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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2012/2013
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Degree Programme Table: Social Policy and Law (MA Hons) (UTSOPLA)

Year 1, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: September

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


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08004 Social Policy and Society As available 20
    SCPL08005 Politics of the Welfare State As available 20
    LAWS08128 Scottish Legal System As available 20
    LAWS08123 Public Law of the UK and Scotland As available 20




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


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

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL08006 European Social Policy As available 20
    SSPS08004 Social and Political Enquiry 2 As available 20
    SSPS08002 Social and Political Theory 2 As available 20
    LAWS08132 Public Law and Individual Rights As available 10




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


    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS08129    Jurisprudence   10  
    LAWS08132    Public Law and Individual Rights   10  
    LAWS08134    Business Entities   10  
    LAWS08122    Evidence and Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS08133    Property Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08131    Commercial Law (Ordinary)   20  
    LAWS08130    Succession and Trust Law   10  
    LAWS08119    International Private Law Ordinary   10  
    LAWS08118    Revenue Law   10  
    LAWS08116    European Union Law A Ordinary   10  

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours. Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.
    Students may substitute Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health for one 20 credit Social Policy Honours course.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL10024 Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 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
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 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  
    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  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students taking Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health should take both 10 credit courses to equal one 20 credit option.
     




    Year 4, Academic year 2012/13, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCPL10012 Dissertation (MA Social Policy) As available 40




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


    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 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  
    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  
    LAWS10136    International Trade Law   40  
    LAWS10062    Justice, Ethics and Law   40  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    LAWS10053    Unjustified Enrichment   40  
    LAWS10134    Delictual Liability   40  
    LAWS10084    Property Law   40  
    LAWS10142    Human Rights   40  
    LAWS10048    International Law A: The Individual and International Law   40  
    LAWS10064    Law, Democracy and Citizenship   40  
    LAWS10049    International Law B: Interstate Conflict and Dispute Settlement   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses, as available

    Notes:Students taking Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health should take both 10 credit courses to equal one 20 credit option.
     




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