Learning Objective
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Assessment
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Methodology
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| 1. Students will prepare a well-organized personal statement in which students argues the case for why a specific graduate institution should admit the student into graduate or professional school. | Personal Statement Assignment I, II, III | Faculty-developed Scoring Rubric with detailed evaluative criteria on effective writing specific to personal statements.
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| 2. Be able to understand the structure of the American legal system and the role of the courts. | Flowchart schematic fill-in-the-blank sheet and MOCK TRIAL | Completion/Creation of a Faculty-created flowchart with spaces needed completion. |
| 3. Be able to identify and analyze the common law, the U.S. Constitution, statutory law, administrative agency law, and international laws as sources of law. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 4. Be able to remember and list the 5 major types of business forms. | Midterm & Final Examination | Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 5. Be able to differentiate between ethical conduct and illegal conduct and the relationships between the two. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 6. Be able to define and distinguish between different types of intentional and unintentional (negligence) torts. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 7. Be able to define and distinguish between different types of civil suits based on negligence. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 8. Analyze requisite elements of a valid contract while understanding the relationships between contract law and the law of sales. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 9. Be able to understand negotiable instruments and apply the concepts of the negotiability, negotiation, and the holder in due course rule. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 10. Be able to understand the role of secured transactions in business transactions while analyzing applicable steps of securing a collateral as against third parties. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |
| 11. Be able to explain the role and importance of agency law as they relate to the conduct of business in national and international marketplaces. | Pre-Test & Post-Test
Midterm & Final Examination |
Faculty-developed objective test noting key legal knowledge required. |