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This course introduces students to the law of the workplace beginning with the hiring process and concluding with the termination of the employment relationship. In between, the course will address such issues as: rights of privacy, working conditions, discrimination, sexual harassment, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, and labor/management relations including collective bargaining and grievance processing.
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This course offers student learning beyond the basic legal research courses and will deal specifically with major topics covered in federal and state law. The course begins with a review of information from the previous two courses to prepare students for the speciality topics covered in the remaining classes. Students will be taught the multiple sources available for research in specific fields of studey including paper and online resources (available through the Internet and other resources). Students will be exposed to both manual and online resources (Internet, CCH, BNA, etc.) on specific topics (Federal/PA resources, Federal/PA Legislative Histories, Taxation, Labor, Environmental, Commercial/Bankruptcy, among others). In addition, the course will cover topics related to computer technology, law firm technology, courtroom technology, Web 2.0 tools such as wikis, blogs, etc.
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This eleven (11) week special topics course will introduce students to the legal issues impacting the health care industry, one of the most highly-regulated industries in the Unites States. The objective of the course is to provide students with the skills necessary to assist lawyers in the health care field, whether in the law firm or corporate setting. Areas of emphasis will include health care delivery and administration, compliance, fraud and abuse, data privacy and security the physician/patient relationship, and ethical decision making. Specific emphasis will be placed on the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, which significantly reformed the American health care industry.
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This course will introduce students to the legal issues impacting the health care industry, one of the most highly-regulated industries in the United States. The objective of the course is to provide students with the skills necessary to assist lawyers in the health care field, whether in the law firm or corporate setting. Areas of emphasis will include health care delivery and administration, compliance, fraud and abuse, data privacy and security the physician/patient relationship, and ethical decision making. Specific emphasis will be placed on the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, which significantly reformed the American health care industry. (No prerequisite)
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3.00 Credits
The increasing tensions of the present security environment can have a strangling effect on the spirit and ethos of moral reason, and faith founded social institutions. The State needs to be secure and have its people secure. Doing so, however, may involve hard choices to do things it would not do ordinarily. How can a principled and faith founded people respond to these exigencies? This course introduces the student to the rich tradition of Roman Catholic thinking on the subject of war, peace, and the State and the dignity of the individual. It will then open a conversation with some of the other approaches to contemporary problems, as well as assess responses to pressing security issues confronting the world. Cross-listed with the International Relations major.
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3.00 Credits
This survey course is designed to provide students with a foundation for understanding and critically assessing American political processes, insitutions, and public policies.
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3.00 Credits
This survey course is designed to provide students with a foundation for understanding and critically assessing American political processes, institutions, and public policies.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of issues that states currently face in world politics. Cross-listed with International Relations.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to problems of politics through literature and film.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to how government decisions about trade, investment, debt and market developments impact people domestically and worldwide. Special attention is given to the problems experienced by poorer countries and responsibilities of developed nations. No background in the subject matter is required.
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