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Bachelor of Commerce
in
Law and Business
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The Major
• Why Law & Business?
• Many Career Paths
• Public Sector Career
– Federal, Provincial, Municipal
– Regulation of Business
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Private Sector Career
• Compliance
• Regulatory Affairs
• Corporate Policy
• Government Relations
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Environment
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Law School
• Not a law degree
• But see if law is for you
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What You Need
• In your second year:
– Common SBM Curriculum
– (LAW122 – already required by all TRSM)
– BUS 221 – Business Decision-Making
– LAW534 – Regulation of Business
– LAW603 – (second half of LAW122 book)
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What You Need
• In your third year:
– LAW533 – Corporate Social Responsibility
– Three of Group 1:
• LAW 68A/B – Law and Business Clinic
• LAW 321 – Hospitality and Tourism
• LAW 525 – Marketplace
• LAW 529 – Employment and Labour
• LAW 535 – Environment
• LAW 601 – Intellectual Property
• LAW 605 – Securities Law
• LAW 606 – Advanced Labour and Employment
• LAW 723 – Issues in Information Technology
• LAW 724 – International Business
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Still in your third year...
• Two of Group 2:
– CMN 447 – Communication
– CRM 200 – Criminal
– ECN 321 – Economics
– ENT 633 – Corporate Governance
– LAW 68A/B – Law and Business Clinic (in both groups)
– LAW 602 – White Collar and Cyber Crime
– LAW 604 – Legal Foundations of Corporate Governance
– LAW 725 – Visiting Professor Seminar
– OHS 208 – Occupational Health and Safety
– PHL 612 – Philosophy
– PPA 301 – Administrative
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In your final year
• LAW722 – Capstone Seminar
• Two more from Group 1
• Two more from Group 2
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What you Get
• Critical Thinking
• Strongest Application of Law to Business
• Ability to evaluate competing arguments
• Truth, Ethics and Compromise
• Importance of process, rights and
responsibilities
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The Minor
• Only Six courses
• LAW122 – remember, already required
• LAW603 – second half of book…
• That’s two!
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Three out of the following four:
• LAW529 – Employment and Labour
• LAW525 – Marketplace
• LAW723 – Information Technology
• LAW724 – International Business
• Only one more!
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Sixth and last course, pick one:
• Could be the last one of the previous four,
or:
– ECN 321 Economics
– ENH 121 Health Law
– ENH 721 Public Health Law
– LAW 321 Hospitality and Tourism
– OHS 208 Occupational Health and Safety
– PPA 301 Administrative
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What You Get:
• Second-most popular minor on campus!
• Knowledge of the law that complements
your major
• Ability to apply the law
• Find out whether law school is for you
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For Additional Info:
• Patricia Campagna, 7th Floor, x5199
– pat.campagna@ryerson.ca
• Professor Gil Lan, 8th Floor, x7531
– glan@ryerson.ca
• Isabel Dimitrov, 8th Floor x3183
– isabel.dimitrov@ryerson.ca
• Law & Business Student Association
• or come see me: TRS3-082, x7690
• avner.levin@ryerson.ca