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pages i-viii156 Clarion University of Pennsylvaniathree-credit real estate or business elective. All courses withan RE designation have been approved by the PennsylvaniaReal Estate Commission for three credits each toward meetingthe education requirements for real estate brokerage licensing.RE 270 and 271 are the courses applicable toward meetingrequirements of the salesperson licensing examination.College of BusinessAdministrationBusiness Administration Courses (see additional BSAD courses on page 159)BSAD 238: Introduction to Paralegal Studies 3 s.h.Designed to provide an introduction to the present and potential role of the legal assistant within our legal system. The student willbe introduced to the operation of the court structure and the tasks handled by paralegals within this structure. Introduction to legalresearch and office computers as well as ethical obligations of the Legal Assistant will be emphasized. A prerequisite for all otherLegal Business Studies courses.BSAD 239: Family Law 3 s.h.In-depth study of all of the area of family law encountered by a legal assistant. Includes divorce, custody, child and spousal support,adoptions, termination of parental rights, and abuse of family members. Students learn both substantive law and procedure. Includesthe creation of legal pleadings in the family law area. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Fall Semester at Venango.BSAD 240: Legal Environment I 3 s.h.Surveys law and society. Orients students to the judicial systems of the United States and the legal remedies and mechanisms at theirdisposal. Compares and contrasts both civil and equitable court functions through the illustrations of common law contracts, torts,criminal law, property law, and the administration of decedents’ estates. Each semester at Clarion Campus. Fall annually at Venango.BSAD 241: Legal Environment II 3 s.h.Applies concepts explored in BSAD 240, Legal Environment I, in a business context. Emphasizes general substantive businesslaw topics; i.e.: agency, partnerships, corporations, sales, negotiable instruments, and real property. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Eachsemester at Clarion Campus. Spring, annually at Venango.BSAD 242: Methods of Legal Research 3 s.h.Students learn the traditional legal research materials and brief writing techniques, including use of digests and citators.Emphasizes legal research in the area of administrative law. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Spring, annually, Venango only.BSAD 243: Wills, Trusts, and Estates 3 s.h.Provides instruction regarding the administration of the probate estate as well as necessary documentation and filingrequirements. Students gain understanding of various laws governing transfer of property at death as well as tax consequences ofsuch a transfer. Students also study creation of trusts and transfers during life. Concepts are applied to the actual drafting of wills,trusts, codicils, and ancillary documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Fall Semester at Venango.BSAD 244: Administrative Law 3 s.h.In-depth study of various administrative law topics. Familiarizes students with statutes and regulations supporting SocialSecurity, unemployment compensation, and workmen’s compensation. Involves study of judicial precedent and mock hearingpractice. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biennially, Spring Semester at Venango.BSAD 246: Civil Litigation 3 s.h.In-depth study of various court procedures, including discovery, that the legal assistant will use in supporting an attorney duringlitigation. Familiarizes students with the rules of court, including both criminal and civil practice. Instructs legal assistants on howto prepare various court documents. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Offered at Venango.BSAD 247: Real Estate Law for the Paralegal 3 s.h.Includes estates in land, property sales contracts, deed preparation, title abstracts, searching courthouse records, adversepossession, easements, judgments and liens, tax sales, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Students learn to completeall necessary documents involved in all real estate transactions and to prepare all histories of title so that the attorney may certifythe title and complete closing. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Biannually, Spring Semester at Venango.BSAD 248: Legal Writing 3 s.h.Detailed study of the various writing tasks performed by a legal assistant. Students become proficient at writing pleadings,trial briefs, appellate briefs, legal memoranda, demand letters, and informational requests. Familiarizes students with variousbriefing techniques and rules of style. Explores the required briefing forms of various courts and administrative appeal agencies.Prerequisites: BSAD 240 and 242. Fall, annually at Venango.BSAD 249: Field Experience 1 s.h.Exposes students to types of legal practices for various types of legal programs, including community programs, institutions, andcourts. Includes instruction and orientation relative to professional responsibilities, ethics, and practical career considerations for alegal assistant. Prerequisites: BSAD 240, 242, 246, or concurrently with BSAD 242 and 248. Spring, annually. Venango only.BSAD 340: Environmental Law 3 s.h.A study of environmental law and policy in the United States. Explores the method in which business entities and environmentalorganizations—government and nongovernment—achieve compliance. Focuses on case law providing legal remedies forenvironmental torts and crimes. Prerequisite: BSAD 240. Spring, annually.BSAD 341: International Environmental Law 3 s.h.A study of international law and agreements affecting the global commons. Examines the process by which international accord isreached and enforced and the effects of GATT and NAFTA on environmental regulation. Analyzes the effects of transfrontier pollution,resource allocation and industrialization. Provides case studies involving the redress of environmental wrongs. Prerequisite: BSAD240 or permission of the instructor. Fall, annually.