Course Description
This is a BCCampus online provincial course. This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant working in the field of corporate law. Through an extensive overview of the various forms of business organizations, this course will cover corporate structure including Sole Proprietorship, Partnership (General and Limited), and Corporations (Private: Non-Reporting, and Public: Reporting) and Corporate Registry. Students will acquire a basic knowledge of the Business Corporations Act, learn specialized terminology, and apply practical experience in document preparation, necessary for maintaining records of a British Columbia Corporation. The course will cover incorporation procedures, post corporate procedures and annual maintenance also.
Learning Activities
Communication between instructor and students will be conducted online using WebCT e-mail, discussion, chat utilities, guided practices, assignments, and case studies. Students will work both independently and collaboratively to learn and apply procedures and tasks carried on in a legal office. Both learning activities and evaluations will be structured to stress problem solving, accuracy, and working within time constraints.
Means of Assessment
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Group Participation
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10%
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Assignments
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30%
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Quizzes
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30%
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Final exam
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30%
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TOTAL
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100%
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Learning Outcomes
The learner has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Identify different forms of business ownership and outline the advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Describe the methods of incorporating companies that may operate in British Columbia.
- Outline the incorporation procedures of a non-reporting Corporation in British Columbia.
- Prepare the documentation necessary to incorporate a non-reporting Corporation in British Columbia.
- Outline the rights of shareholders and the role of the board of directors.
- Distinguish between ordinary and special resolutions and certified copies of same.
- Distinguish between shares with par value and shares without par value (kind) and common and preferred shares (class).
- Understand the use of the corporate seal.
- Outline the contents of a corporate record book.
- Prepare post-incorporation documentation necessary after registration of a non-reporting Corporation.
- Understand the purpose of filing Annual Reports with the Registrar of Companies and be able to prepare related documentation.
- Prepare the necessary documentation to change the director/officer of a corporation and allot or transfer shares.
- Practice confidentiality and demonstrate an awareness of ethical responsibilities in the completion of all work.
- Utilize legal reference materials and other sources of information.
- Define and correctly spell legal terms.
- Demonstrate a basic working knowledge of Corporate Registry.
Textbook Materials
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Evin Ross, Guide to Corporate Records (Current Edition)
Online notes and materials
. WAV pedal & computer headphones are required for digital transcription activities.