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KIN 735 - Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Principles and Practices
Credits 3
Provides opportunity to study theory and techniques of various exercise rehabilitation processes and apply these processes on a case study basis.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
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KIN 736 - Biomechanical Applications in Kinesiology
Credits 3
Provides opportunity to learn mechanical principles underlying human movement and apply these skills in a laboratory situation.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
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KIN 737 - Biomechanics of Strength
Credits 3
Interdisciplinary examination of concepts and principles involved in strength development and force production. Includes study of neurological, physiological and mechanical factors affecting force/tension/power generation, and biomechanical interactions with external loads and various resistance training equipment.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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KIN 738 - Human Physiology
Credits 3
Study of mechanisms which regulate physiological systems and the way regulation functions to maintain homeostasis. Emphasis on those systems involved in the integrated response to exercise.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor, undergraduate course in anatomy and physiology.
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KIN 739 - Evaluation of Physical Working Capacity
Credits 3
Concepts and methodology in the measurement of energy metabolism in humans. Examination of the various methods used to measure physical working capacity with the treadmill and ergometry. Understanding of basic electrophysiology of myocardium and pulmonary function measurements.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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KIN 740 - Advanced Exercise Physiology
Credits 3
Lecture, discussion, and laboratory experiences dealing with impact of acute and chronic exercise on several systems. Selected topics such as nutrition and exercise, weight control, physical working capacity, and body composition.
Prerequisites
KIN 739
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KIN 743 - Research Techniques in Biomechanics
Credits 3
Examination of some of the techniques used in biomechanical research for data collection, analysis, and presentation. Emphasis on developing an understanding of experimental techniques, their capabilities and limitations. The lecture/discussion/lab sessions provide a historical and theoretical basis for each of the techniques examined.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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KIN 744 - Thermoregulation During Physical Work
Credits 3
Emphasizes physical mechanisms of heat transfer and their physiological control: relationship among body temperatures, sweat rate, exercise loads, environmental temperature, and heat stress.
Same as
(BIO 744)
Prerequisites
KIN 739 and consent of instructor.
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KIN 745 - Human Energy Metabolism
Credits 3
Study of the interactions between nutrition, energy metabolism, and physical exercise. Emphasis on how the body assimilates, stores, and makes available food energy to power muscular work.
Prerequisites
KIN 739 or consent of instructor.
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KIN 747 - Graduate Seminar
Credits 1
Oral presentations of proposed and completed research by graduate students, graduate faculty, and guests.
Notes
May be taken for credit to a maximum of four credits.
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KIN 748 - Professional Paper
Credits 1 – 6
Notes
May be repeated but only three credits will be applied to the student’s program.
Grading
S/F grading only.
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KIN 749 - Thesis
Credits 3 – 6
Notes
May be repeated but only six credits will be applied to the student’s program.
Grading
S/F grading only.
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KIN 750 - Research Methods
Credits 3
Overview of techniques used in historical, descriptive, and experimental research such as those found in exercise science, health, physical education, and recreation research publications. Procedures for formulating a research proposal; hypothesis testing; experimental designs and statistical applications.
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KIN 751 - Selected Application of Statistical Techniques I
Credits 3
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical procedures utilized in studies reported in exercise science, health, physical education, and recreation.
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KIN 752 - Selected Application of Statistical Techniques II
Credits 3
Statistical analysis techniques including correlation and regression, anova, multivariate analysis, manova for repeated measures designs. Introduction to selected statistical software packages; computer-aided graphics and data presentation techniques.
Prerequisites
KIN 751 or consent of instructor.
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KIN 755 - Research on Physical Activity Behavior
Credits 3
Students review the scholarly literature pertaining to physical activity behavior. Papers with special implications for building a general knowledge base requisite to the conduct of research on physical activity behavior are read, discussed, and critically analyzed.
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KIN 760 - Motor Learning
Credits 3
Discussion of factors and practice methods that enhance the learning of motor skills (e.g., in sports, physical or occupational therapy, athletic training, music). Topics include observational learning, providing feedback, attentional focus, practice scheduling, implicit learning, learner-controlled practice, social-cognitive influences, and enhancing learner expectancies.
