LEB 323Upper division3 credit hours
LEB 323 Business Law and Ethics
Since 2011, LEB 323 has averaged 3.30 with 27% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.44, above the 3.36 average for undergraduate LEB classes that term.
- Credit hours
- 3
- Level
- Upper division
- Class hours a week
- 3
- Grading
- Letter grade only
- Repeat for credit
- No
- Latest grades
- Summer 2026
What grades did students get?
Spring 2026: 300 letter grades, 3.44 average GPA, 41% A’s, 6 sections
Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.
Grade counts
| Grade | Students | Share | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 123 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| A− | 60 | 20.0% | 19.5% |
| B+ | 34 | 11.3% | 16.8% |
| B | 31 | 10.3% | 17.1% |
| B− | 23 | 7.7% | 8.5% |
| C+ | 12 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| C | 6 | 2.0% | 3.5% |
| C− | 5 | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| D+ | 2 | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| D | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| D− | 1 | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| F | 3 | 1.0% | 0.6% |
| Q, W, CR, and others | 19 | Not in the average | |
How have grades changed?
UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).
Every term
| Term | Sections | Letter grades | Average GPA | A’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2026 | 1 | 35 | 3.59 | 60.0% |
| Spring 2026 | 6 | 300 | 3.44 | 41.0% |
| Fall 2025 | 8 | 439 | 3.31 | 31.7% |
| Summer 2025 | 2 | 67 | 3.69 | 50.7% |
| Spring 2025 | 8 | 409 | 3.28 | 33.5% |
| Fall 2024 | 10 | 574 | 3.40 | 32.2% |
| Summer 2024 | 2 | 56 | 3.57 | 37.5% |
| Spring 2024 | 9 | 436 | 3.18 | 28.0% |
| Fall 2023 | 10 | 538 | 3.22 | 22.7% |
| Summer 2023 | 3 | 81 | 3.42 | 38.3% |
| Spring 2023 | 8 | 492 | 3.11 | 23.8% |
| Fall 2022 | 8 | 457 | 3.13 | 18.4% |
| Summer 2022 | 2 | 66 | 3.44 | 45.5% |
| Spring 2022 | 8 | 447 | 3.05 | 17.0% |
| Fall 2021 | 8 | 448 | 3.05 | 19.2% |
| Summer 2021 | 2 | 95 | 3.05 | 27.4% |
| Spring 2021 | 8 | 279 | 3.58 | 55.2% |
| Fall 2020 | 8 | 484 | 3.22 | 21.7% |
| Summer 2020 | 2 | 136 | 3.23 | 25.7% |
| Spring 2020 | 8 | 250 | 3.61 | 44.8% |
| Fall 2019 | 8 | 529 | 3.31 | 19.1% |
| Summer 2019 | 2 | 84 | 3.32 | 21.4% |
| Spring 2019 | 8 | 500 | 3.21 | 19.6% |
| Fall 2018 | 8 | 498 | 3.33 | 23.9% |
| Summer 2018 | 2 | 91 | 3.44 | 25.3% |
| Spring 2018 | 7 | 437 | 3.24 | 19.5% |
| Fall 2017 | 8 | 491 | 3.35 | 23.8% |
| Summer 2017 | 2 | 63 | 3.56 | 46.0% |
| Spring 2017 | 8 | 473 | 3.27 | 18.6% |
| Fall 2016 | 9 | 547 | 3.21 | 17.7% |
| Summer 2016 | 2 | 71 | 3.59 | 35.2% |
| Spring 2016 | 7 | 445 | 3.23 | 22.9% |
| Fall 2015 | 8 | 582 | 3.30 | 20.1% |
| Summer 2015 | 2 | 73 | 3.63 | 43.8% |
| Spring 2015 | 8 | 467 | 3.32 | 23.8% |
| Fall 2014 | 8 | 580 | 3.37 | 25.5% |
| Summer 2014 | 2 | 87 | 3.17 | 20.7% |
| Spring 2014 | 7 | 459 | 3.30 | 22.7% |
| Fall 2013 | 7 | 457 | 3.33 | 27.1% |
| Summer 2013 | 2 | 91 | 3.56 | 46.2% |
| Spring 2013 | 8 | 472 | 3.34 | 33.1% |
| Fall 2012 | 7 | 437 | 3.41 | 34.1% |
| Summer 2012 | 2 | 79 | 3.40 | 30.4% |
| Spring 2012 | 7 | 441 | 3.47 | 37.2% |
| Fall 2011 | 7 | 397 | 3.53 | 44.3% |
| Summer 2011 | 1 | 69 | 3.67 | 44.9% |
What’s LEB 323 about?
An investigation of the role of law in society; introduction to legal reasoning, dispute resolution, judicial process, constitutional law, agency, torts, government regulations; business ethics; study of contracts. Only one of the following may be counted: Legal Environment of Business 320F, 323, 323H, Business, Government, and Society 337. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Past syllabi
Each lists the readings, exams, and grade weights.
- Fall 2026, section 04270 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04275 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04280 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04285 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04290 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04295 ↗
- Fall 2026, section 04300 ↗
- Summer 2026, section 71185 ↗
- Spring 2026, section 03450 ↗
- Spring 2026, section 03455 ↗
265 more on UT’s syllabus search ↗
Who can take it
Restricted to students in the McCombs School of Business.
What comes before and after?
Prerequisites
None listed in UT’s catalog.
This class
You can get credit for only one of these
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How we got this
Class details come from UT’s Legal Environment of Business catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.
Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy. Past grades describe earlier terms; your section, instructor, and effort shape yours.
We count each A–F grade once. A’s counts A grades, and A− has its own bar. Subject averages use every letter grade in that subject and level that term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.
Syllabus links come from UT’s public syllabus index, checked October 27, 2026.
Before you register
Sections, times, and seats change every term. Check LEB 323 in UT’s class schedule for the semester you’re planning.