Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year
BA (Hons) Legal Studies with Business with Industrial Placement
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | BA (Hons) Legal Studies with Business with Industrial Placement | Programme code | UFA4LAWSBECA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study mode(s) | Level 1 |
Academic year | 2024/5 |
| Campus(es) | Cornwall Campus |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
This is an exit programme for LLB Law with Business with Industrial Placement. The compulsory components of this module are the same as those in the LLB Law with Business with Industrial Placement degree, but all modules are condonable in the event of failure (provided that all other conditions for condonement are met). Consequently, the programme will still enable you to study all of the foundation subjects associated with the academic component of training to become a lawyer, but (insofar as any of those foundational components are failed) will not satisfy the academic component of training to become a barrister or solicitor.
The programme also provides you with an opportunity to study business and management modules. Law and business are complementary subjects that can open various career paths and provide the critical, practical and analytical skills required to succeed in a rapidly changing business world.
The programme offers many activities to help broaden your career development and equip you with the skills employers find most valuable, including work in a team, research and analysis, communication and argumentation, and advocacy and negotiation; as well as other extra-curricular activities, including employer networking opportunities, mooting, pro bono opportunities, and other skills sessions (such as CV building and employment applications), which provide opportunities to gain transferable skills.
There is no direct entry into this exit programme. You may only transfer into this programme if you fail any compulsory, non-condonable modules in any stage in the LLB Law with Business with Industrial Placement programme.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
This exit programme aims to preserve and meet as many of the educational aims of the LLB Law with Business with Industrial Placement programme as possible, allowing for the fact that at least one compulsory, non-condonable law module has been failed. The programme will nevertheless equip you with a high level of business and commercial awareness skills which are transferrable in a wide range of careers. The programme will develop a range of attributes to enable you to become an adept problem solver, work collaboratively, and gain a deeper understanding of the business and legal careers market. It is intended to provide you with an opportunity to study both business and law in a way that develops an understanding of the law in the world of business, and to develop related skills. Specifically, the programme aims:
- to enable you to identify, locate and critically appraise legal materials;
- to enable you to apply the principles of law and legal rules to solve and analyse practical problems, and to advise what to do in practical situations;
- to enable you to understand some of the major theoretical foundations of law and to evaluate them;
- to enable you to understand law and its operation in its social, political, economic and legal practice contexts;
- to teach you how to reason logically, supporting the process with legal authority, academic commentary and by reference to other relevant materials;
- to enable you to plan to meet the challenges of business through the development of project management skills;
- to enable you to research problems related to business operation and practice, and to solve and analyse practical problems, and to plan what to do in commercial situations;
- to enable you to understand some of the major theoretical foundations of business, strategy, economics and commerce, and to evaluate them;
- to enable you to understand how businesses operate in their law social, political, economic, legal and commercial contexts;
- to provide you with a comprehensive and integrated legal education through the study of individual modules and through the complimentary interaction of modules across the programme; and
- to provide you with the necessary personal and key skills to enable you to develop as an independent, autonomous and reflective individual and generally as a developing professional.
4. Programme Structure
The Legal Studies with Business with Industrial Placement programme is a 4-year programme of study at National Qualification Framework (NQF) level 6 (as confirmed against the FHEQ). This programme is divided into four stages. Each stage is normally equivalent to an academic year.
5. Programme Modules
The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.
The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted, or replaced as a consequence of the annual review of this programme. Details of the modules currently offered may be obtained from the Faculty website: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/law/lawbusiness/
You may take optional modules as long as (1) any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, (2) the timetable allows, and (3) you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module. Descriptions of the individual modules are given in full on the website above.
Across Stages 2 and 4 of the programme, you must take at least 150 credits in law (but no more than 180). In Stage 4, you must also take at least 15 credits in business at level 6. Of the remaining 30 credits at Stage 4, you may choose up to 30 credits’ worth of elective modules from outside the programme and/or any of the Stage 4 programme optional modules in law or business. This is further explained in the text accompanying the module lists below.
Please note that modules are subject to change and not all modules are available across all programmes. This is due to timetable and module size constraints and availability.