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KIN 761 - Human Motor Control
Credits 3
Advanced studies in motor control, including sensory and central contributions to movement control, balance, movement observation, focus of attention, mindset, social-cognitive-affective influences on motor performance.
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KIN 762 - Motor Learning Applications
Credits 3
Designed to explain basic concepts of motor learning involved in organizing and scheduling practice for efficient learning/teaching of motor skills. Includes discussions of memory, feedback, stages of learning, and other motor learning principles.
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KIN 775 - Internship in Athletic Administration
Credits 3
The internship in Athletics is a culminating experience that provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the academic program while working within an athletic administration or related organization. Students will work under the direction of a supervisor in a area related to their selected interest for future employment.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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KIN 788 - Independent Study
Credits 1-3
Independent study of a selected topic in kinesiology and nutrition sciences.
Notes
Repeatable up to 6 credits.
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KIN 796 - Supervised Practice: Community Nutrition
Credits 2
For Students accepted into the Department of Nutrition Sciences Dietetic Internship. Students gain intensive experiences covering all aspects of community nutrition programming. Students will observe the diversity within community nutrition in terms of mission, target audience and programs and will actively participate in nutrition program development, implementation, evaluation, and marketing.
Corequisite
KIN 797 and KIN 798.
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KIN 797 - Supervised Practice: Food Service Management
Credits 2
For students accepted into the Department of Nutrition Sciences Dietetic Internship. Students will gain experience in managing the diet office, tray line production and supervision, food service production, cafeteria management, and catering.
Corequisite
KIN 796 and KIN 798.
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KIN 798 - Supervised Practice: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
Credits 2
For students accepted into the Department of Nutrition Sciences Dietetic Internship. Students will gain the skills required to screen and assess individual patients, interpret laboratory values, develop and implement appropriate care plans, complete appropriate diet instructions, and document all assessment and plan information in correct medical chart format.
Corequisite
KIN 797 and KIN 798.
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KIN 799 - Dissertation
Credits 1 – 12
Culminating research analysis and writing toward completion of dissertation and subsequent defense.
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LAW 502 - Contracts I
Credits 3
Overview of basic contract law. Exploration of common law legal method and the structure of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the context of issues of contract formation.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 503 - Contracts
Credits 4
Overview of basic contract law. Exploration of common law legal method and the structure of Article II of the Uniform Commercial Code in the context of issues of contract formation and interpretation.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 505 - Lawyering Process I
Credits 1 – 4
Students are introduced to basic legal research, interviewing skills, effective use of legal authorities in legal analysis and the conventions of predictive legal writing. The course is taught using readings, exercises, simulations, extensive individual feedback and conferences. Students will write several short assignments as well as longer office memos.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 511 - Civil Procedure/Alternative Dispute Resolution I
Credits 4
Exploration of the nature and structure of dispute resolution systems, with a focus on formal adjudicatory procedure for civil lawsuits while exposing students to the spectrum and interrelation of dispute resolution systems. Topics covered include jurisdiction, venue, rules of procedure, choice of law.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 515 - Lawyering Process II
Credits 1 – 4
Students continue to develop skills in legal research, analysis, reasoning and writing. Focuses on writing persuasively as an advocate, using increasingly complex simulations requiring analysis of statutory and administrative law materials. Assignments include letters to clients and attorneys, a trial court memorandum and an appellate brief, staged to allow for extensive individual feedback and instruction, and an oral argument to a mock appellate court.
Prerequisites
LAW 505, majors only; consent of instructor.
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LAW 517 - Constitutional Law I
Credits 3
Examines judicial review, congressional power under the Commerce, Taxing, and Spending Clauses and section five of the Fourteenth Amendment; substantive due process rights; the role of the states and national government under the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments; and Separation of Powers.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 519 - Contracts II
Credits 3
Further exploration of Contracts I with an emphasis on interpretation of contracts.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 521 - Property I
Credits 4
Acquisitions of property interest, estates in land and future interests, and landlord tenant.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 523 - Torts
Credits 4
Law of civil injuries, including legal protection of personality, property and relational interests against physical, economic, and emotional harms. Emphasis on intentional torts, negligence and strict liability.
