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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:
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).

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

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:
Students should note that in order to progress to Honours in International Relations, they must achieve an average of at least 50 in their compulsory IR subjects in the second 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
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 60 credits of optional courses can therefore be drawn from Law Level 8 courses.

Before selecting your optional courses please ensure that you have met your Personal Tutor.
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
It is recommended that students on this programme choose Public Law and Individual Rights as one of their options

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

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Law PIR year 3 options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students should note that in order to progress to Honours in International Relations, they must achieve an average of at least 50 in their compulsory IR subjects in the second year.

Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits.

Students studying abroad in third year who opt to take Route A (Law dissertation option) are required to take the course "LAWS10214 Advanced Legal Writing (Online)" during their Study Abroad Year; students who opt to take Route B (IR dissertation option) will be asked to find a replacement course for "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" during their third year abroad, or take it upon their return to Edinburgh in their fourth year.


Students intending to study a Dissertation in Law in year 4 must take "LAWS10202 Advanced Legal Writing" and select courses from group A.


Students intending to study a Dissertation in International Relations must take "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" and select courses from group B.
AND

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

International Relations Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Law

Select exactly 60 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Law
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

International Relations Year 3 Electives

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
AND

Level 10 courses in the School of Law

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 10 courses in the School of Law

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

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Law and IR Dissertation

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who opt to spend their third year abroad will be expected to do the equivalent of 120 credits.

Students studying abroad in third year who opt to take Route A (Law dissertation option) are required to take the course "LAWS10214 Advanced Legal Writing (Online)" during their Study Abroad Year; students who opt to take Route B (IR dissertation option) will be asked to find a replacement course for "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" during their third year abroad, or take it upon their return to Edinburgh in their fourth year.

Students who studied "LAWS10202 Advanced Legal Writing" will study a Dissertation in Law and select courses from group A.


Students who studied "PLIT10106 Research Design in PIR" will study a Dissertation in International Relations and select courses from group B.
AND

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

International Relations Year 4 Electives

Select exactly 80 credits of the following courses
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

International Relations Year 4 Electives

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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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