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BUS 186 - Business Law II


3 credits
This course provides an introduction to laws governing sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, banking, bankruptcy, real and personal property interests, various business entities (including but not limited to partnerships and corporations), insurance, wills, trusts, and family law matters. By the end of the course, students should be able to properly define and apply selected legal terms in given situations, determine proper types of dispute resolution methods to be used in given situations, and analyze/assess, using pertinent legal principles, selected situations for appropriate legal outcomes. This course will introduce students to critical legal thinking skills as they evaluate topics and concepts covered and search for underlying connections between the topics/concepts. Development of such critical thinking skills should be beneficial to any sort of personal/business decision-making process. This course will also help students gain basic literacy regarding the law-related topics/concepts covered which will also be helpful when making/evaluating important life decisions.



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