Blackburn College
UCAS Code: M100 | Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
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About this course
The purpose of this course is to allow you to develop a deeper insight in to the discipline of law and to further enhance your career opportunities. Within the range available, you will be able to choose modules best suited to your own personal development or career aspirations. The course brings together a number of discreet but broadly interconnecting areas of law which are explored within a global context. The course will be studied using self directed learning together with a combination of interactive lectures, workshops, tutorials designed to encourage participation and the sharing of ideal and experience.
The tuition fees for this programme are:
Part-time students studying the postgraduate Laws LLM will be charged £2,700 per year for the two year programme.
Modules
All students take a total of 120 credits per level.
Level 4 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:
Law of Contract
Law of Tort
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills, Sources & Methods
The Legal Process
Level 5 Modules (there are 3 mandatory modules and 11 optional modules as indicated by *) include:
Law On Trial
Land Law
European Union Law
Consumer Law*
Corporate Law and Governance*
Commercial Law*
Employment Law*
European Human Rights Law*
Intellectual Property Rights*
Internet Law*
Criminology*
Legal History*
Legal Philosophy*
Family Law*
Level 6 Modules (there are 2 mandatory modules and 19 optional modules as indicated by *) include:
Equity and the Law of Trusts
Dissertation
Civil Procedure*
Consumer Law*
Corporate Law and Governance*
Commercial Law*
Employment Law*
Environmental Law and Justice*
Testate and Intestate Succession*
Immigration Law*
Intellectual Property Rights*
Internet Law*
Law of Criminal Evidence*
Criminology*
Legal Philosophy*
Media Law*
Medical Law*
Social Welfare Law and Policy*
Family Law*
Legal History*
European Human Rights Law*
Assessment methods
Throughout the course a full range of assessment techniques will be used. You could be assessed by examinations, including open-book examinations, practical assessments, assignments, briefs, essays, presentations (including group presentations), reports and portfolio building.
Each module is formally assessed through, for example, examination, open-book test, individual and group presentation, essay, observation of practice, assessment of course work e.g. art portfolio, written report, reflective practice and portfolios of evidence.
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