Course Title: Business Law

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Business Law

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
JUST1016	City Campus	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 2 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 2 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 2 2009
JUST1022	Kolej Metropolitan	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Offsh 3 09
JUST1023	Singapore Inst of Management	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Offsh 3 09
JUST2228	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Viet2 2007, Viet3 2007, Viet1 2008, Viet2 2008, Viet3 2008, Viet1 2009, Viet2 2009, Viet3 2009
LAW2442	City Campus	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010
LAW2442	City Campus	Undergraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 2 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 2 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 2 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024
LAW2446	Singapore Inst of Management	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Offsh 3 10
LAW2446	Singapore Inst of Management	Undergraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Offsh 1 11, Offsh 3 11, Offsh1 12, Offsh3 12, Offsh1 13, Offsh3 13, Offsh1 14, Offsh3 14, Offsh1 15, Offsh3 15, Offsh1 16, Offsh3 16, Offsh1 17, Offsh3 17, Offsh1 18, Offsh3 18, Offsh1 19, Offsh3 19, Offsh1 20, Offsh3 20, Offsh1 21, Offsh3 21, Offsh1 22, Offsh3 22, Offsh1 23, Offsh3 23, Offsh1 24
LAW2447	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	615H Accounting	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2010, Viet2 2010, Viet3 2010
LAW2447	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2011, Viet2 2011, Viet3 2011, Viet1 2012, Viet2 2012, Viet3 2012, Viet1 2013, Viet2 2013, Viet3 2013, Viet1 2014, Viet2 2014, Viet3 2014, Viet1 2015, Viet2 2015, Viet3 2015, Viet1 2016, Viet2 2016, Viet3 2016, Viet1 2017, Viet2 2017, Viet3 2017, Viet1 2018, Viet2 2018, Viet3 2018, Viet1 2019, Viet2 2019, Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet2 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet2 2021, Viet3 2021, Viet1 2022, Viet2 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet2 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet1 2024
LAW2548	RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus	Undergraduate	660H Graduate School of Business and Law	Face-to-Face	Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet2 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet2 2021, Viet3 2021, Viet3 2022, Viet1 2023, Viet2 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet1 2024

Course Coordinator: Lloyd England

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 (3) 99251748

Course Coordinator Email: lloyd.england@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 13

Course Coordinator Availability: By Appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

The course provides an introduction to commercial law fundamentals relevant to business professions. The course provides you with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue further and more specific studies in the law discipline. The course is taught through weekly lectures and tutorials in which you will examine and apply law principles related to negligence, contract law, the Australian Consumer Law and business structures. 002917 Business Law is a compulsory core course in the Bachelor of Business.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On the successful completion of this course you will be able to:

1. Identify, interpret and apply rules and issues relating to the law.
2. Identify, interpret and apply basic legal concepts in negligence, contract law and the Australian Consumer Law.
3. Analyse legal problems with an appreciation of the multiple issues impacting on business and non-business legal issues.
4. Examine and apply legislation and case law relating to business.
5. Communicate information and concepts relating to business and non-business legal issues to professionals and non-professionals in diverse contexts.

Overview of Learning Activities

In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.

Overview of Learning Resources

Canvas is RMIT University's Learning Management System. Canvas is a flexible online system which will provide you with an engaging and exciting learning experience as part of your studies with us. The Canvas platform will be the primary site for you to gain access to all the resources designed to support your learning in this course. Your Canvas portal can accessed by logging into the following RMIT page: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students.

Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period. 

Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: 10% 
Linked CLOs: 1

Assessment Task 2: 40% 
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: 50% 
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.