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Degree Programme Table: Law and Accountancy (LLB Hons) (UTLAWAC)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students wishing to pursue qualification towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indictaed in the Degree Programme Table for LLB Honours and the Notes on Qualification for Progress towards Legal Practice. It cannot be guaranteed that a curriculum enabling progress towards professional qualification on this programme will be possible.

    Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available in the Honours booklet http://student.man.ed.ac.uk/. Courses accredited by the Accounting bodies in Year 1: ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A; ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B; ECNM08005 Economics 1A; CMSE08003 Computing for Business and Economics


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 6 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08106 Legal Reasoning and Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08091 Public Law of the UK and Scotland As available 20
    ACCN08007 Accountancy 1A As available 20
    ACCN08008 Accountancy 1B As available 20
    ECNM08005 Economics 1A As available 40
    BUST08014 Computing for Business As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires a pass in each of Accountancy 2A and Accountancy 2B and an average of 50% in both at the first attempt.

    Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available in the Honours booklet http://student.man.ed.ac.uk/. Courses accredited by the Accounting bodies in Year 2: ACCN08009 Accuntancy 2A; ACCN08010 Accountancy 2B


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 8 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08095 Commercial Law Ordinary As available 20
    LAWS08092 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10
    LAWS08099 Business Entities As available 10
    LAWS08094 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment As available 20
    LAWS08098 Delict Ordinary As available 10
    ACCN08009 Accountancy 2A As available 20
    ACCN08010 Accountancy 2B As available 20
    LAWS08118 Revenue Law As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires a pass in each of Accountancy 2A and Accountancy 2B and an average of 50% in both at the first attempt.

    Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available in the Honours booklet http://student.man.ed.ac.uk/. Courses accredited by the Accounting bodies in Year 3: ACCN10008 Advanced Financial Accounting; ACCN10009 Auditing; ACCN10010 Management Accounting Applications; BUST09001 Research in Management; CMSE10002 Strategic Management; One of BUST10023 Futures and Options OR BUST10032 Investment and Securities Markets.

    Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits in year 3. In addition they will be expected to take 40 law credits and 80 accountancy credits in year 4.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ACCN10008 Advanced Financial Accounting As available 20
    ACCN10009 Auditing As available 20
    ACCN10010 Management Accounting Applications As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) F - Law (LLB Hons) - Level(s) 10' (ROU_F_UTLLBLAWHO1F1_10) , as available.
                                                                                                
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS10067    Civil Law   40  
    LAWS10086    Commercial Law   40  
    LAWS10083    Company Law   40  
    LAWS10051    Competition Law   40  
    LAWS10078    Contract   40  
    LAWS10056    Criminology   40  
    LAWS10044    European Institutions   40  
    LAWS10109    Evidence: Interpretation and Evaluation   40  
    LAWS10075    Family Law   40  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10071    Information Technology and Law   40  
    LAWS10087    Intellectual Property   40  
    LAWS10111    International Private Law   40  
    LAWS10073    Labour Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10070    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
    LAWS10079    Taxation   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession Law   40  
    LAWS10066    Comparative Law   40  
    LAWS10090    Constitutional Law   40  
    LAWS10133    Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS10135    European Union Regulation of Culture and the Mass Media   40  
    LAWS10137    EU Law Honours   40  
    LAWS10072    History of Scots Law   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 0 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    LAWS10130     Legal Information skills, advanced level     (0 credits)

     

    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits in year 3. In addition they will be expected to take 40 law credits and 80 accountancy credits in year 4.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS10097 Dissertation in Law As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 60 credits from the following "Accounting" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Accounting Level 10' (SUB_ACCN_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (ACCN10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Accounting'   (as selected)  

     

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