NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Introduction to Business Law
Course prefix, number, and section number: BUSG2305.490
Semester/Year of course: Fall 2024
Semester start and end dates: Aug 26 – Dec 14, 2024
Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Hybrid Online/Classroom
Class meeting location, days, and times: Tuesdays 11am-12:20pm COR
Lab meeting location, days, and times: N/A
Semester credit hours: 3
Course Description: Business Law explores the “Principles of law which form the legal framework for business activity including applicable statutes, contracts, and agency.”
Course prerequisites: None
Required course materials:
Dynamic Business Law: The Essentials
Edition: 6
Author: Nancy Kubasek
Included in Course, Access through CANVAS
Name of instructor: Doug Akins
Office location: COR 205
Telephone number: 940-498-6261
Email address: dakins@nctc.edu
Office hours for students:
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
List of graded assignments:
# of Graded Course Elements Graded Course Elements Percentage Values
2 Exams (Midterm and Final) 25%
5 Case Studies 25%
17 Reading Assignments / Homework 25%
4 Online Activities 15%
7 Classroom Participation 10%
Final grade scale:
A 90% - 100% D 60% - 69%
B 80% - 89% F 0 – 59%
C 70% - 79%
Late work policy:
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy: Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct”.
Artificial Intelligence Policy:
Attendance Policy: Since this is a HYBRID class, attendance will be taken on Tuesdays in the classroom. Attendance will be 10% of your grade.
Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: November 4th, 2024
Student Learning Outcomes: At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
LO1 Define fundamental legal terminology regarding contracts, torts, property, and wills
LO2 Differentiate between business ethics and legal issues
LO3 Explain required elements of torts, requirements of contracts, and various consumer laws as applied to business and individuals.
COLLEGE POLICIES
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
AI STATEMENT
Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.
When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.
Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.
Use of ChatGPT (or other similar tools that generate text) is allowed in this class for specific assignments only. When use of the tool is allowed, it will be explicitly noted in the assignment directions. If you utilize ChatGPT for any part of the assignment (from idea generation to text creation to text editing), you must properly cite the source.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Laman
Office location: Corinth, Room 172
Telephone number: 940-498-6263
E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman
Office location: Gainesville
Telephone number: 940-668-7731
E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu