Take your Alternative Dispute Resolution course online today!
Home / FAQs / Online Degrees / Certificate Courses / Admission Policies / Class Rooms / Request Info.

Canyon College



COURSE SYLLABUS: Alternative Dispute Resolution

Course Title: Department: Instructor:

LS336 - Alternative Dispute Resolution Legal Studies George E. Guay III, J.D. E-Mail - Vitae

Course Description:

Problem-solving without resort to law suit often produces better results at lower costs. This course examines different methods of ADR, so that students learn about what methods work best with what kinds of problems.

Text: Online Bookstore

Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution, Martin A. Frey, Thomson/Delmar Learning. West Legal Studies. 2003
ISBN #: 0766821102

Course Requirements:

The final grade will be based on a student’s submission of answers for the review questions at the end of each chapter (70%) and on a research paper (30%)

Students must submit, via e-mail, answers to all of the questions at the end of each chapter in the text.

Students have to write a ten-page paper (excluding title page and references) on any topic raised in the text. Students will need to cite to other material that is peer-reviewed (i.e., that has been reviewed by peers in the author’s field). Students need at least five references.

The pages need to be double-spaced, with one-inch margins and 10-point type. Students need to put footnotes and references in an appropriate and consistent style. Students may select which style they’d like to follow, although most might find it easiest to pick between APA and MLA style.

Academic Dishonesty:

Any form of academic dishonesty is regarded as a very serious violation of college regulations. Any student suspected of engaging in such activity will be subject to the full set of procedures set forth by the college.

Statement of Nondiscrimination:

Canyon College is committed to non-discrimination of handicapped person as specified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Students who qualify as handicapped under this act should notify the instructor at the beginning of the term so that reasonable accommodations can be made when warranted.