Syllabus
Course Objectives
When you have completed this course, you should be able to do the
following:
1. Think like a lawyer. By this I mean that you should develop the
ability to solve a problem by breaking a large question into a logical sequence of several smaller questions which are then solved
one at a time.
2. Describe how the legal system (courts and civil procedure)
operates.
3. Identify some of the actual rules of law in the areas of crimes,
torts, contracts. and business organizations.
BYU Course Outcomes
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Demonstrate a working knowledge of and the ability to analyze
issues of law applied to relevant facts for the following topics:
sources of law, courts and their procedures, jurisdiction, crimes,
and torts.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of and the ability to analyze
issues of law applied to relevant facts for: contract formation,
defects in agreement, the statute of frauds and the parole evidence
rule, third party rights, and breach/remedies.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of and the ability to analyze
issues of law applied to relevant facts for: agency formation and
termination, partnerships, LLC’s, and corporate formation and
operation.
Apply ethical principles to legal problems.
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ACC 241: Business Law in the Environment
Prerequisite:
There are no prerequisites for this class. However, if you are a Brigham
Young University student, you must have a major status of “Marriott
School of Management”.
Course Materials
Textbooks: There are no textbooks required for this course. All the course
materials are in this course manual.
Course Overview
Each of the lessons in this course has a statement of objectives. At the commencement of each lesson, read the objectives and then do the following:
1. Read the lesson and work the lesson problems,
2. Complete the Speedback assignment at the end of the lesson, and,
3. Take the examinations.
The details about the examinations are discussed in a separate document within the course. It should be no surprise that you must receive an
acceptable total score for the Speedback assignments and the examinations to pass this course. Just like any course on campus, we must state
the obvious and that is that most people pass, but it is possible to flunk.
You must pass the final exam to pass this course.
Course Structure
The course consists of:
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22 Lessons
22 Speedback Assignment (computer grades quizzes)
3 Exams
Self Checks
Self Checks do not count towards your final grade. They are an opportunity to check your knowledge gained from the reading. Pay attention
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to the questions and the question feedback, it will help prepare your for
the speedbacks and the exams.
Speedback Questions
At the end of each chapter is a Speedback Assignment. (“Speedback
Assignment” is just a fancy name for a quiz.) The Speedback questions
are based on material in the chapter; there are no review questions.
You may consult the material in the manual as you do the Speedback
Assignment – it is not a closed book assignment.
Examinations
You must pass the final exam with at least a 55% to pass this course.
Questions
Each examination consists of 50 multiple choice questions. Each examination is “closed book.” There is no time limit. The questions are evenly
(but not precisely) distributed among each of the chapters. (There is no
attempt to emphasize one chapter more than another.)
Difficulty
Most of the questions on the examinations are taken from old examinations that were used on the BYU-Provo campus for several years. Thus,
most of the “bugs” have been worked out of the examination questions.
Some Advice. It is in the nature of things that the law involves rules and
technicalities. The text and examinations deal with rules and technicalities. To be surprised about rules and technicalities in a law class is like a
medical student being surprised about all of the blood and injured bodies
he or she must deal with in medical school.
The comment about rules and technicalities focuses on the author’s
experience that many students miss examination questions (where they
actually know the answer) for the simple reason that they read the examination questions like a novel instead of a technical document. In short:
slow down and take your time. Read for detail. When students do this,
their scores go up.
Grading
Grades are based on student scores on examinations and Speedback (quiz)
scores. Specifically, 60% of the grade comes from examination scores and
40% from Speedback (quiz) scores which are at the end of each chapter.
This is how your final grade for the course will be assigned:
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ACC 241: Business Law in the Environment
Assignment
Percentage of Grade
Speedback assignments
40%
Exam 1
20%
Exam 2
20%
Final exam
20%
TOTAL =
100%
Grading Scale
The grading scale is the following:
Grade
Cumulative
Score
Grade
Cumulative Score
A
100 – 88 %
C
71 – 68%
A-
87 – 85 %
C-
67 – 65%
B+
84 – 82%
D+
64 – 62%
B
81 - 78%
D
61 – 58%
B-
77 – 75%
D-
57 – 55%
C+
74 – 72 %
E (fail)
54% or lower
This grading scale is intended to produce about the same grades
as the grading scale used in the business law classes (Acc 241) on the
BYU–Provo campus.
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