Course Syllabus

Wheeler High School 

Ivy Tech Community College 

Dual Credit Course Syllabus

 

Course Information:

High School Course Title & DOE #: Business Law and Ethics 4560                HS Credits:  1.0

Ivy Tech Course Title: BUSN 201                                                                         Ivy Tech Credits:  3.0

Length of Course: 3 trimester

 

Semester or Trimester Registered: Fall 2022

 

Ivy Tech Prerequisites:    

Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 083 Reading Strategies for College and ENGL 093 Introduction to College Writing, or ENGL 095 Integrated Reading and Writing or ENGL 075 Co-Requisite Integrated Reading and Writing.

 

High School Faculty Information:

Name: Ms. Dijana Gagaleska

Office Location: 405

Contact Information: dgagaleska@union.k12.in.us

 

Catalog Description:

Fundamental legal principles pertaining to business transactions.  Introduction to the legal process.   Topics include sources of law and ethics, contracts, torts, agency, criminal law, business organizations, and judicial and administrative processes.

Course Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to: 

• Explain the historical development of the law, operation of the court system and sources of commercial law.
• Explain the social, political and ethical implications of the law and their application to actual and hypothetical business transactions.
• Distinguish between torts and crimes and describe the purpose of criminal and tort law.
• Evaluate when a promise is enforceable, the elements of a contract, performance, and the remedies available in the event of breach.
• Distinguish between contracts governed by the Uniform Commercial Code and those governed by the common law of contracts.
• Analyze cases. Identify issues and apply the appropriate legal rules to the fact patterns to reach defensible legal conclusions.
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize the internet to research legal issues and utilize other computer skills to enhance effective business communications and presentations through the use of appropriate business and legal terminology.
• Analyze whether a source is a reliable source for legal information.
• Perform legal research, to include evaluating and interpreting a court citation and locating a court case on an assigned topic.
• Categorize the types of government agencies, powers and functions, controls through congressional action, executive action, and the courts.
• Differentiate the relationship between state and federal systems, jurisdiction, and the importance of alternate dispute resolution methods to the participants
• Demonstrate how cases progress through the court system from problem, to filing, to trial, and appeal.
• Appraise the relationship between law and ethics.
• Describe the various agency relationships and the duties and liabilities of agents and principals. Describe the Constitutional basis for federal governmental regulation of business, including limits of government power. 
• Explain a corporation’s legal structure and differentiate it from other forms of business organization, the meaning of limited liability for the owners; describe the relationship of the various stakeholders.

Course Content:

• Sources of and reasons for law. Administrative agencies.  State and federal court systems, jurisdiction, methods for alternate dispute resolution. Progress of a case through the court system, role of judge, jury, lawyers, and the parties. The appellate process, types of motions, rulings, judgments, and enforcement of judgments.  Law and ethics, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder relationships, and ethical decision making.  Contracts under the common law and Uniform Commercial Code, classification, contract terms and elements, performance. Enforcement, breach, and remedies, third person beneficiary contracts, assignment of contracts.  Creation of an agency relationship, duties of agents, principals, liabilities (tort and contract) of principals, agents.  Torts distinguished from crimes, intentional torts, negligence, business torts, strict liability, tort reform, proposals.  Basics of criminal law and how crimes affect business.  Sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, corporate structure and governance.  Application of the U.S. Constitution to business activities.

 

Grading and Evaluation:

Course grades are available for students by logging into Ivy Tech’s online student system called, MyIvy, at the following address: https://my.ivytech.edu/.  Ivy Tech will not distribute grades by mail, you will need to look up your grades in your MyIvy account.  There may be a waiting period of 30 to 60 days from the end of the high school semester to obtain grades through MyIvy. If you’d like to order an official transcript, check your unofficial transcript first and then you may order here: https://www.ivytech.edu/registrar/3449.html 

 

Methods of Evaluation: 

• Reading assignments:It is absolutely essential that students complete all assigned readings in a timely manner.  When called on in class, students are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have completed the readings and are able to discuss their content and concepts.  Additionally, students are quizzed on the reading assignments and will be unable to obtain a satisfactory score if the reading assignments are neglected.
• Homework assignments:Periodically students will be given a variety of homework assignments.
• Quizzes / Test : A series of exams and quizzes will be given during the trimester, focusing on one or more chapters in the text.  While the majority of the questions will be multiple choice, students will become familiar with answering free response questions. The instructor will emphasize the difference between free response questions and the five-paragraph essay format that students learned in English class.
• In class activities: A portion of each student’s grade will be an evaluation of their preparedness for class, which will be reflected in their ability to respond to questions posed by the instructor, or to ask relevant questions on their own.  Each student will participate in one debate during the trimester.  Students will be given a prompt and must research arguments for and against their side. 
• Business Plan

Grading Scale:  Point- Based System

For Ivy Tech Dual Credit:

Students must demonstrate college-readiness through applicable PSAT/SAT/ACT/ACCUPLACER scores or competency in Reading, Writing, and/or Math; and GPA, if applicable.  These assessments are administered by staff at your high school/career center.  Each student’s final grade from this course will be shared with Ivy Tech and then recorded on an Ivy Tech transcript in their MyIvy accounts.

 

Final Withdrawal Date and Responsibility for Withdrawal:

Each course withdrawal requires the student to obtain his/her instructor’s signature to record the last date of attendance.  The last date to withdraw from this course *********

 

Virtual Library:

The Ivy Tech Virtual Library is available to students on and off campus, offering full-text journals and books and other resources essential for course assignments.  The Virtual Library can be found under the “Library” tab of your MyIvy account.

ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT:

 The College is committed to academic integrity in all its practices. The faculty value intellectual integrity and a high standard of academic conduct. Activities that violate academic integrity undermine the quality and diminish the value of educational achievement. Cheating on papers, tests or other academic works is a violation of College rules. No student shall engage in behavior that, in the judgment of the instructor of the class, may be construed as cheating. This may include, but is not limited to, plagiarism or other forms of academic Ivy Tech Community College 3 BUSN 101 Academic Affairs dishonesty such as the acquisition without permission of tests or other academic materials and/or distribution of these materials and other academic work. This includes students who aid and abet as well as those who attempt such behavior