1 SYLLABUS MANAGEMENT 3540 BUSINESS LAW SPRING 2015 2 Professor Office Phone E mail John R Swenson J D 326 Cornell Hall 573 310 1042 swenson missouri edu use my cell phone not email for urgent matters Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays 12 45 1 45 or by appointment Text Introduction to Business Law by John R Swenson Cengage Publishing Prerequisite Sophomore standing or Management Chair approval La Day Time A B C D E F G H Mo 8 30AM 9 20AM Mo 8 30AM 9 20AM Mo 2 00PM 2 50PM Mo 3 30PM 4 20PM Tu 8 30AM 9 20AM Tu 2 00PM 2 50PM Tu 2 00PM 2 50PM We 8 30AM 9 20AM Room La 11 12 12 30 12 30 127 11 J K M N P Q R S Day Time We 8 30AM 9 20AM We 2 00PM 2 50PM Th 8 30AM 9 20AM Th 2 00PM 2 50PM Th 2 00PM 2 50PM Fr 9 00AM 9 50AM Fr 10 00AM 10 50AM Fr 11 00AM 11 50AM Roo 12 12 12 30 127 42 42 42 The following assigned readings are all from the text All assignments and exam times are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor All exams are in the regular classroom Date JAN FEB Chapter Date 21 Introduction MAR 18 WEDNESDAY SECOND EXAM 26 1 Sources of Law 23 27 SPRING BREAK 28 2 Courts 30 13 Performance 1 13 Performance APR Chapter 2 3 Procedure 4 4 Intentional Torts 6 14 Remedies 9 4 Intentional Torts 8 14 Remedies 11 5 Unintentional Torts 13 15 Commercial Paper 16 6 Criminal Law 15 15 Commercial Paper 18 6 Criminal Law 20 16 Secured Transactions 23 7 Contracts 8 Offer 22 WEDNESDAY THIRD EXAM FEB 25 WEDNESDAY FIRST EXAM 27 16 Secured Transactions MAR 2 8 Offer Acceptance 29 17 Real Estate 4 9 Consideration 10 Capacity 9 10 Capacity Legality 11 11 Writing Requirement 16 12 Reality of Consent GRADING First examination APR MAY MAY 4 17 Real Estate Landlord Tenant 6 18 Landlord Tenant 11 MONDAY FINAL EXAM 12 30 PM NO EXCEPTIONS 40 points Second examination Third examination Final examination Labs TOTAL 40 points 40 points 60 points 20 points 200 POINTS The exams will be multiple choice Each question will be worth one point The final will be cumulative I will use a scale in grading based on the following chart 97 100 93 96 90 92 87 89 83 86 80 82 77 79 73 76 70 72 67 69 63 66 60 62 Less than 60 A A AB B BC C CD D DF MAKE UP FOR MISSED EXAMS WILL TYPICALLY BE DONE BY TAKING THE FINAL FOR EXTRA POINTS and will be given to those students who contact the instructor PRIOR to the exam date or have a verifiable emergency that prevented prior contact If you cannot reach me then e mail me or leave a message on my voice mail at 573 310 1042 If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need any test or course materials provided in an alternative format notify Professor Swenson and or the Disability Services immediately The Disability Services office is AS5 Memorial Union Voice 573 882 4696 TTY 573 882 8054 Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your special needs No homework assignments for labs are considered to be group projects It will be considered cheating if you have the same answer s as someone else except where it is a statement of law or a definition from the course content Any person found cheating in this course will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment or exam and will be reported for academic dishonesty