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3.00 Credits
Fulfills a requirement in the in the elective category in the ModernLanguage majorThis course acquaints students with the similarities and differencesbetween first and second language acquisition. Students willexamine critical definitions, theoretical concepts, issues andmodels.
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3.00 Credits
Fulfills an elective requirement for Modern Language and Classics majors.The course presents basic components of the field of language andthe role(s) it plays in society and culture. The course will address therole of speech in individual, social and cultural settings. The course istaught in Englis
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: A 200 Level Writing course, ENG 100; or consent of instructorThe course will follow the changes experienced by English fromits roots in Anglo Saxon dialects, through its different stages ofdevelopment and ending with modern British and American English.The content will include phonologicial, morphological and syntacticchanges.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the United States legal system. Includes overview offederal, state, and local legal institutions as well as an overview offundamental distinctions between civil and criminal law, common lawand statutory law, substantive and procedural law, trial and appellatecourts. The course also provides an introduction to constitutionallaw, alternative dispute resolution, legal education, and the legalprofession.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the role of the law and our legal system in political, social,and economic life and how the law is used to effect social change.Explores the question: Do societal norms and values shape the law, or does the law shape morality? The course will explore contemporarylegal issues and examples of how we encounter the law in everydaylife.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-Listed as CJS 207; A student may not receive credit for both thiscourse and LS 207The course examines the nature of the relationship between thelaw and families in the United States. The course focuses on ananalysis of how the law structures marital and family relationshipsand how, in turn, society's definitions and conceptions of marriageand family impacts both criminal and civil law. The course examinesthe proper boundaries of state intervention in people's most privaterelationships and highlights how family law and changes in familylaw both shape and reflect some of society's most strongly held socialvalues. Topics include marital privacy, child-parent relationships,divorce, child support and custody, domestic violence, and intrafamilycrime.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion ("C-" or higher) of Expository WritingA foundational course for the undergraduate study of law focusingon the student's ability to engage in legal analysis and reasoning. Thecourse will introduce students to the process of synthesizing the lawand incorporating legal analysis in common legal documents such asopinion letters and memoranda.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion ("C-" or higher) of Critical Writing andLS 105Integrates the "how to" procedural aspects of legal research withthe bibliographic knowledge necessary for effective research.Introduction includes: use of all primary legal sources, including cases,constitutions and statutes, and administrative rules and regulations,as well as texts and treatises, encyclopedias, law journals, and othersecondary sources; "hands on" use of electronic means of researchsuch as online database searching (Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis); analysisof legal problems and formulation of appropriate research proceduresto determine the applicable law.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the history and development of the law, including courtstructure and procedure. Emphasis on the study of contract law,including the basic elements of a valid contract, rights of third parties,and remedies for breach. Analysis of the role of formal and informal"agreements" in everyday life with a special emphasis on contracts inthe business setting.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the nature of civil wrongs and of jurisprudential conceptsconcerning liability. Includes the study of injuries to persons, property,and relationships; intentional wrongs such as defamation, infliction ofemotional distress and invasion of privacy, negligence in personal andprofessional settings (such as malpractice) and strict liability. Conceptsin tort reform, insurance, defenses to tort actions, and "personalinjury" trial practice will also be addressed.
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