Stage 1
Stage 1: 90 credits of compulsory law modules, 30 credits of optional business modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW1023C | Legal Foundations 1 | 15 | No |
| LAW1024C | Legal Foundations 2 | 15 | No |
| LAW1027C | Constitutional Law | 15 | No |
| LAW1028C | Human Rights Law | 15 | No |
| LAW1040C | Criminal Law 1: Foundations | 15 | No |
| LAW1041C | Criminal Law 2 Companies and Organisations | 15 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEP1010 | Business and Society | 15 | No |
| BEP1040 | Marketing in a Digital Age | 15 | No |
| BEP1080 | Theory and Practice of Management | 15 | No |
| BEP1120 | Introduction to Economics | 15 | No |
Stage 2
At stage 2, you must take LAW2004C, LAW2015C, BEP2020, and BEP2040. You must also take 15 credits in business and a further 15 credits in law, or business, or elective modules from outside the programme.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW2004C | Contract Law | 30 | No |
| LAW2015C | The Law of Torts | 30 | No |
| BEP2020 | Project Management | 15 | No |
| BEP2040 | Strategic Concepts for Business | 15 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW2016C | Environmental Regulation and Redress | 15 | No |
| BEP2050 | Finance for Business | 15 | No |
| BEP2070 | Social Enterprise Management | 15 | No |
| BEP2110 | Workplace Wellbeing | 15 | No |
| BEP2120 | Digital Technologies and the Future of Work | 15 | No |
| BEP2210 | Circular Enterprise Economy | 15 | No |
Stage 3
Stage 3: 120 credits of compulsory modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW3109C | Law Placement | 120 | Yes |
Stage 4
Stage 4: 90-105 credits of compulsory modules, 15-30 credits of optional modules
At stage 4, you must take LAW3017C and LAW3041C. You must also take a further 15 credits in law and 15 credits in business from the list of optional modules. Of the remaining 30 credits,
- 15 credits must be taken in law if you took a total of 60 credits of law at stage 2, but otherwise these 15 credits can be taken in law, or business, or elective modules from outside the programme.
- The remaining 15 credits can be taken in law, or business, or elective modules from outside the programme.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW3017C | Land Law | 30 | No |
| LAW3041C | Trusts | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW3047C | Dissertation | 30 | No |
| LAW3084C | Constitutional Law | 15 | No |
| LAW3085C | Human Rights Law | 15 | No |
| LAW3108C | Business and Human Rights Law | 15 | No |
| LAW3110C | Legal Research Paper 1 | 15 | No |
| LAW3112C | Law and Technology | 15 | No |
| LAW3194C | The Law of Corporate Finance | 15 | No |
| LAW3195C | Corporate Law, Theory and Governance | 15 | No |
| LAW3301C | Law and Policy for Sustainable Organisations | 15 | No |
| BEP3010 | Social and Technological Innovation | 15 | No |
| BEP3011 | Business and Climate Change | 15 | No |
| BEP3030 | Globalisation and Internationalisation | 15 | No |
| BEP3040 | Local-Global Innovation (Cornwall Research Seminar Series) | 15 | No |
| BEP3070 | Crisis: Change and Creativity in Organisations | 15 | No |
| BEP3110 | Marketing Strategy | 15 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
1. Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of the essential theoretical, conceptual and practical features of the English legal system, its institutions and procedures; | Subject knowledge and skills are acquired through lectures, tutor-led seminars, group work, business planning, presentations, library tuition, essays, workshops, formative work, and reflective learning. | Unseen or seen examinations: 1-7; for example, some compulsory modules involve an unseen examination. Open/closed note examinations: 1-7; for example, some law modules and some business modules involve an open note examination. Assessed essays: 1-7; for example, some law and business modules involve assessed essays. Assessed presentations: 1-6; for example, some law and business modules involve assessed presentations. Assessed group work: 2, 4; some modules require group work and presentations; law modules require group working but involve assessment of individual learning from the group project. Students are not assessed on their group learning. Assessed report writing: 1-6; some business modules involve report writing. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
8. Identify, locate, retrieve and evaluate efficiently legal and other relevant information in paper, electronic and online form, with minimum guidance; | Essays, lectures, group work, presentations, business plans, seminars, legal skills workshops, and formative work. | Essays / coursework 6-10: for example some compulsory modules will involve an assessed essay; some stage three optional modules also involve assessed essays – see optional module details. Legal skills 6-10: the development of legal skills runs through all law modules, but this is especially emphasised in the stage one compulsory Legal Foundations module. Oral skills are required for you to put across your arguments clearly and concisely 6-10: all small group meetings, seminars and other workshops, as well as assessed presentations, require you to do this. Examinations often contain a large element aimed at testing ability to separate the relevant from the irrelevant. 6 -10. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
