BUS 126 - Business and the Legal Environment

    Recent Professors
    T. Summers, A. Thelen
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    An introduction to the legal environment of business. The following topics are covered: sources of the law, judicial systems, administrative law and governmental regulation, crimes and torts, protection of intellectual property, contracts, commercial paper, agency, labor law, legal forms of business organization, securities regulation, consumer and environmental law, warranties and product liability, bankruptcy, real property law and international law. Collaborative learning and the team approach are used in doing the legal research, reading and understanding court opinions and writing brief of cases.
    Usually Held
    Thu 6:30pm–9:40pm, Tue Thu 8:00am–11:10am