DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

Students wishing to pursue qualification towards legal practice in Scotland should note the courses required as indicated in the Degree Programme Table for the LLB Honours (Year 1 and Year 2) and the notes on progression towards legal practice. It cannot be guaranteed that a curriculum enabling progress towards professional qualification will be possible on this programme.

Please note, students who are retaking a compulsory course, or who have chosen to enrol in a course for professionally qualifying reasons, may have timetable clashes.

Students wishing to progress towards legal practice should note that passes in the following courses (totalling 100 credits) are required to qualify as a solicitor in Scotland: LAWS08134 Business Entities, LAWS08132 Public Law and Individual Rights, LAWS08135 Delict, LAWS08141 Evidence (Ordinary), LAWS08131 Commercial Law (Ordinary), LAWS08142 Criminal Law (Ordinary), LAWS08130 Succession and Trust Law, and LAWS08133 Property Law (Ordinary).

Entry into Honours will require passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, a pass in Economics 2, and a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

Entry into Honours requires passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, a pass in Economics 2, and a pass in Statistical Methods for Economics.

Students MUST take Essentials of Econometrics, Topics in Microeconomics, and EITHER Applications of Econometrics OR Topics in Macroeconomics, but may defer Topics of Microeconomics until Year 4. Several Economics level 10 option courses have Topics in Microeconomics as pre-requisites.

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 take the compulsory course 'LAWS10214 Advanced Legal Writing (Online)'.

Students MUST take Topics in Microeconomics in Year 4 if it was not taken in Year 3.