16. Manage time effectively, plan activity and prioritise tasks by working to strict deadlines and demonstrating an ability to work under pressure; | Key skills are an integral part of the degree programme. Particular aspects of the programme focus on personal and key skills development. Seminars encourage you to work independently and in groups with the aim of presenting and criticising materials in interesting and varied forms (skills 8- 20). Coursework particularly encourages skills 8-15; lectures (12, 14, 16, 20); legal skills seminars (e.g. advocacy and negotiation) (13-19); and business skills (skills 8-10, 13-19). Personal Development Planning and Personal Tutor meetings focus upon your development of all key skills and your ability to reflect upon this. | Examination skills 12, 14-16, 18: this applies to all modules assessed by examination. Coursework skills 8-15: this applies to all modules assessed by essay. Oral presentations 8-20: this applies to all modules involving oral contributions and assessed presentations, both as individuals and as a member of a group. Group work 1-8, 10, 12-13, 17, 19-20 23: this applies to all modules involving group work and assessed group presentations. |
7. Programme Regulations
Classification
Full details of assessment regulations for all taught programmes can be found in the TQA Manual, specifically in the Credit and Qualifications Framework, and the Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. Additional information, including Generic Marking Criteria, can be found in the Learning and Teaching Support Handbook.
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
Personal and Academic tutoring: It is University policy that all Faculties should have in place a system of academic and personal tutors. The role of academic tutors is to support you on individual modules; the role of personal tutors is to provide you with advice and support for the duration of the programme and extends to providing you with details of how to obtain support and guidance on personal difficulties such as accommodation, financial difficulties and sickness. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.
Student/Staff Liaison Committee enables students & staff to jointly participate in the management and review of the teaching and learning provision.
Learning Resources
IT Services provide a wide range of services throughout the Exeter campuses including open access computer rooms, some of which are available 24 hours, 7 days a week. A helpdesk is maintained on the Penryn Campus, while most study bedrooms in halls and flats are linked to the University's campus network.
Cornwall only
- Student health and welfare
- FXU
- Little Wonders Nurseries located in picturesque, vibrant and creative learning environments at the Penryn and Falmouth Campuses. Providing childcare and education for children up to five years, with after school care for children up to eight years, for the families of staff, students and the local community.
- Penryn Campus Chaplaincy The Multifaith Chaplaincy provides confidential pastoral care to students of all faiths and none - we are here to listen and usually have a ready supply of tea and cake. We provide spiritual support, look after religious needs and we have links to local faith communities. We're also willing to help with faith-related academic projects and we enjoy getting involved in ethical debates, social justice issues and charitable adventures!
- AccessAbility
- The Career Zone is here to help you prepare for life after University by answering your career/postgraduate related queries.
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
Please refer to the University Academic Policy and Standards guidelines regarding support for students and students' learning.
10. Admissions Criteria
Undergraduate applicants must satisfy the Undergraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Postgraduate applicants must satisfy the Postgraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Specific requirements required to enrol on this programme are available at the respective Undergraduate or Postgraduate Study Site webpages.
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
Each academic programme in the University is subject to an agreed College assessment and marking strategy, underpinned by institution-wide assessment procedures.
The security of assessment and academic standards is further supported through the appointment of External Examiners for each programme. External Examiners have access to draft papers, course work and examination scripts. They are required to attend the Board of Examiners and to provide an annual report. Annual External Examiner reports are monitored at both College and University level. Their responsibilities are described in the University's code of practice. See the University's TQA Manual for details.
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
Not applicable to this programme.
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) Legal Studies with Business with Industrial Placement
19. UCAS Code
Not applicable to this programme.
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | 480 |
ECTS credits | 240 |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
[Honours] Law
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 04/07/2024 |
Date of last revision | 04/07/2024 |
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