LLB Law with Politics

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Criminal Law
Academic, Legal and Professional Skills
Foundations of Property Law
Foundations of Public Law
Introduction to Politics
Democracy: Forms and Futures
Career Management and Personal Development Skills I
Year 2
Contract Law
Foundations of the Law of Obligations
Law of the European Union
Scientific Reasoning for the Social Sciences
Comparative Political Analysis
Public Law II
Selected Issues in Public International Law
Career Management and Personal Development Skills II
Introduction to Public International Law
Land Law
Final year
Tort Law
Equity and Trusts
Final Year Research Project
Understanding Judges (optional)
Contemporary Theories of Justice (optional)
Human Rights and Global Justice (optional)
Project: Law (optional)
Placement
On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
For most modules, you attend two lectures a week and one fortnightly tutorial
Tutorials provide the opportunity to discuss the law, apply the law to factual problems, and develop legal arguments
Basic IT skills training is available and training in the use of LEXIS and WESTLAW (legal research tools) is also given
You are encouraged to take part in moots (mock trials), negotiation competitions and other practical exercises
Assessment
Virtually all modules are assessed by a combination of written examination and coursework
Examinations are held at the end of each academic year
Your first year marks do not count towards your final degree classification
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