Active Course List

Fundamentals of contracts, the law of sales under the UCC; the legal liability of accountants to clients and third parties. Formation of contracts; statute of frauds and parol evidence rule; contract performance; remedies for breach of contract; scope of UCC Article Two; sales warranties; remedies for breach of contracts.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Accounting (BS) | Bus Ad: General Minor | Business Law (CERT) | Business Law Minor

Federal employment discrimination laws; sexual harassment; first amendment rights; employee safety; workers' compensation; privacy; wrongful termination; federal laws governing the right to organize and bargain collectively; emerging issues.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Bus Ad: General Minor | Business Law (CERT) | Business Law Minor | Management (BS) Human Resource Management

Legal aspects of United States global trade policies, regulation of imports, contracting in the global marketplace, international marketing concerns, structure of various international organizations and treaties. Legal aspects of international licensing and technology, transfers risks of nationalization and expropriation, international dispute resolution, comity, the Act of State, and sovereign immunity doctrines.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor | International Relations (BA) | International Relations Minor

Legal aspects of checks and promissory notes, forgery and the use of counterfeit currency. Discusses the Federal Reserve check collection process, electronic banking, the purchase and sale of commercial paper, debtor and creditor rights, securities regulation, fundamentals of collateral foreclosure, the federal bankruptcy code and insurance law.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor

This class examines major intellectual property legal issues particularly as they apply to business, technology, innovation and digital media. Topics covered include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, intellectual property crime, free speech, the internet and social media, innovation and other emerging issues.

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Agribusiness and Food Innovation Minor | Business Law Minor

The course introduces students to the legal framework for environmental protection in the United States. Students will study the principle treaties, common law, constitutional principles, statutes, and regulations that govern environmental regulation. They will also explore issues of land use and planning, clean air and water laws, sustainability, and emerging environmental legal issues.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor

Legal responsibilities of architects, engineers and contractors in dealing with each other, the project's owner, sureties and subcontractors. Special emphasis on performance problems, forms of business association, legal relationships with independent contractors, the AIA contract documents, mechanics liens, AAA Construction Arbitration Rules, dispute avoidance, claims management and collection strategies.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor | Construction Management (BS)

This course examines the theory and practice of negotiation and trains students to be effective, strategic and ethical negotiators. Topics covered include theories, style and techniques of negotiations and dispute resolution; contract negotiation and dispute resolution; alternative dispute resolution; and ethical aspects of negotiation and dispute resolution. Students will develop negotiation skills through cases and activities.

Prerequisites:

BLAW 200

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor | Management (BS) Business Management

Seminar topics may include women and the law, legal aspects of entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions, legal rights in computer software, investigating sexual harassment claims, copyright on the internet, immigration law, steps to become an IPO, privacy rights on computer networks, case studies in deregulation, legal aspects of leveraged buyouts, corporate takeover and ESOP's, complying with NAFTA.

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor

Study tours are lead by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty members and provide students the opportunities to visit epicenters of international law to experience the development and implementation of international law and its effect on businesses.

Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor

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Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

Programs:

Business Law Minor

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Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

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Areas of Interest:

Business, Management, and Administration

This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to health careers and related professions. It is a writing intensive course preparing students to become effective communicators within the context of health care settings.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

This lecture and laboratory course investigates the world of chemistry, the nature of matter and our interactions with chemicals on a daily basis. This course is intended for non-science majors and is not a preparation for CHEM 111 or CHEM 201. Credit will not be given to students who have previously taken a chemistry course at or above Chem 111 and received a passing grade.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Programs:

Earth Science Minor

This course is intended for students who have withdrawn from, or been unsuccessful in General Chemistry I.This course will help the student develop fundamental applied mathematics and chemistry skills that are central to success in General Chemistry, including unit conversions, scientific notation, relevant algebraic manipulations, chemical formulas and naming, and fundamental stoichiometry and reactions.

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

This course is an introduction to general chemistry. It is a non-laboratory class designed to prepare students for CHEM 201 or to be utilized as a general education course. This course will address more mathematical relationships than CHEM 106. Credit will not be given to students who have previously taken a chemistry course at or above Chem 111 and received a passing grade.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Programs:

Automotive Engineering Technology (BS) | Computer Engineering Technology (BS) | Electronic Engineering Technology (BS)

This course covers fundamental concepts required to understand the general chemistry in living organisms. This is a non-laboratory class. This chemistry course will not prepare students for any Chemistry course at or above the 200 level. High school algebra recommended.

Prerequisites:

High school algebra recommended

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

This course is an introduction to organic chemistry and biological chemistry. The laboratory will reinforce lecture.

Prerequisites:

CHEM 106 or high school chemistry

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Programs:

Cognitive Science (BS) Biology | Cognitive Science (BS) Computer Science | Cognitive Science (BS) Philosophy | Cognitive Science (BS) Psychology | Exercise Science (BS) General Exercise Science | Nursing (BS) | Nutrition and Dietetics (BS)

This chemistry course explores the scientific methods used in criminal investigations. Course topics will include discussions of different kinds of evidence, how to select and analyze samples, and especially how to interpret results of scientific tests. Specific topics will include the analysis of DNA, drugs, accelerants and explosives, and other organic and inorganic compounds. Case studies will be used as examples throughout the course. There will also be discussions concerning the ethics of analysis and uses of forensic data.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

This course will explore the scientific, pharmacological, neurochemical and cultural aspects of psychoactive substances. The material is presented intuitively, with no mathematics. Course topics will include discussions of the major classes of pharmaceutical and psychoactive substances, basic neurochemistry, the role of psychoactive substances in medicine, the ritual use of psychoactive substances by traditional cultures, the FDA approval process, the significance and implications of drug testing, the controversy of drug-induced behavioral modification, national and global perspectives of substance abuse and the ethics of legalization. V

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Programs:

Corrections (BS) | Criminal Justice (BS) | Policing Studies (BS)

This course is designed for those students who struggle with Chem 191. Students will learn study skills and time management skills that will aid in their success in Chem 191. Students will also refresh concepts that were learned in high school or previous college chemistry courses.

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

From an engineering perspective, concepts of general chemistry will be investigated. Topics include atomic structure, stiochiometry, gas laws, periodic trends chemical bonds, thermodynamics, kinetics and organic chemistry.

Prerequisites:

High school chemistry or "C" (2.0) or higher in CHEM 104. Student must demonstrate math placement requirements at or above MATH 115 in the placement chart. See Mathematics for details.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 3 - Natural Sciences

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

Programs:

Integrated Engineering (BSE) | Mechanical Engineering (BSME)

General chemistry lab for students who successfully have completed a general chemistry lecture course elsewhere and transferred to MSU. The transfer course must be accepted by the Chemistry Department as content/level appropriate and the MSU major must require Chemistry 201. This course requires special permission. Prerequisite: college level general chemistry lecture.

Prerequisites:

CHEM 191

Areas of Interest:

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources