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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2011/2012
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Degree Programme Table: Law and German (LLB Hons) (UTLAWGE)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Students wishing to pursue qualification to progress towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indicated in the Degree Programme Table for the LLB Honours (years 1 and 2).


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 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
    LAWS08094 Contract and Unjustified Enrichment As available 20
    LAWS08101 Family Law Ordinary As available 10
    LAWS08098 Delict Ordinary As available 10




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ELCG08001    German 1A   40  
    ELCG08002    German 1B   40  

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment.

    Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS08092 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10
    ELCG08006 German 2 As available 40
    LAWS08116 European Union Law A Ordinary As available 10




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08085    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08087    Property Law Ordinary 1   10  
    LAWS08102    Criminal Law Ordinary   10  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment

    Please see note under year 4 re classification


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCC10001 Language Acquisition through residence/study As available 60
    LAWS10126 Law study abroad As available 60




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

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into Honours normally requires (i) passes in all six subjects taken in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above in German 2. The 3rd year comprises at least 30 weeks spent in the relevant country and prescribed work in Law and the relevant language in an approved establishment

    For the purposes of classification the average over 100 credits on the language side and 140 credits on the law side is used. The 140 law credits comprise 60 credits from year 3 (translated marks) and two 40 credit courses taken in year 4. The 100 language credits are all from courses taken in year 4, which have different credit weightings only for the purpose of classification, such that Language paper 1 counts for 40 credits, Language paper 2 counts for 20 credits, the Oral counts for 20 credits and the option remains at 20 credits.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    ELCG10016 German Language Paper 1 As available 10
    ELCG10017 German Language Paper 2 As available 10
    ELCC10014 Oral for German As available 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from European Languages and Cultures - German Level 10 courses, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    LAWS10093    Media Law   40  
    LAWS10070    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
    LAWS10079    Taxation   40  
    LAWS10096    Trusts and Succession 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  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10141    International Law of the Global Economy and the Environment   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10092    Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS10060    Jurisprudence of Legal Concepts   40  
    LAWS10069    European Legal History   40  

    Notes:May include the Dissertation in Law
     

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

     

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