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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020

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Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting any optional courses please ensure that you have met your Personal Tutor. 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).

Please note, students who may be retaking a compulsory course, or has chosen to do so for professionally qualifying reasons, it is possible that there may be timetable clashes.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
To progress to Honours in Social Anthropology, students must achieve marks of 50% or better at the first attempt in their required Social Anthropology subjects in 2nd Year.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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

Courses from School(s) F - Joint Honours (LLB Hons) - Level(s) 8

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to progress towards legal practice should note that passes in the following courses are required to qualify as a solicitor in Scotland: 'Commercial Law (Ordinary) LAWS08131', 'Business Entities LAWS08134', 'Public Law and Individual Rights LAWS08132', 'Evidence (Ordinary) LAWS08141', 'Delict LAWS08135', 'Criminal Law (Ordinary) LAWS08142'; 'Property Law (Ordinary) LAWS08133', and 'Succession and Trust Law LAWS08130'. All 80 credits of optional courses can therefore be drawn from Law Level 8 courses.

Year 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Please note: To progress to Honours in Social Anthropology, students must have achieved marks of 50% or better at the first attempt in their required Social Anthropology subjects in 2nd Year.

Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits. All students who spend their third year abroad must also take the compulsory course 'Advanced Legal Writing (Online) LAWS10214'.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Level 10 courses in the School of Law

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Law
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY HONS CORE OPTIONS

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Level 10 courses in the School of Law

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Law

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