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania 157BSAD 448: Advanced Legal Writing and Research 3 s.h.Advanced legal research and writing procedures. Online research methodology shall be incorporated into the study of the variouswriting tasks performed by a legal assistant. Students become proficient at writing pleadings, trial briefs, appellate briefs, legalmemoranda, demand letters, and informational requests as well as the preparation of contracts for sale, deeds, leases, and easements.Title abstracting, search for general liens, tax liens, and property closing procedures are emphasized. Students learn motion practice,federal practice, and discovery. Advanced legal research and writing techniques such as legislative history, argumentative briefs,depositions, and interrogatories are practiced. Prerequisite: BSAD 242 and BSAD 248 or their equivalents. Biennially.Finance CoursesFIN 170: Introduction to Finance 3 s.h.Introduces students to the rudiments of finance and elementary financial decision making. Surveys the basics of investments, financialmanagement, and financial markets and institutions. No prerequisites. Annually.FIN 370: Financial Management 3 s.h.Examines the acquisition, management, and analysis of short-term and long-term funds both in the domestic and internationalenvironment. Emphasizes financial analysis, time value of money and valuation of securities, working capital management, capitalbudgeting under certainty and uncertainty, risk and return, cost of capital, and the optimal capital structure. Prerequisites: ECON 212and ACTG 252. Each semester.FIN 371: Intermediate Finance 3 s.h.In-depth study of corporate financial issues that face today’s financial manager. Students learn to incorporate risk into capitalbudgeting decisions; study mergers and acquisitions; analyze bankruptcies, reorganizations, and lease financing; and study otheradvanced financial issues prevalent in today’s domestic and multinational corporations. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually.FIN 373: Fundamentals of Insurance 3 s.h.A study of the concept of risk management and the several methods for handling risks. Emphasizes insurance as transfer method.Discusses fundamental principles of insurance, insurance as a contract, and the insurance policy, including property and liabilitycoverage, life and health, and social insurance. Fall, annually.FIN 374: Property and Casualty Insurance 3 s.h.In-depth study of property and liability risk exposures, personal and commercial lines, production, underwriting, claims, ratemaking,and loss control functions as well as regulations of insurance. Prerequisite: FIN 373. Spring, annually.FIN 375: Management of Financial Institutions 3 s.h.Descriptive analysis of the operations of financial institutions, such as commercial banks, savings banks, and insurance companies. Examinestechniques and principles involved in the management of financial institutions. Prerequisites: ECON 211 and FIN 370. Spring, annually.FIN 376: Investments 3 s.h.Examines investment goals and the current environment for investments, including the nature of the investment process and securitiesmarkets; analysis of risk and return, especially as it applies to common stocks, preferred stocks, and bonds; introduction to portfoliomanagement and portfolio theory. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Fall, annually.FIN 377: Medical Care Finance 3 s.h.The role of a financial manager in the health care setting. A study of the theoretical and analytical procedures involved in medicalfund raising, capital budgeting, expense analysis, rate structuring, and hospital asset management as well as other financial abilitiesrequired in the operation and planning of modern health care facilities. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Offered on demand.FIN 399: Special Topics in Finance 1-3 s.h.Presents various current topics in finance theory and practice. Covers different topics from year to year, as subjects of importanceare identified. Prerequisite: FIN 370. On demand.FIN/ACTG 463: Tax Planning3 s.h.A survey course to acquaint students with tax planning techniques which can be used to accomplish an individual’s financial goals.An understanding of financial position, cash flow and income, gift and estate tax matters enables the student to suggest actions thatfit the individual’s financial priorities. Prerequisite: ACTG 353. Annually.FIN 471: Financial Problems 3 s.h.Capstone course challenges students to integrate and synthesize, through case methods, their knowledge in finance. Emphasizescorporate finance in application of theoretical underpinning, but some cases also will deal with investments, financial institutions,and markets. Prerequisite: FIN 371. Spring, annually.FIN 473: Retirement and Estate Planning 3 s.h.An overview of individual income taxation, including an in-depth look at pensions, profit sharing, and other deferred compensationplans, estates, trusts, and applicable tax laws. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually.FIN 474: Personal Financial Planning 3 s.h.Contains a review of each of the major segments of personal financial planning, including the financial planning process, ethicaland professional considerations of financial planning, insurance policies and strategies, risk management, investment vehicles, taxplanning strategies, retirement plans and employee benefits, and estate planning. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Spring, annually.FIN 476: Portfolio Theory and Management 3 s.h.Examines modern portfolio theory and its application to investment strategies; study of options and future markets; investigationof market efficiency. Prerequisite: FIN 376. Spring, annually.FIN 480: Multinational Financial Management 3 s.h.Examines the theory and practice of financial management in multinational firms. Focuses on important differences between domesticand international financial decision-making. Prerequisite: FIN 370. Once annually.pages i-viiCollege of BusinessAdministration
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