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 525 - Property II
Credits 2 – 3
Real estate transactions, easements and other servitudes, public land use regulation.
Notes
May be taken to a maximum of three credits
Prerequisites
Majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 531 - Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution II
Credits 2 – 3
Continuation of Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution I. Topics covered include pretrial practice, pretrial dispositions, and court-imposed alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
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LAW 602 - American Legal History
Credits 2 – 3
Examination of major issues in American legal history such as the role of lawyers in society and the role of law in developing the economy as well as the development of American legal institutions.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 603 - Federal Income Tax
Credits 3
Overview of the code provisions governing the taxation of individual income and the basic concepts and legal doctrines which courts employ in implementing those provisions.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 604 - Administrative Law
Credits 3
Examines the legal structure of federal and state government agencies; how they may be structured under the Constitution; how they issue and enforce regulations; and how they make decisions.
Notes
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 605 - Basic Bankruptcy
Credits 3
Reviews the basic elements of business and consumer bankruptcy under federal bankruptcy statutes. Emphasis on problem solving and ethical issues.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 606 - Evidence
Credits 3 – 5
Focuses on the Federal Rules of Evidence and the issues that arise out of their use. Provides understanding of the rules including both their theoretical basis and how they function in the courtroom. Addresses preparation and presentation of various kinds of evidence, including proof of writings; qualifications and examination of witnesses; privilege; opinion testimony; demonstrative, experimental, scientific evidence, determination of relevancy; application of the hearsay rule.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 607 - Family Law
Credits 3
Basic family law. Covers legal construction of the family and relationship between the state and the family, marriage, divorce, custody, and adoption.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 608 - Insurance Law
Credits 3
Overview of the theory and operation of insurance, including the marketing, underwriting, and claims process. Major forms of insurance surveyed with primary focus on issues of insurance policy construction and judicial resolution of recurring coverage issues.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 609 - Law and Literature
Credits 1 – 3
Study of real or functional depictions of lawyers and the legal system from a literary perspective to gain a new understanding of the law.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 610 - Advanced Legal Analysis and Writing: Special Topics
Credits 3
Analysis and writing about complex legal problems. Interpretation of various authorities and use of various forms of legal reasoning, types of argument, and techniques for clear and effective writing.
Prerequisites
LAW 505, LAW 515, majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 611 - Products Liability
Credits 2 – 3
Analyzes the substantive law, underlying theory and policy, and practice of products liability—liability for injuries by defective consumer products.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 613 - Professional Responsibility
Credits 3
Examines the law governing lawyers, the rules that govern how members of the legal profession, including judges as well as lawyers, may or must behave. Sources of these rules are many— the Constitution, statutes, procedural, evidentiary and court rules, and rules of professional conduct.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 614 - Real Estate Finance
Credits 3
Mortgages, deeds of trust, installment land contracts, construction financing, mechanics’ liens, sales and leasebacks.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 615 - Secured Transactions
Credits 3
Covers Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial code with respect to taking security interests in personal property. Emphasis on interplay with real property security and bankruptcy, problem solving and ethical issues.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 616 - Criminal Law
Credits 3
Introduction to criminal law with emphasis on principles of criminal liability.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 617 - Disability Law
Credits 3
Examines the law of disability discrimination, focusing on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and other federal and state statutes, case law and regulations governing the civil rights of persons with disabilities to education, employment, public accommodations and housing.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 618 - Employment Discrimination Law
Credits 3
Examines the law of employment discrimination, focusing on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 and other federal and state statutes, case law and regulations protecting the civil rights of employees and job applicants.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 619 - Employment Law
Credits 3
Surveys the law of employment relations focusing on common law exceptions to the employment at will doctrine through public policy, individual contracts, handbooks, and tort doctrine. Examines just cause provisions of the Model Termination Act. Analyzes common law and statutory protections afforded to employee speech and employee privacy, and examines federal wages and hours legislation.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 620 - Water Law
Credits 3
Acquisition and exercise of private rights in water, public rights and environmental protection, water distribution organizations, interstate water allocation, and federal-state relations in water resource management.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 621 - Patents, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
Credits 3
Study of the law relating to the protection of literary, artistic, and musical material; copyright law, including publication, subjects protected, and extent of protection; aspects of unfair competition, and right of privacy.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 622 - Introduction to Gaming Law
Credits 2 – 3
This course provides an overview of public policy issues; the federal role in gaming regulation; the economics of gaming; the creation of gaming control systems; the licensing process; ethical requirements for the gaming lawyer; accounting, internal controls and taxation; gaming contracts; gaming crimes; advertising; entertainment; the legislative process; problem gambling; and practical approaches to legal representation.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 623 - Resort & Hotel Casino Law
Credits 3
The course will explore the legal issues that arise from the operation of a resort hotel and casino, using Nevada companies as typical examples.
