Full Description

Contact Hours: 24  |  CEUs: 2.4

Legal systems exist to serve the interests of the citizenry. Laws under such systems can deal with the public and private safety and health of citizenry, the means to resolve problems among parties, certain ownership interests which the law recognizes and protects, and the legal systems of different nations.

For this Basic Completion course, students have 24/7 access to on-line testing materials. Each chapter of text in a course has twenty questions, multiple choice, true-false or a combination thereof. Students may query the instructor up to three times, via e-mail, regarding course content. For the Advanced Completion course enrollment, students have unlimited access to the instructor via e-mail.

Outcomes:

After completing this course students will have:

• Learned about the difference between civil and criminal law;

• Studied the procedures used in the operation of the American legal system;

• Examined a diverse range of legal topics, including cyberlaw, insurance, international law and will, trusts and estates;

• Enhanced study skills through the use of open-book quizzes;

• Developed an understanding about how this form of distance education works;

• Explored torts, which involves personal injury law and insurance law;

• Started the process of learning about the law through individual study.

Assessment:

Students will complete open-book multiple choice exams on each chapter of material in the course (where the course consists of 12 chapters of material). Completion of each chapter is based on achieving a score of 70% or more on tests provided.