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Evidence
Class Term:
Spring Term 2016-2017
Catalog Number:
5103
Class Number:
13768
Class Schedule:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
3:30 pm
4:20 pm
Room:
LAW 113
Professor
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
Core Course - 2nd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses
Grading Details
Your grade in this course will be based on:
25%: scores on five (5) short, unit-specific, in-class quizzes to be taken throughout the semester. Seven (7) quizzes will be given (approximately one every other week), but each student’s two lowest scores will be dropped for grading purposes. The two dropped scores will include any quizzes missed due to absence from class, and no make-up quizzes will be given.
75%: your score on a three-hour final examination covering material from the entire semester. The final will consist of multiple choice and short essay questions. You will have several opportunities during the semester to practice answering and receive feedback on your answers to sample multiple choice and short essay questions, on an ungraded, optional basis.
Description
This course is an introductory course on the rules of evidence and will focus on the Federal Rules of Evidence. We will cover hearsay and its exceptions, relevance, the use of character evidence, cross-examination and impeachment, among other subjects.