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COURSE SYLLABUS: Employment Law

Course Title: Department: Instructor:

LS352 - Employment Law Legal Studies George E. Guay III, J.D. E-Mail - Vitae

COURSE CONTENT The employer-employee relationship involves only some of the issues included employment law. Employment law deals with the Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination, the right to privacy, safety, immigration-related issues and the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. All these topics are addressed in this course.

TEXT: Online Bookstore

Employment Law for the Paralegal, Peggy Kerley. Delmar/West Legal Studies. 2002. ISBN #: 0766815331

COURSE GOALS

In this class, students will engage in self-directed study. They can also contact the instructor via e-mail. By taking open-book multiple choice quizzes and writing a 10-page research paper, students will develop an understanding of a topic or issue addressed in a particular chapter.

Students should expect to spend at least three hours, and perhaps substantially more time and energy, on each chapter.

GRADING

Students will need to complete a twenty-question, multiple-choice and/or true-false, open-book quiz for each chapter designated for study in this class. Students will also have to complete a 10- page research paper. A student's final grade for the class will come from student's grades on each of the specified activities.

The grade is broken down as follows:

Quizzes Research Paper

80% 20% 100%

ASSIGNMENTS

Quizzes

Students must read each of the chapters in the text and do an on-line, open book quiz. Students will need to use their student ID and passwords to the quizzes, which are available at all the time.

Students need to use the following link to take the quizzes: http://www.platon-line.com/wiseQuiz2b3/index.php?templateid=1

These exercises constitute 80% of a student’s grade for the course.

Research Paper

Students have to write a ten-page paper (excluding title page and references) on any topic raised in the text. Such topics could include the Americans with Disabilities Act or any federal law that deals with discrimination. 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 an

This exercise constitutes 20% of a student’s grade for the course.

NOTES

Instances of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to reliance upon others for answers to questions or for access to information which could lead to the earning of a grade in this class outside of the described and required conditions, will result in a grade of zero per incident. All participants engaging in this conduct will receive a zero.

Students should know that this class will abide by the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible so that reasonable accommodations can be made so that a student can gain the fullest benefit of the course. Students should expect to provide necessary documentation.