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LAW 624 - Constitutional Law II
Credits 3
Examines the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and related topics and the First Amendment’s Free Speech and Free Press Clauses.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 625 - Federal Indian Law
Credits 3
Anthropological, historical, and legal study of the American Indians, including a focus on American Indian traditional law and values, federal policy and current legal issues.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 626 - Business Organizations I
Credits 3 – 4
Examines different forms of business organization, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Focuses on similarities and differences among these forms, and examines the roles, responsibilities and rights of the persons involved in business organizations. Does not cover federal regulation of securities or issuers.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 627 - Pretrial Litigation
Credits 3
Hands-on experience of the pre-trial litigation process in the federal court system. Students act as lawyers in a simulated civil case, interviewing and counseling clients, conducting legal research, drafting pleading, engaging in discovery practice, settlement negotiations and pre-trial motion practice.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 628 - Payment Systems
Credits 3
Examine the legal rules regarding how goods and services are paid for. Includes portions of Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code, federal statues regarding credit and debit cards, and the rules regarding negotiable instruments.
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LAW 629 - Copyright
Credits 3
Covers federal copyright law and the state law right of publicity, with minor attention to some closely related doctrines. Fundamental principles and public policy questions of federal copyright law. Although some state law doctrines examined from time to time, copyright laws in the United states is almost exclusively federal. For students whose career interests include intellectual property or entertainment law. Also recommended for those interested in communications law, general business transactions, and/or commercial litigation.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.
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LAW 630 - Community Property
Credits 1 – 3
Examines the law dealing with the classification, management and distribution of property acquisition within the community property jurisdictions of the United States.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 631 - Remedies
Credits 2 – 4
Explores what lawyers and courts do to help someone who has been, or is about to be, wronged. In-depth look at the four major categories of remedies: damages, coercive remedies, declaratory relief and restitution.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 632 - Wills, Trusts and Estates
Credits 2 – 3
Examines intestate succession, family protection, execution of wills, will contests, will substitutes, creation of trusts, modification and termination of trusts, administration of estates and trusts.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 633 - Land Use Regulation
Credits 2 – 3
Focuses on public regulation of land use, including zoning, subdivision regulation, regulation of urban growth, etc. Include the planning process, constitutional limitations on land use controls, state and regional regulation, aesthetic regulation and discriminatory zoning, and private land use alternatives.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 634 - Federal Courts
Credits 2 – 3
Examines federal jurisdiction and the law of federal- state relations. Covers federal judicial powers, congressional allocation of jurisdiction, choice of law, district court jurisdiction, appellate review, civil judicial reform, 42 USC Section 1983, Implied Right of Action, 11th Amendment and Federal Habeas Corpus.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 635 - Conflict of Laws
Credits 2 – 3
Focuses on the problem of choosing which jurisdiction’s law should be applied to transactions, relationships, or events with contracts in more than one jurisdiction.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 636 - Child, Parent and the State
Credits 2 – 3
Explores the legal relationships between children, their parents, and the state, covering such issues as the child as an autonomous being, the child’s role in the family, family autonomy, and the obligations of parents and the state to children.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 637 - Sales and Leases
Credits 2 – 3
Examines the laws governing sales and leases of goods, including Articles 1, 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code, the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first- year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 638 - Education Law and Policy
Credits 2 – 3
Examines six distinct and highly visible areas of education law and policy, primarily in K-12: compulsory education; school governance and due process; school finance; private schools; religion and public schools; and, equal educational opportunity.
