Informações sobre o curso: This class deals with the business law topics that appear on the CPA exam: Agency, Contracts, Debtor-Creditor Relationships, Government Regulation of Business, and Business Organizations. Students will gain an understanding of how these areas of the law affect businesses and their operations, with an eye on preparation for the business law portions of the REG section of the CPA exam. By the end of the class, students will be able to identify the legal principles that govern various business situations and apply those principles to an issue to determine the outcome when the law is applied to the facts of a scenario.
Para quem é direcionado este curso: Primarily students preparing for the REG section of the CPA exam, but also anyone interested in business law.
Desenvolvido por: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ministrado por: Professor Michael R Fricke, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration
| Nível | Intermediário |
| Compromisso | 6 to 8 hours per week |
| Idioma | English |
| Como ser aprovado | Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso. |
| Classificação do usuário |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Introduction to the Course
In this module, you will become familiar with the course, your instructor and your classmates, and our learning environment. This orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required to navigate and be successful in this course.
2 videos, 4 leituras, 1 practice quiz
- Vídeo: About Professor Fricke
- Leyendo: Syllabus
- Leyendo: About the Discussion Forums
- Cuestionario de práctica: Orientation Quiz
- Leyendo: Update Your Profile
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Get to Know Your Classmates
- Leyendo: Build a Learning Community with Social Media
Module 1: Forming Enforceable Agreements
In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of legally enforceable agreements, also known as contracts. Contracts are the most important legal concept with which businesses must be familiar. This module will introduce all of the elements of a valid contract: agreement, consideration, capacity, legality, and satisfaction of the statute of frauds. By the end of this module, you will be able to recognize a valid, enforceable contract, and identify reasons why an agreement may not be enforceable.
9 videos, 1 leituras, 8 practice quizzes
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Make Connections to Topic
- Leyendo: Module 1 Overview and Resources
- Vídeo: Interview with an Entrepreneur
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.1 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Offers
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.2 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Acceptance
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.3 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Assent
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.4 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Consideration
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.5 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Written v. Oral Contracts
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.6 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Capacity
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.7 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Legality
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 1.8 Knowledge Check
Nota atribuída: Module 1 Quiz
SEMANA 2
Module 2: Special Rules for Sales Contracts
In this module, you will learn the special rules that apply to contracts for the sale of goods. A set of statutes, known as UCC Article 2, modifies the common law rules governing contract formation, and this module will detail those modifications. By the end of this module, you will be able to determine which contracts are governed by UCC Article 2 and how they differ from contracts that do not involve the sale of goods.
6 videos, 1 leituras, 6 practice quizzes
- Leyendo: Module 2 Overview and Resources
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.1 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: UCC Article 2 Contract Formation
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.2 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Title to Goods & Risk of Loss: No Breach
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.3 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Title to Goods & Risk of Loss: Breach
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.4 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Sale of Goods by Non-owners
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.5 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Warranties for Sales of Goods
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 2.6 Knowledge Check
Nota atribuída: Module 2 Quiz
SEMANA 3
Module 3: Enforcing Agreements
In this module, we continue our discussion of contract law by focusing on the enforcement of agreements. We begin by examining who can enforce contracts, then discuss when contracts can be enforced in court, and end by looking into what types of awards courts will grant when a party has been the victim of a breach of a contract. Throughout this module, we will call special attention to different rules that apply to contracts for the sale of goods.
9 videos, 1 leituras, 8 practice quizzes
- Leyendo: Module 3 Overview and Resources
- Vídeo: Interview with a Business Attorney
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.1 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Assignment & Delegation
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.2 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Discharge: Mutual Agreement & Conditions
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.3 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Discharge: Breach & Operation of Law
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.4 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Contract Performance: Common Law
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.5 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Contract Performance: Sale of Goods
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.6 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Remedies for Breach: Common Law
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.7 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Remedies for Breach: Sale of Goods
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 3.8 Knowledge Check
Nota atribuída: Module 3 Quiz
SEMANA 4
Module 4: Agency and Employment Law
In this module, you will learn the foundations of the laws governing employees and employers. We begin with several lessons on the law of agency, which underpins all employment relationships. After that, we look at a series of laws that provide workers with various rights, including the right to unionize and take collective action as part of a labor union. By the end of this module, you will have a basic understanding of some of the fundamental rules that govern the employer-employee relationship.
7 videos, 2 leituras, 7 practice quizzes
- Leyendo: Module 4 Overview and Resources
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.1 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Rights & Duties of Principals & Agents
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.2 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Principal & Agent Liability
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.3 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Agency Termination
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.4 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Employee Rights
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.5 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Basics of Labor Unions
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.6 Knowledge Check
- Vídeo: Labor Actions
- Cuestionario de práctica: Lesson 4.7 Knowledge Check
- Leyendo: Course Wrap-Up
- Cuadro de aviso de la discusión: Final Reflection: I used to think... Now I think
Nota atribuída: Module 4 Quiz
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