Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September
Notes: Students studying full time take 60 credits (three modules) in the September semester and 60 credits (three modules) in the January semester, followed by the dissertation at the end of the January semester. 120 taught credits must be completed before embarking on the dissertation stage. The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken on completion of the taught element of the programme (ie 120 credits/six modules).
For further information see:
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/teaching/online_distance_learning/llm_degrees/key_information/study_durations
Please note that a minimum of 100 credits (five modules) and a maximum of 120 credits (six modules) must be selected from the module groups A, B, C and D (Group A) for this programme.
A maximum of 40 credits (two modules) may be selected from any one of groups A, B, C and D.
Group A includes medical law subject area modules.
Group B includes intellectual property law subject area modules.
Group C includes IT law subject area modules.
Group D includes international commercial law subject area modules.
A maximum of 20 credits (one module) can be taken from the group E modules in this programme.
Group E includes modules across all four subject areas. **Please note that a course from this collection can only be taken with the approval of your Programme Director.**
Please note also that if a student has already taken two modules from a single subject area, ie two modules from one of groups A-D, they can only take a module from group E that belongs to a different subject area. For guidance on which modules belong to which subject area, please see http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/teaching/online_distance_learning/llm_degrees/llm_in_law/modules
COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 1
compulsory course(s).
|
Code |
Course Name |
Period |
Credits |
|
LAWS11276
|
Dissertation LLM in Law |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
60 |
|
COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 5
set(s) of course options with the following rules.
Overarching rule collection group: A
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits
from these collections:
Select
exactly credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
LAWS11256
|
European Health Care Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11302
|
Health Research & Commercialisation
|
20
|
|
LAWS11337
|
Compassionate Care and the Law
|
20
|
Overarching rule collection group: B
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits
from these collections:
Select
exactly credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
LAWS11258
|
Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Related Rights
|
20
|
|
LAWS11179
|
International Intellectual Property System
|
20
|
|
LAWS11339
|
Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property
|
20
|
|
LAWS11257
|
Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property
|
20
|
Overarching rule collection group: C
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits
from these collections:
Select
exactly credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
LAWS11338
|
Regulation of autonomous systems: the law of robotics
|
20
|
|
LAWS11174
|
Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence
|
20
|
|
LAWS11347
|
International and European Media Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11180
|
Information: Control and Power
|
20
|
Overarching rule collection group: D
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 40 credits
from these collections:
Select
exactly credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
LAWS11307
|
Principles of International Taxation
|
20
|
|
LAWS11301
|
Law of Climate Change
|
20
|
|
LAWS11271
|
European Competition and Innovation
|
20
|
Overarching rule collection group: E
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 20 credits
from these collections:
Select
exactly credits
from the following list of courses, as available
| Code |
Course Name |
Credits |
|
LAWS11260
|
Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamentals in Consent and Negligence
|
20
|
|
LAWS11259
|
Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues
|
20
|
|
LAWS11340
|
International public health law & ethics
|
20
|
|
LAWS11313
|
Electronic Commerce Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11163
|
Information Technology Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11300
|
Communications Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11268
|
Contract Law in Europe
|
20
|
|
LAWS11273
|
Corporate Compliance: Case Studies in Law & Ethics
|
20
|
|
LAWS11306
|
Comparative and International Corporate Governance
|
20
|
|
LAWS11304
|
International Oil and Gas Law
|
20
|
|
LAWS11341
|
International law, human rights and corporate accountability
|
20
|
|
LAWS11270
|
Dispute Resolution Methods
|
20
|
|
LAWS11269
|
International Commercial Arbitration
|
20
|
|
LAWS11372
|
Biotechnology, Bioethics and Society
|
20
|
Notes: **Please note that a course from this collection can only be taken with the approval of your Programme Director.**
**Please note that LAWS11269: International Commercial Arbitration and LAWS11181: Biotechnology, law & society will not be offered during 2016/17.**
Please note also that if a student has already taken two modules from a single subject area, ie two modules from one of Groups A-D, they could normally only take a module from Group E that belongs to a different subject area.**
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