Law with Foundation Year

Bachelor's degree

In Telford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Telford

  • Duration

    4 Years

The foundation year of this course is designed to offer applicants who do not have the required qualifications, a programme which will equip them with a robust toolkit of academic, digital and personal skills required for successful study in higher education. It also provides an understanding of, and insight into, a range of disciplines that underpin their chosen programme of study. In the foundation year students will develop their ability to gain the most out of structured in-class study, and also to manage and evaluate their own independent learning. This wide range of transferable skills is of immense value in both undergraduate study and graduate employment. Upon successful completion of the foundation year, students will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of their subject area to degree level.

The LLB degree provides a qualifying law degree enabling successful to prepare for the Bar Professional Training Course (Barrister). Additionally, the LLB is designed to provide preparatory legal education for those wishing to qualify as solicitors by undertaking the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

Subject specific knowledge of the areas of law known as the Foundations of Legal Knowledge comprising: Constitutional and Administrative Law and Human Rights Law; Law of the European Union; Criminal Law; Contract; Tort; Property Law and Equity & Trusts with an initial study of Legal Skills and English and European Legal Systems and training in legal research.
In addition, the degree covers the substantive areas of the Solicitor’s Qualifying Examination, including Business Law and Practice, Property Law and Practice, Criminal Litigation, Wills and Probate and Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort.
Application (including problem solving and practice based learning)
Research, analysis, evaluation, critical judgement and synthesis
An ability to work independently

Facilities

Location

Start date

Telford (Shropshire)
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Level 3 Southwater One, Southwater Sqare, Southwater Way, TF3 4JG

Start date

On request

About this course

As a graduate of this course you will be able to demonstrate:

Gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamental doctrines, sources and principles which underpin the Law of England and Wales, including the Foundations of Legal Knowledge; how Law is made and developed, ethics and the concept of justice and the institutions within which the law is administered.
Apply knowledge to complex legal situations; recognising potential alternative conclusions and taking into account ambiguity and uncertainty in the law, providing supporting reasons and communicating these, both orally and in writing, appropriately.
Demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to research and analyse the law; including the effective use of resources to retrieve and evaluate information; and to apply the findings of such work to the solution of legal problems.
Be able to act independently in planning and managing tasks with limited guidance in areas which they have studied.

Demonstrate an awareness of the contexts within which law operates and be able to use this awareness to offer critical judgments of arguments or legal issues.

2019 Entry

DD from A level
BTEC QCF Extended Diploma grade PPP, BTEC QCF Diploma grade MP
Pass Access to HE Diploma (Full Award)
If you've got other qualifications or relevant experience, please contact The Gateway for further advice before applying.
International entry requirements and application guidance can be found here

Other Requirements.
Students must have studied a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, it is expected that some applicants will be mature students with work experience, who wish to further their career development

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Subjects

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Equity
  • Property
  • Law
  • LLB
  • English
  • Trusts
  • Administrative Law
  • Property Law
  • Business Law
  • IT Law

Course programme

Semester 1 Starters:

UNDERGRADUATE

Year 1 (Foundation)

3GK003 Academic Skills (20 Credits)

3GK005 Critical Thinking (20 Credits)

3GK007 Wolverhampton and its People (20 Credits)

3GK004 The World at Work: Careers and Personal Development (20 Credits)

3GK006 Extended Project (20 Credits)

3GK008 Culture and Nationality in Conflict (20 Credits)

Year 2

4LW022 English Legal System and Principles of Professional Conduct (20 Credits)

4LW003 Contract Law (20 Credits)

4LW018 Applied Legal Skills and Research (20 Credits)

4LW005 Law of Torts (20 Credits)

4LW023 Constitutional and Administrative Law (20 Credits)

4LW020 Criminal Law (20 Credits)

Year 3

5LW028 Property Law (20 Credits)

*Choose two of the follwing modules*; 5CJ006 Punishment and Society or 5LW008 Alternative Dispute Resolution Law and Skills or 5LW009 Intellectual Property Law or 5LW027 Criminal Litigation and Practice (40 Credits)

*Choose three of the follwing modules*;5LW025 Property Law and Practice or 5LW010 Commercial Law or 5LW024 Contractual Validity or 5LW016 Housing and Welfare Law or 5LW029 Family and Child Law (60 Credits)

Year 4

6LW045 Practical Legal Skills (20 Credits)

6LW004 Law of the European Union (20 Credits)

6LW012 Equity and Trusts (20 Credits)

6LW050 Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort (20 Credits)

6LW051 Business Law and Practice or 6CJ011 Serious and Organised Crime or 6LW005 Employment Law or 6CJ004 Counter-Terrorism: Law, Policy and Practice or 6LW016 International Trade and Finance Law (20 Credits)

6LW002 Research Methods and Project or 6LW034 Internet Law or 6LW042 Law of Criminal Evidence or 6LW048 Nationality, International Migration and Refugee Law or 6LW049 Wills and Probate or 6LW052 Insolvency Law (20 Credits)

Law with Foundation Year

Price on request