1 SYLLABUS—MANAGEMENT 3540— BUSINESS LAW—SPRING 2015—§2Professor: John R. Swenson, J.D.Office: 326 Cornell HallPhone: 573-310-1042E-mail: [email protected] (use my cell phone, not email, for urgent matters)Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:45—1:45, or by appointmentText: Introduction to Business Law, by John R. Swenson, Cengage PublishingPrerequisite: Sophomore standing or Management Chair approval. 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 Chapter Date ChapterJAN 21 Introduction MAR 18 WEDNESDAY—SECOND EXAM26 1 Sources of Law 23 – 27 SPRING BREAK28 2 Courts 30 13 PerformanceFEB 2 3 Procedure APR 1 13 Performance4 4 Intentional Torts 6 14 Remedies9 4 Intentional Torts 8 14 Remedies11 5 Unintentional Torts 13 15 Commercial Paper16 6 Criminal Law 15 15 Commercial Paper18 6 Criminal Law 20 16 Secured Transactions23 7 Contracts/8 Offer APR 22 WEDNESDAY —THIRD EXAMFEB 25 WEDNESDAY—FIRST EXAM 27 16 Secured TransactionsMAR 2 8 Offer & Acceptance 29 17 Real Estate4 9 Consideration/10 Capacity MAY 4 17 Real Estate/Landlord Tenant9 10 Capacity & Legality 6 18 Landlord Tenant11 11 Writing Requirement MAY 11 MONDAY FINAL EXAM—12:30 PM16 12 Reality of Consent NO EXCEPTIONSGRADING: First examination 40 pointsLaDay & TimeRoomLaDay & TimeRooA Mo 8:30AM - 9:20AM 11 J We 8:30AM - 9:20AM 12B Mo 8:30AM - 9:20AM 12 K We 2:00PM - 2:50PM 12C Mo 2:00PM - 2:50PM 12 M Th 8:30AM - 9:20AM 12D Mo 3:30PM - 4:20PM 30 N Th 2:00PM - 2:50PM 30E Tu 8:30AM - 9:20AM 12 P Th 2:00PM - 2:50PM 127F Tu 2:00PM - 2:50PM 30 Q Fr 9:00AM - 9:50AM 42G Tu 2:00PM - 2:50PM 127 R Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM 42H We 8:30AM - 9:20AM 11 S Fr 11:00AM - 11:50AM 42Second examination 40 pointsThird examination 40 pointsFinal examination 60 pointsLabs 20 pointsTOTAL 200 POINTSThe exams will be multiple choice. Each question will be worth one point. The final will becumulative. I will use a +/- scale in grading based on the following chart:97 – 100%A+93 – 96% A 90– 92% A-87 – 89 % B+83 – 86 % B 80 – 82 % B-77 – 79% C+73 – 76 % C 70 – 72% C-67 – 69 % D+63 – 66% D 60 – 62 % D-Less than 60% F 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 youcannot 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