Law with Criminology with Professional Placement Year
University of Salford
UCAS Code: 8L41 | Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
University of Salford
UCAS Code: 8L41 | Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)
Entry requirements
120 - 128 From a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
120 - 128 From a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent. Additional AS Levels can be used towards the overall tariff points provided they are not completed in the same subject as the A Level.
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points from a QAA Approved Level 3 Access to HE Diploma to contain a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3 and 15 at Level 2 to total 60 credits overall for the full award.
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points so not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points so not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
We require Grade C or 4 (or above) in Maths and English GCSE. Equivalent qualifications Key Skills Level 2, and Functional Skills Level 2, are also accepted.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
including a grade 5 in standard level maths and grade 6 in standard level english or grade 4 in higher level maths and grade 5 in higher level english
120 - 128 from a minimum of 2 Higher Level Subjects including a minimum of H7 (D3) or O4 (C3) in Maths and English
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points so not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points required so not acceptable on it's own, must be taking an additional level 3 qualification to make up the required points.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points so not acceptable on it's own. Must be completing a minimum of 2 of these or other A Level equivalent qualification.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points
120 - 128 UCAS Tariff Points so not acceptable on it's own or with additional AS Levels. Must be doing an additional A Level or equivalent to top up to required points.
120 - 128 From a minimum of 2 Advanced Highers
120 - 128 From a minimum of 2 Advanced Highers
UCAS Tariff
From a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
120 - 128 Not acceptable on it's own. Points must be gained from a minimum of 2 A Levels or equivalent.
About this course
Designed to allow you to gain a qualifying law degree, as well as to explore crime and justice from a sociological perspective, Law with Criminology is a programme for people who wish to embark on a career in law and lift the lid on some of the most important and contentious issues facing society.
An industry-focus is placed at the heart of every programme delivered at Salford Business School. Modules are designed around the current needs of employers and the law profession.
We also place great emphasis on the development of your professional skills; you will have the opportunity to shadow working lawyers and judges, practise your learning during a year’s work placement and develop your client care skills by helping people looking for support from our legal advice schemes. In this way, you learn to put your academic knowledge into practice.
Extra-curricular activities, like mooting and trips, are organised by our student-led Law Society, complementing your studies and enhancing your experience throughout.
Law with Criminology equips you with the tools you need for a successful career in the legal sector and an advanced knowledge of criminology. The programme provides the foundations of legal knowledge required by the Bar Standards Board and identified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as being essential to progression to any of the several careers in Law.
All our undergraduate law courses are available with:
• **Placement Year** - gain important work experience. You will not pay fees to the University and will earn a wage for the work that you do
• **Foundation Year** – start with the fundamental areas of business and the key skill you need to study at University level
• **Study Abroad** – study with one of our partner Universities for a semester or a year
Find out more at https://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/law-criminology-professional-experience-year
**Our commitment to our students**
Our goal is to prepare you for a fulfilling life and professional career. Along the way, you’ll learn to be curious, adaptable and confident, ready to meet the digital, ethical and sustainability challenges of the 21st century. How will we - together - achieve this? Find out more at www.salford.ac.uk/salford-business-school/our-commitment-our-students.
Modules
Year 1: Contract Law, Tort Law, Legal Systems and Legal Digital Skills, Criminal Law, Crime, Conflict and Society, Criminal Justice and Human Rights.
Year 2: Public Law, European Union Law, Land Law, Theoretical Criminology.
On completion of year 2 you may choose to undertake a year's paid professional placement. If you choose to take the professional year option, you will not pay fees to the University and will earn a wage for the work that you do.
Year 3: Equity & Trusts, Criminal Justice and Punishment; choose two of The Practice of Company and Partnership Law, Client Care, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Family Law, Industrial Law, Medical Law and Ethics, Employment Law, Cyber Law, Business Ethics and Sustainability, Civil Litigation, Law in Action, Law in Practice; and choose two of; Crime, Society and Racialisation, Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice, The Criminal Justice Process - Criminology, Probation and Rehabilitation, Policing and Social Control, Prisons and Punishment: Responses to Crime, Violence in Society, Human Rights, Genocide and Resistance.
Assessment methods
We use different forms of assessment in different modules and wherever possible these will reflect the types of work you will do in the ‘real world’ for example, report writing, presentations and business pitches. Exams will only be used when it is a requirement for professional accreditation.
Throughout your studies, the work you produce will help to build your personal portfolio of professional evidence that you will be able to use in job applications and interviews.
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Salford Business School
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Top job areas of graduates
We have quite a lot of sociology graduates, although numbers fell last year. But graduates still do pretty well. Most sociology graduates go straight into work when they complete their degrees, and a lot of graduates go into jobs in social professions such as recruitment, education, community and youth work, and housing. An important option for a sociology graduate is social work - and we're short of people willing to take this challenging but rewarding career. Sociology is a flexible degree and you can find graduates from the subject in pretty much every reasonable job — obviously, you don't find many doctors or engineers, but you do find them in finance, the media, healthcare, marketing and even IT. Sociology graduates taking further study often branch out into other qualifications, like teaching, law, psychology, HR and even maths, so don’t think a sociology degree restricts you to just one set of options.
Law
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
Law graduates tend to go into the legal industry, and they usually take similar routes. Jobs are competitive — often very competitive - but starting salaries are good and high fliers can earn serious money - starting on over £24k in London on average. Be aware though - some careers, especially as barristers, can take a while to get into, and the industry is changing as the Internet, automation and economic change all have an effect, If you want to qualify to practise law, you need to take a professional qualification — many law graduates then go on to law school. If you want to go into work, then a lot of law graduates take trainee or paralegal roles and some do leave the law altogether, often for jobs in management, finance and the police force. A small proportion of law graduates also move into another field for further study. Management, accountancy and teaching are all popular for these career changers, so if you do take a law degree and decide it’s not for you, there are options.
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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
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