Programme Specification for the 2019/0 academic year
PGCert Contemporary Legal Studies in Bangkok
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | PGCert Contemporary Legal Studies in Bangkok | Programme code | PCT1LAWLAW01 |
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| Study mode(s) | Academic year | 2019/0 | |
| Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 7 (Masters) |
2. Description of the Programme
This graduate certificate programme is a specially-tailored advanced law degree that is available only for judicial officers in Thailand. You will have four compulsory topics, following discussions with the Office of the Thai Judiciary: FinTech Law and Regulation, Competition and Antitrust Law, Employment Law, Professional Conduct.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
1. To provide you with a thorough knowledge of key issues arising in your field of study across national and jurisdictional borders.
2. To enable you to extend, both in level and in substance, your legal knowledge and judicial experience so as to apply this in a complex and transnational legal context.
3. To enable you to identify, locate and critically appraise legal materials and connect these to problems arising in your chosen field of study.
4. To enable you to assimilate extensive documentary legal and non-legal materials; to extract from them the material points, and to make judgments autonomously as to their relevance.
5. To enable you to apply principles and legal rules in the chosen field of study to solve and analyse practical problems.
6. To encourage you to reason logically, supporting the process with authority.
7. To provide you with the necessary intellectual and practical legal skills, such as analysis, problem-solving and legal reasoning, to enable you independently to achieve an understanding of any branch of your chosen field of study even if you have not previously studied it.
8. To provide you with the opportunity to enhance and develop your writing skills and interdisciplinary appraoch by completing a judicial applied project, and your oral skills by presenting seminar papers.
4. Programme Structure
You are required to complete 60 credits of taught modules from the Graduate Certificate of Contemporary Legal Studies (Bangkok based): These modules include Financial technology law and regulation, Competition and anti-trust law, Professional Conduct, Employment law
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Contemporary Legal Studies you are eligible to progress onto the LLM at Exeter, where you must achieve a further 60 credits, from optional LLM modules, as well as 60 credits from the applied judicial project.
For an overview of taught modules, see:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/law/masteroflaws/#Programme-structure
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.
Stage 1
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWM135 | Fintech law and regulation | 15 | Yes |
| LAWM133 | Competition and Antitrust Law | 15 | Yes |
| LAWM134 | Employment Law | 15 | Yes |
| LAWM136 | Professional Conduct | 15 | Yes |
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. Articulate comprehensive knowledge of contemporary law and legal development. | Weekly seminars. |
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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: | |
3. Identify, locate and critically appraise legal materials and connect these to contemporary law and legal development | Active engagement in seminar discussion Formative opportunities | 3. Essay or exam as appropriate 4. Essay or exam as appropriate |
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: | |
5. Apply reason logically and support your analysis with appropriate authority. | Active engagement in seminar discussions Formative opportunities | 5. Essay or exam as appropriate 6. Essay or exam as appropriate 7. Essay or exam as appropriate as well as presentations |
7. Programme Regulations
Marking scheme will be as per Exeter University norms
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 Colleges 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.
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.
All applications are considered individually on merit. The University is committed to an equal opportunities policy with respect to gender, age, race, sexual orientation and/or disability when dealing with applications. It is also committed to widening access to higher education to students from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience.
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.
(http://as.exeter.ac.uk/support/admin/staff/qualityassuranceandmonitoring/tqamanual/fullcontents/)
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
Certain programmes are subject to accreditation and/or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
The University and its constituent Colleges review the quality and standard of teaching and learning in all taught programmes against a range of criteria through the procedures outlined in the Teaching Quality Assurance (TQA) Manual Quality Review Framework.
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
College of Social Sciences and International Studies (CSSIS)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
Not applicable to this programme.
18. Final Award
PGCert Contemporary Legal Studies in Bangkok
19. UCAS Code
N/A
20. NQF Level of Final Award
7 (Masters)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | 60 |
ECTS credits | 30 |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 16/07/2019 |
Date of last revision | 16/07/2019 |
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