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LAW 639 - Feminist Jurisprudence
Credits 2 – 3
Explores feminist theory in relation to the law. Examines the historical foundations of women’s legal subordination as well as the various strands of feminist legal theory. Specific units of study may include topics such as affirmative action, comparable worth, work and family, education, sexual harassment, domestic violence, the teaching and practice of law, pornography and free speech, abortion and others.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 640 - Labor Law
Credits 2 – 3
Explores the employer-employee-union relationship, its historical and economic development and its modern statutory framework.
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LAW 641 - Entertainment Law
Credits 2 – 3
Surveys a wide range of legal issues pertinent to live and recorded entertainment, including intellectual property rights, contract formation and breach, regulatory schemes, labor issues, and First Amendment considerations.
Prerequisites
LAW 629
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LAW 642 - Law and Social Justice
Credits 2 – 3
Examines the role of law in creating, perpetuating, and dismantling hierarchies of power and privilege in society, particularly those based on social/ethnic groupings, gender, socio-economic class, sexual orientation, and disabilities. Enables students to read law critically with an understanding of the ways in which techniques, practices and rhetorical strategies can exclude and subordinate based on categories of identity.
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LAW 643 - Legislation and Statutory Interpretation
Credits 2 – 3
Explores some of the various procedural, constitutional, and jurisprudential issues raised by a study of the unique role that state and federal legislatures play in constitutional order.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 644 - Juvenile Law
Credits 2 – 3
Examines the procedural and substantive law and judicial administration relating to juvenile justice. Primary area of concentration: rights of accused juvenile, police conduct and detention, reference for adult prosecution, adjudication, treatment vs. punishment, and the roles of the lawyer in the juvenile court system.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 645 - Lawyering Theory and Practice
Credits 2 – 4
Students study and perform a range of tasks and services performed by practicing attorneys in the representation of clients. Exercises include counseling, assessment of legal problems, efforts for resolution and claims activity, including litigation and defense through complaints, motions, discovery, and trial-related activity.
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LAW 646 - Cyberlaw
Credits 2 –4
Study of legal issues attending use of computers and electronic communications and commerce, including intellectual property concerns related to cyberspace and features such as websites, e-commerce and communications.
Notes
LAW 629 is strongly recommended.
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LAW 647 - Civil Rights Litigation
Credits 2 – 4
Students examine, analyze and evaluate the various stages of a complex case involving a civil rights claim made pursuant to the Constitution, federal anti-discrimination statutes, or common law.
Prerequisites
LAW 515, majors only, consent of instructor.
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LAW 648 - Health Care Liability and Quality Regulation
Credits 3
Explores ways in which the law promotes the quality of health care through licensing, certification, and accreditation of health care professionals and institutions and also addresses liability issues in the health care context.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 649 - Taxation of Business Entities
Credits 2 – 3
Surveys federal income taxation of business entities and their owners, including corporations, partnerships, LLC’s, and LLP’s.
Prerequisites
LAW 603, majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 650 - Estate and Gift Tax
Credits 1 – 3
Examines the federal taxation regime applicable to gifts and inheritances.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 651 - Environmental Quality Law
Credits 2 – 3
Provides an overview of the law and policy of environmental quality and pollution control. Addresses the origins and development of modern statutory environmental law as it relates to the various media: air, water and soil.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 652 - International Public Law
Credits 2 – 3
Introduction to the doctrines, institutions and methodology of modern international law. Students examine the legal systems governing relations among states, and their expansion to non-state actors. Also analyzes the application of international law in domestic courts, international tribunals and organizations, doctrines of jurisdiction and immunities and human rights.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 653 - Criminal Procedure I
Credits 3
Basic course in criminal procedure. Covers laws regulating daily interactions of police and public, including laws of search and seizure and of interrogations. Does not cover rights subsequent to interrogation.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 654 - Public Lands and Natural Resources Law
Credits 2 – 3
Provides an introduction to federal public lands and natural resources law. Focuses on the laws and legal systems that govern the classification and use of the federally owned lands comprising a third of America and the vast majority of the West. Examines major resource areas, including: minerals, timber, range, wildlife, recreation, wilderness, and cultural resources. Explores the interplay between environmental, economic, cultural, social and political factors in managing national parks, forest, and the public domain.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 655 - Securitization
Credits 2 – 3
Examines the financing technique of securitization and its various legal underpinnings. Securitization is a trillion dollar industry that raises issues in corporate finance, secured transactions, bankruptcy and securities regulation.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor, and LAW 615 or LAW 626.
