California State University Fresno is one with an option in Legal
Environment of Business for our Business Administration majors. Each
major must choose an option, such as marketing, accountancy, finance,
legal environment, etc. I have redacted the catalog copy that
applies. I had earlier sent this to Mark Blodgett at Suffolk at his
request.

Best Regards, James Highsmith
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All students in the Craig School of Business who are working toward
the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must complete, in
addition to the university's General Education requirements, a
ten-course group of pre-business courses, seven courses of
upper-division core, and 23 to 32 units in an area of specialization
or option. The pre-business classes include material considered
essential for further study in business. The upper-division core
classes provide a broad background and a breadth of knowledge and
understanding. The option courses enable the student to specialize in
a specific area of business and to prepare for effective performance
in future employment.

Pre-Business requirements* (20 units)
ACCT 4A, 4B; B A 18; CSB 50; DS 71, 73; ECON 40 or AG EC 1, ECON 50,
ENGL 1, IS 50
(See Pre-Business Policy)

Upper-division core requirements (27 units)
DS 123; FIN 120; IS 130; MGT 110 or 104-106, 124, 187; MKTG 100
(See Statement on Prerequisites)

Option requirements (24-28 units)
The Department of Finance and Business Law offers four options.(See
options below.)



Legal Environment of Business Option

B A 150, 151, 155 (9 units)
Elect 2 from B A 101, 154, 156, 160, 177; HRM 157 (6 units)
Select three upper-division courses inside the Craig School of
Business. Electives must be approved in advance by the department
chair. (9 units)
Total (24 units)
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The Legal Environment of Business Option provides an excellent
background for business people who will spend a considerable amount
of their time resolving business-related, legal and regulatory
problems. Those obtaining a legal environment option will be able to
adjust and adapt to a variety of career paths. These include working
in law office management and in a number of business departments,
including public affairs, government relations, trust, and finance.
Depending upon the elective course work chosen, this option may
prepare students for careers in underwriting, pension or benefits
planning, arbitration or other forms of alternative dispute
resolution, and other business areas requiring a familiarity with
legal principles and processes. Many non-lawyers find a broad
knowledge of law extremely helpful in their business careers. As a
result, this option can be recommended for all business majors.
Business Administration (B A)

18. Business and the Legal Environment (4)
Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Introduction to legal system;
relation of ethics to law; administrative, criminal, tort, and labor
law; and legal aspects of international trade. A more extensive study
of the law of contracts and agency. Case studies; discussion and
analysis.

88. Public Law Environment of Business (1)
Not open to students who completed B A 18 at California State
University, Fresno. Relationship of ethics to law. Administrative law
and government regulation framework, labor and employment law
framework, and legal aspects of international trade.

101. Business Ethics (3)
Traditional and contemporary ethical principles and their historic
context and relevance to business practice. Identifying the ethical
beliefs and values of self and others. Examining contemporary
business problems from an ethical perspective.

120. Business and Society (3)
Examination of dynamic societal pressures affecting business. Review
of governmental, public and labor pressures on business in a changing
environment; business' impact upon various segments of society.
Ethical principles and their relationship to business.

150. Law and Business Activity (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Examination of the law of bailments, shipments,
sales, commercial paper, and secured transactions. Nature of
property; and the relation of the legal, ethical, and regulatory envi
ronment to commercial transactions. Case studies; discussion and
analysis.

151. Law of Business Organizations (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited
partnerships, and corporations; advantages and limitations; social
responsibilities. Effect of form on taxation and liability. Includes
securities regulation, bankruptcy and insurance. Case studies;
discussion and analysis.

154. Real Estate Law (3)
Meets California statutory course requirement for real estate
broker's license. Prerequisite: B A 18. Legal aspects of acquisition
and ownership of real estate; conveyances, mortgages, evidences of
title; planning and zoning.

155. Government Regulation and Control of Business (3)
Prerequisite: B A 18. Government and social control of private
enterprise, including examination of capitalism, private property,
administrative law and process, antitrust law, and development of
public policy through regulation and deregulation. Case studies;
discussion and analysis.

156. Labor Law (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 40, 50; B A 18, MGT 104, 106 recommended. Law of
industrial relations; histori cal and current principles for legal
settlement of labor-management disputes; statutes, court decisions,
administrative rulings; case studies; individual presentations.

160. Estate Planning (3)
The federal and state systems for regulating and taxing property
transfers during lifetime and upon death including the policy and
theory underlying the system and practical problems involved in
applying estate and gift tax laws.

177. Legal Environment of World Commerce (3)
Prerequisites: B A 18; junior standing; B A 150 recommended. Seminar
on international sales, documents, credits, dispute resolution; trade
law, including GATT/WTO customs, tariff laws; regula tory ethical
environment of international marketplace, intellectual property
transfers, political risk, exploitation of labor and environment.

Human Resource Management (HRM)

157. Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management (3)
Prerequisite: HRM 150 or permission of instructor, and IS 105W or
ENGL 160W. Survey of law related to employment, including
discrimination, wrongful discharge, safety and health requirements,
and other government regulations. Attention given to prevention and
resolution of legal complaints and to emerging public policy issues.
Oral presentations, discussions.


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James Highsmith
Verna Mae and Wayne A. Brooks Professor of Business Law
Craig School of Business
California State University Fresno
President Elect, Academy of Legal Studies in Business (International)
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