A major in legal studies in business introduces students to the principles of the law, social values and moral concerns as they relate to business and commerce. Students gain a comprehensive foundation through business core classes on finance and accounting, as well as business law and legal writing and research. The major provides an array of special experiential learning opportunities and service-learning options such as participating in Courtwatch NOLA. Electives allow students to tailor their education to their interests through courses in sports and entertainment law, international business law, taxation and mock trial
The legal studies major helps students develop essential reasoning skills that leaders face in making complicated choices under circumstances of empirical and moral uncertainty – a common theme in rapidly changing markets. Legal studies majors develop many analytic skills, including the ability to identify legal and moral issues concealed within complicated and multifaceted fact patterns; the ability to use legal and moral principles to form ethical and legal conclusions; the ability to reason by analogy between like cases and circumstances; and the ability to argue from legal and moral rules and precedents to form logically consistent recommendations for action.
The legal studies major satisfies the need for a primary major but also complements other more quantitative majors or minors in such areas as finance, accounting, marketing and management.
Curriculum
Course ID | Title | Credits |
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Required Non-Business Courses | ||
ECON 1010 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 |
ECON 1020 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 |
ENGL 1010 | Writing | 4 |
MATH 1210 | Calculus I 1 | 4 |
MATH 1230 | Statistics For Scientists | 4 |
PSYC 1000 | Introductory Psych | 3 |
Required Business Core Courses | ||
INFO 1010 | Intro to Business Computing 2 | 1.5 |
CDMA 2201 | Career Development and Management I | 2 |
ACCN 2010 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACCN 3010 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
FINE 3010 | Financial Management | 3 |
LGST 3010 | Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 |
MGMT 3010 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
MGSC 3010 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
MKTG 3010 | Marketing Fundamentals | 3 |
MCOM 3200 | Management Communication | 3 |
MGMT 4010 | Strategic Management | 3 |
MGMT 4920 | BSM Capstone | 3 |
Required Courses | ||
LGST 4100 | Business Law | 3 |
LGST 4110 | Legal Writing & Research | 3 |
Electives | ||
Select four of the following: | 12 | |
Preventing Discrimination in Business | ||
International Business Law | ||
Insurance & Risk Management | ||
Real Estate Law | ||
Law of E-Commerce | ||
Employment Law | ||
White Collar Crime (Conspiracy, Fraud, and Other Offenses) | ||
Sports & Entertnmt Law | ||
White Collar Crime II (Scams and Scandals) | ||
Mock Trial and Mock Trial II 3 | ||
Negotiations | ||
Law in Marketing | ||
Principls of Entity Taxation | ||
General Business Elective Requirements 4 | 12 |
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MATH 1150 Long Calculus I (3 c.h.) and MATH 1160 Long Calculus II (3 c.h.) may substitute for the BSM Calculus requirement.
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INFO 1010 is a required course for students admitted Fall 2019 and after
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Instructor Approval Required. This year long sequence must be taken in its entirety.
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Any business course not being used for major course requirements, i.e., LGST, MGMT, MKTG, FINE, ACCN, ENRG, MGSC, INBS, INFO, TAXN.