law, including formation, performance and remedies for breach and how contract law interacts with other areas of the law in the business environment.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 202 Business Law II 4.0 Credits
Covers sales, negotiable instruments, personal property, and bailments.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 320 Information Privacy, Data and the Law 4.0 Credits
As technological advances continue to evolve, companies are often left to wonder what obligations they have to protect privacy. With the additional threats to privacy, legislatures and the courts are increasingly looking to protect personal data. This course will examine aspects of the evolving world of privacy and the law, including issues surrounding personal data of all forms (consumer, financial and biometric data; employment, health, education, social media and government records). Foundational privacy concepts and principles will be discussed, comparing the approaches to privacy domestically and abroad. At the end of the course, students will understand the core components of privacy, the cultural and legal variations in privacy law, and operational protections companies should give to privacy issues.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 321 Law of Business Organizations 4.0 Credits
Covers agencies, partnerships, corporations, and limited-liability companies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 330 Real Estate Law 4.0 Credits
Covers real property laws and the various rights, obligations, and limitations pertaining to land ownership. Analyzes the problems, procedures, and documents involved in the acquisition, mortgaging, and transfer of real property.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 334 Labor Law 4.0 Credits
Examines state and federal law regulating labor relations. Analyzes employment law and its impact on employment practices.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 338 Government Regulation and Business 4.0 Credits
Examines constitutional questions regarding relationship between business and various levels of government in the United States.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 340 International Business Law 4.0 Credits
Examines the law of international commercial transactions, trade, licensing, investments, and dispute resolution.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 342 Criminal Law 4.0 Credits
Surveys state and federal criminal codes and procedures.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
BLAW 343 Marketing Law 4.0 Credits
Covers many of the areas of law that control and affect marketing decisions, including the U.S. Constitution; advertising and false/wrongful advertising; market shares and allocations; restraints of trade and other unfair competition under the antitrust laws; and warranties.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 346 Entrepreneurial Law 4.0 Credits
This course is intended to address the various legal and ethical issues that confront individuals and companies in starting up new ventures, either within an existing company or a new start-up company.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 348 White Collar Crime 4.0 Credits
Examines the current federal and local criminal codes as they apply specifically to managers and businesses and the enforcement process.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 356 Legal Issues in Corporate Governance 4.0 Credits
This course examines the current legal and regulatory environment of corporate governance in the United States. The principal actors in a corporation’s governance structure (directors, officers and shareholders) and their roles and responsibilities will be examined. The sources of corporate governance, including laws and regulations, case law, and internal policies and procedures, are studied as well. The course also will analyze and consider the role and applicability of corporate governance in specific case studies and fact patterns, such as Enron and WorldCom.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 358 Employment Law 4.0 Credits
This class introduces students to the laws of the workplace in order to provide familiarity with common legal issues that arise in the employment context. The course examines issues such as who is an employee versus an independent contractor, when and for what reasons an employer can fire an employee, what anti-discrimination laws regulate the workplace (including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADEA and the ADA) and privacy concerns in the workplace. The course informs students of their rights as employees in the workplace as well as their responsibilities as employers. At the conclusion of the course, students should have an understanding of the basic laws that protect employees and regulate employers in the workplace.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW 360 Intellectual Property and Cyber Law 4.0 Credits
This course presents an overview of the Law of Intellectual Property. It examines patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets together with public policy issues including the Constitution and legislation. It also reviews current regulation and legislation relating to the Internet, including privacy and tort issues.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
BLAW I199 Independent Study in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW I299 Independent Study in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW I399 Independent Study in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW I499 Independent Study in Legal Studies 1.0-4.0 Credit
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW T180 Special Topics in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW T280 Special Topics in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW T380 Special Topics in Legal Studies 0.0-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
BLAW T480 Special Topics in Legal Studies 0.5-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
