BA (Hons) in Law and Politics
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 15,750 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international full time | UK part time: £4,625 | UK full time: £9,250 | professional placement year full time for UK: £1,850 international: £3,150
Introduction
This degree develops your legal knowledge, research, and professional skills. You'll gain a broad understanding of legal systems and criminal law, and expand your knowledge to topics such as EU law, punishment and penology, and cybercrime.
So that you can hit the ground running when you graduate, we've built career planning into each strand of the course, with a focus on the growing number of roles that require related skill sets. These include roles in governance, risk management, advocacy, public policy, HR, and finance.
Professional placement year
Overview
This optional placement year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for, and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.
By completing the module, you'll be entitled to the addition of 'with Professional Placement Year' to your degree title.
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Curriculum
Year one (Level 4) modules
- The English Legal System with Legal Method
- Criminal Law with Case and Matter Analysis
- The Professional Lawyer: Part 1
Year two (Level 5) modules
- European Law with Practical Legal Research
- Human Rights and International Law
- Settlements, Succession & Fair Play with Drafting
- The Professional Lawyer: Part 2
- Employment Law
- Family and the Law - Relationships and Children
- Sports Law
- Creativity for Business
- Innovation Management
- Financial Accounting
- Work Placement
- Social Science Research Methods
- Social Problems, Social Divisions, Social Justice
- Crime, Law and Society
- Youth in Society - Power, Politics and Participation
- The Psychology of Criminal Investigations
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Property Law with Interviewing
- Obligations to others with Written Advice
- Civil Litigation and Case Management with Advocacy and Mooting
- Cyberlaw
- Entertainment, Media and IP Law
- Management Accounting
- Successful Freelancing
- Leadership and Management
- Ethnicity and Society
- Punishment and Penology in Global Context
- Cyber Security
Program Outcome
What you'll learn
Overview
This degree covers tort, contract, criminal, and property law. It also introduces practical skills such as case analysis, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution, drafting, interviewing, and mooting.
You'll develop the ability to understand connections between legal topics; this replicates legal and paralegal practice, where problems are rarely neatly packaged. You'll also be supported to develop your professional practice and employability skills throughout the degree.
You'll select from various interdisciplinary optional modules including criminology, sociology, and business, as well as law options such as cyberlaw, punishment and penology, and international law. This will enhance your experiences and provide you with better employment prospects.
We'll encourage you to undertake a work placement in a relevant field. This could include opportunities to work with organizations such as the police, government, law firms, or councils.
Course structure
Year one
Gain a broad understanding of English legal systems and criminal law. Contextualizee your learning and develop your professional identity and employability skills. Develop skills in case analysis and understand research methods.
Year two
Focus on extending your legal understanding to include contract law and EU law. You'll develop a range of skills including negotiation and advocacy.
Continue to contextualize your learning and extend your employability skills by selecting from a range of law, business, criminology, and sociology options. You'll also be supported and encouraged to take a work placement.
Year three
Explore property and tort law while developing skills in drafting and presenting. Select from a range of interdisciplinary optional modules, such as cybercrime, leadership and management, and ethnicity and society.
How will I be assessed?
The course will include a variety of assessments including practice-based assessments such as drafting and negotiating.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
This course opens you up to a range of careers both within and adjacent to Law and your chosen joint subject. You’ll combine legal knowledge with practical skills (such as contract law with negotiation, property law with interviewing, and litigation with mooting). You'll also develop key transferable skills that'll be valuable for other career routes.
The range of interdisciplinary modules gives you the chance to expand your expertise and enhance your experiences. This will also provide you with better employment prospects.
Facilities
Program delivery
How will I be taught?
Lectures and seminars will be combined with practical exercises. Your learning will be supported by our VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).
Course length
Three years full time, or four years full time with a professional placement year. Part-time available.