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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Prereq: JOU 3101. Junior standing and permission. Student serves as news staff member on campus newspaper under direct supervision of faculty advisor.
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3.00 Credits
Critical examination of practices and materials in reading, speaking, writing, and listening experiences for elementary school students. LAE 3314 Children's Literature (3) Survey of literature for children. Designed to help the preservice teacher explore children's books and find meaningful ways to promote growth and development of the young through a wide range of activities that stem from story reading, storytelling, and other creative means.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: ESE 3341 and twenty-seven hours of English. Established and experimental methods of instruction; interests of adolescents in language and literature through print, radio, film, and theatre; selection of materials and preparation of units of study.
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3.00 Credits
The law of enforceable promises, including contract formation, interpretation, conditions, performance, assignment and delegation, third-party beneficiary contracts, breach, justifications and excuses for nonperformance, remedies, promissory estoppel and restitution. Emphasis is placed on classic contract doctrine, the sales of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and other commercial legislation.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the substantive criminal law from both statutory and common law sources. Coverage includes the purposes of criminal law, criminal responsibility, theories of punishment, crimes against person and property, and defenses. LAW 5300 Civil Procedure An introduction to the organization of the federal and state court, principles of jurisdiction, and procedural rules for civil cases. Topics include: pleadings, class actions, pretrial motions, discovery, venue, joinder of claims and parties, res judicata, collateral estoppel, summary judgment, non-jury and jury trials, claim and issue preclusion, binding effects of adjudication, and appellate review.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the acquisition, ownership, and transfer of property. Topics include an analysis of ownership concepts, rights of possession, future interests, concurrent interests, landlord and tenant issues, common law principles, gifts, estates in land, licenses, easements, restrictive covenants, contracts for the sale of land, conveyancing, mortgages, recording systems and land use regulation.
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3.00 Credits
Historical and legal analysis of the basic constitutional framework of the American system of government with an emphasis on the sources and limits of federal and Supreme Court jurisdiction, allocation of powers between the federal government and states, separation of powers, congressional regulatory power under the commerce clause, and the guarantees of individual rights.
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3.00 Credits
The history and development of the legal principles underlying non-contractual civil wrongs at common law and under modern statutes are studied together with an analysis of the responsibility in tort for wrongs to the person and property. Topics include: intentional acts, liability without fault, negligence, privacy rights and harm to reputation.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of the ethical problems in the practice of law, the legal constraints on the lawyer's professional conduct, the role of the lawyer in the legal profession and the place of the profession in society, including a detailed analysis of the Code of Professional Responsibility.
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2.00 Credits
A two-semester course, both parts required for graduation. Emphasis on writing legal memoranda, legal documents, case briefing and analysis.
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