Course Description
Language of Instruction:English|Category: Business Law: Business & Professional
What is CLEP (College Level Examination Program) ?
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams are an alternative to completing undergraduate courses. They are accepted in lieu of course work by 2,900 US universities. There are 33 CLEP exams offered in various US academic subject areas. Individual CLEP exams cost only $77! They therefore provide students with prior knowledge a means to skip preliminary courses and to gain university credit in areas including technology, foreign languages, English, etc.
What is CLEP Business Law?
The business law CLEP can save students attending undergraduate US business programs a fair bit of time and money since you won't have to pay for the course fees and you won't have to take courses with material you already know. Passing CLEP exams can potentially save students [the rules at each university vary] up to 10 months of study including all associated fees!
Features of this course:
- Access to recorded classes
- Online support resources
- Online email support from the instructor
- Thorough review of the exam requirements
- Comprehensive discussion of all relevant course content
- 8 full-length lessons that will require several hours weekly to review
NOTE: All online support including email contact with instructor and all materials will be available to registered students for 3 months from the date of enrollment!
What’s in the course:
- Self paced course + 4 LIVE interactive online classes
- Access to class recordings and material for 3 months after enrollment
- Online access to study material
- 10 online tests
Course outline:
- 5–10% History and Sources of American Law/ Constitutional Law
- 5–10% American Legal Systems and Procedures
- 25–35% Contracts
- Meanings of terms
- Formation of contracts
- Capacity
- Consideration
- Joint obligations
- Contracts for the benefit of third parties
- Assignment/delegation
- Statute of frauds
- Scopes and meanings of contracts
- Breach of contract and remedies
- Bar to remedies for breach of contract
- Discharge of contracts
- Illegal contracts
- Other
- 25–30% Legal Environment
- Ethics
- Social responsibility of corporations
- Government regulation/administrative agencies
- Environmental law
- Securities and antitrust law
- Employment law
- Creditors’ rights
- Product liability
- Consumer protection
- International business law
- 10–15% Torts
- 5–10% Miscellaneous
- Agency, partnerships and corporations
- Sales
About the instructor:
Scott Zagoria is a competent U.S. teacher who currently works as a business English writing tutor for Japan's largest corporate course provider, G-One Inc. He previously worked as a TOEFL exam rater for 3 years.
Qualifications:
- M.S. degree in Education, California State University East Bay w/ 3.91 G.P.A. (masters degree emphasis in online teaching and learning)
- M.A. degree in Ancient History from American Military University w/ 3.69 G.P.A.
- B.A. in Theater and Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1983
- Passed CSET multiple subjects and CBEST examinations for teachers; attended UC Berkeley and Stanford during undergraduate education
- Currently enrolled in an MA in Educational Technology program at San Diego State University
Background & Experience:
- Editing; academic support; proofreading; teaching; tutoring
- Former TOEFL Rater for Educational Testing Services;
- Former USAID/Georgetown University Business English instructor in Cambodia;
- Assisted Japanese Embassy staff with official ASEAN document support, instructional
- design & private English language tutoring;
- Produced (technical writing, editing, design) computer learner documentation and
- Technical user guides with the University of Guadalajara Computer Lab, Mexico.
He lives in California, USA.