Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record
Business 83
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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83 Contracts
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Units: 1.50
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Prerequisite: None.
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A study of the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to contracts for product transportation and logistics functions and considerations for drafting and negotiating contracts with freight carriers, warehousemen and other logistics service providers. Total 27 hours lecture.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
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An analysis of considerations involved in the drafting and negotiation of freight and logistics contracts.
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ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.
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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
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1. Analyze contracting needs in the supply chain.
2. Explain the legal and regulatory requirements of logistics
contracting.
3. Analyze types of freight and logistics contracts and their provisions.
4. Evaluate freight and logistics contract provisions.
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COURSE CONTENT
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TOPICS
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1. Analyze contracting needs in the supply chain.
2. Explain the legal and regulatory requirements of logistics
contracting.
3. Analyze types of freight and logistics contgracts and their
provisions.
4. Evaluate freight and logistics contact provisions.
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METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:
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- Present case studies to provide students with the opportunity to utilize concepts learned in class to analyze real logistics contract situations.
- Develop and assign tasks/activities such as presentations in order to assess students understanding of logistics contract concepts.
- Facilitate discussions regarding relevant current issues in business to encourage students to make appropriate connections to the course content.
- Instruction may take the form of online, hybrid, TV or other distance learning format.
- Present lectures to describe the essentials of logistics contract concepts and their applications to business.
- Develop and assign exercises to reinforce concepts and encourage students to apply them to current logistics contract trends and events.
- Create and have students participate in cooperative learning tasks such as small group exercises to identify issues that relate to course content and utilize the content to offer opinions, solutions and analysis with respect to those issues.
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METHODS OF EVALUATION
Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:
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- Written reports designed to assess the application of logistics contract principles.
- Individual web projects designed to assess student proficiency in achieving the student learning outcomes.
- Individual or class projects designed to evaluate the application of logistics contract principles to simulations of real business situations.
- Examination designed to provide objective evidence that students have attained the level of understanding expected in the areas detailed in the Student Learning Outcomes.
- Individual, small group, or paired activities designed to allow students to demonstrate understanding of basic logistics contract concepts.
- Quizzes and in-class participation demonstrating proficiency in the subject matter.
- Quizzes designed to assess the student learning outcomes.
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ASSIGNMENTS
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Required Reading Assignments
Required Writing Assignments
Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
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COURSE MATERIALS
All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:
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Pezold, George Carl. Contracting for Transportation & Logistics Services.
The Transportation Consumer Protection Council, Inc., 2001.
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