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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
BUSINESS LAW
(BLW)

3003 Business in Its Legal Environment
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
Study of the legal environment of business, including the social and ethical responsibility of business, legal process concepts, case law and legislative jurisprudence, and constitutional perspectives of doing business. Credit cannot be earned for both BLW 3003 and BLW 3013.

3013 Business Law
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: 60 hours of college credit or consent of instructor.
Legal analysis of contemporary environment of business law including the common law, legal reasoning, court systems and procedures, constitutional law, torts, contracts and corresponding areas of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, agency, property, bailment, international law, and related jurisprudential topics in light of social, ethical, political, economic, and global perspectives. Credit cannot be earned for both BLW 3013 and BLW 3003.

3023 Business Organizations and Commercial Law
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: BLW 3013 or the equivalent.
A detailed legal analysis of the Uniform Commercial Code, including sales, commercial paper, bank deposits and collections, electronic transfer funds, letters of credit, secured transactions, and creditors' remedies. This course may also include a discussion of the Bankruptcy Act, the legal analysis of the Uniform Partnership Act, and the Business Corporations Act.

3523 Real Estate Law
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: BLW 3013 or the equivalent, or enrollment as a major in the B.A.A.S. degree in Construction Management.
Legal environment of real property ownership and transfer and legal brokerage; estates in land; sales contracts; mortgage transactions; title conveyances; landlord and tenant; restrictions and zoning; eminent domain; federal, state, and local laws governing housing discrimination; and equal opportunity and community reinvestment.

4153 Tourism Law
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: MGT 3003 and BLW 3013 or the equivalent. An investigation of the legal aspects of the accommodation, attraction, destination management organization, restaurant, and transportation industries.

4913 Independent Study
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: MGT 3003 and permission in writing from the instructor, the Department Chair, and the Dean of the College of Business. See the College of Business Undergraduate Advising Center for required forms. Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit, but not more than 6 semester credit hours of independent study, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor's degree.

4953 Special Studies in Business Law
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: MGT 3003 and consent of instructor. An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Studies may be repeated for credit when the topics vary, but not more than 6 semester credit hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to a bachelor's degree.

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