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LAW 656 - Business Organizations II
Credits 2 – 3
Covers the law of publicly-traded corporations. Special attention will be given to the fiduciary duties of boards of directors; management, and controlling shareholders; proxy regulation and shareholder voting; insider trading; shareholder litigation and mergers and acquisitions.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 657 - Antitrust
Credits 1 – 3
Basic legal framework for regulating conduct to undermine competitive markets. Topics include antitrust regulation of horizontal agreements between competitors to restrain trade, such as price-fixing, output restrictions, boycotts and mergers; vertical agreements between suppliers and purchasers such as distributional restraints, exclusive dealing and tying; and unilateral conduct, such as monopolization and attempted monopolization. Role of antitrust law in today’s technological environment.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first- ear law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 658 - Immigration Law
Credits 1 – 3
Covers legal issues and policies pertaining to non- citizens of the United States, including the regulation of admission, exclusion, and deportation of immigrants seeking to enter the United States. Rights of non-citizens who are in U.S. territory in the areas of health, education, and labor. Topics covered from various perspectives, including constitutional law, international human rights, comparative law, ethics and morality and history.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first-year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 659 - First Amendment Rights
Credits 2 – 3
Explores in depth critical First Amendment FreedomsﾗFreedom of Expression and Association, Freedom of Press and Media, and Freedom of Religion.
Prerequisites
Law 517
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LAW 660 - Banking Law
Credits 3
Basic understanding of the federal and state laws governing traditional commercial banks and financial institutions in the United States, At the end of the course, the students will have a solid foundation which they can use to study more specific areas of law regarding such institutions.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 661 - Federal Taxation
Credits 1 – 5
Surveys the three major federal tax topics: income tax (two-fifths of course), taxation of business entities (two-fifths), and estate and gift tax (one-fifth). Students may enroll for all three components (5 credits), or two components, or one component (credits depending on components taken).
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 662 - Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation
Credits 1 – 3
Examines tax controversy resolution mechanism. Not limited to tax students. Helpful for all interested in litigation career, including civil litigation and white collar crime. Also, good to hone drafting skills. Students prepare pleadings, memos, and other controversy-related documents.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of three credits.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year law courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 663 - Advanced Issues in Tax
Credits 2 – 3
Seminar. In consultation with the professor, students select a topic of current interest and importance in federal, state, or international taxation.
Notes
Students write research papers on topic and present and defend them in class.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year law courses, or consent of instructor.
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LAW 664 - Criminal Procedure II
Credits 3
Covers law and practices between the time defendant is charged and final disposition and sentencing. Includes prosecutorial discretion, bail, plea bargaining right to counsel, due process, sentencing, and post-conviction review.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year courses or consent of instructor.
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LAW 665 - Health Care Organization and Finance
Credits 3
Laws and legal issues relating to the organization and operation of health care enterprises and the financing of health care services.
Notes
Prior or concurrent enrollment in LAW 626 desirable but not required.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year courses or consent of professor.
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LAW 666 - Domestic Violence and the Law
Credits 3
Examines violence against women and others in intimate relationships and the ways in which the law impacts and is impacted by domestic violence. Explores the history and social context of domestic violence and the dynamics and dimensions of abusive relationships.
Prerequisites
Majors only or completion of first year courses or consent of professor.
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