LEGAL STUDIES IN THE ROBINSON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS...

The undergraduate level legal studies courses offered by the Robinson College of Business serve the university community's need for legal education in business (outside of the professional education offered by the College of Law). The undergraduate legal environment core course, Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (BUSA 2106), covers law, ethics, and business. Specific law courses are also offered to assist the undergraduate student who has an established career objective within a specialized area. For example, Principles of Business Law (LglS 4050) is designed for accounting majors. This course covers contracts, sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, bankruptcy, and accountant's professional liability. The course provides a foundation for topics on the CPA examination. Real Estate Law (LglS 4490) is an important course for undergraduate real estate majors. Introduction to the Law (LglS 3020), a comprehensive orientation to the American legal system, has primary appeal to political science, urban studies, and pre-law students.

Please note that no academic major is available in legal studies. No legal studies course may be used for credit toward a Georgia State University College of Law degree.

COURSES:

BUSA 2106. Legal and Ethical Environment of Business. (3)

Prerequisite: none. CSP: 1, 6. This course provides the business student with a study of the interrelationship of law, ethics, and business. The course also covers government regulation of business activities and the legal environment within which business must operate.

LGLS 3020 Introduction to the Law (3)

Prerequisite: none. CSP: 1, 6. This course is an introduction to the law, a multifaceted and broad discipline which affects and is affected by every aspect of our society. The course provides an overview of the legal system, sources of law, and legal analytical models. In addition, the course covers specific applications of law from the environment to business to personal relationships. Legal case analysis and legal research are components of the class.

LGLS 4050 Principles of Business Law (3)

Prerequisite: none. CSP: 1, 6. This course provides the student with a study of traditional business law topics which include contracts, sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, agency, partnerships and corporations, and bankruptcy. In addition, the course covers the legal liability of acc!>untants under tort and contract doctrine and statutory provisions. The course emphasizes the policy underlying the rules and law covered in the course.

LGLS 4389 Directed Readings in Legal Studies (1-3)

Prerequisite: BusA 2106, consent of instructor.

LGLS 4490 Real Estate Law (3)

Prerequisite: none. This course is designed to provide the business student with a background in the nature, sources, and basic principles of modern real estate law. Topics include real property law, sales transaction contracts, general agency law, deeds and titles, methods of transferring title to real estate, mortgages, liens, land use control, landlord/tenant relationships, and Jegal analysis through traditional and electronic databases.