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.
*Catalog Addenda Note: Minor curricular adjustments were made to this major in Spring 2024.
Curriculum
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Non-Business Courses | ||
| ECON 1010 | Intro to Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 1020 | Intro to Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENGL 1010 | Writing | 4 |
| MATH 1210 | Calculus I 1 | 4 |
| MATH 1230 | Stats For Scientists | 4 |
| PSYC 1000 | Introductory Psych | 3 |
| Required Business Core Courses | ||
| ACCN 2010 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCN 3010 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| CDMA 1201 | Career Development and Management I | 2 |
| FINE 3010 | Financial Management | 3 |
| INFO 1010 | Intro to Business Computing 2 | 1.5 |
| LGST 3010 | Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Environment of Business | 3 |
| MCOM 3010 | Management Communication | 3 |
| MGMT 3010 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGSC 3010 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| MKTG 3010 | Marketing Fundamentals | 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 | |
- 1
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
- 3
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.
*Catalog Addenda Note: Minor curricular adjustments were made to this major in Spring 2024.
MCOM 3200 replaces MCOM 3010 beginning in the Fall 2024. BSM students who matriculated to Tulane prior to Fall 2024 will take MCOM 3200 to satisfy the Management Communication requirement if they have not already completed MCOM 3010. BSM students who matriculate in Fall 2024 or after will take MCOM 3200 to satisfy the Management Communication requirement.