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Programme structure: Law and Spanish (LLB) - what's running in 2021/22

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Mandatory Unit Spanish Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Spanish Language for Hispanic Studies, School of Modern Languages and Joint Degrees HISP30101 20 Mandatory TB-4
Land Law LAWD20002 20 Mandatory TB-4
Trusts LAWD30120 20 Mandatory TB-4
Select one of the following:
Final Year Research Project LAWD30091 20 Optional TB-4
Dissertation LAWD30132 40 Optional TB-4
Students taking LAWD30091 may choose either 20cp from the following Law units AND 20cp from the optional Language units listed below OR 40cp from the optional Language units listed below. Students taking LAWD30132 must take 20cp from the optional Language units listed below.
Jurisprudence LAWD20004 20 Optional TB-4
Crime, Justice and Society LAWD20034 20 Optional TB-4
Company Law LAWD20037 20 Optional TB-4
Evidence LAWD20038 20 Optional TB-4
Medical Law LAWD20039 20 Optional TB-4
General Principles of International Law LAWD20041 20 Optional TB-4
Introduction to Intellectual Property LAWD20043 20 Optional TB-4
British Immigration, Nationality, and Citizenship Law LAWD20045 20 Optional TB-4
Roman Law LAWD20046 20 Optional TB-4
Family Law 1: Adult Relationships LAWD20047 20 Optional TB-4
Issues in Corporate Governance LAWD30001 20 Optional TB-4
Information Technology Law LAWD30003 20 Optional TB-4
Clinical Legal Studies LAWD30005 20 Optional TB-4
Rich Law, Poor Law LAWD30017 20 Optional TB-4
Commercial Law LAWD30028 20 Optional TB-4
Banking Law LAWD30090 20 Optional TB-4
Criminology LAWD30100 20 Optional TB-4
Insolvency Law LAWD30104 20 Optional TB-4
Law and Government LAWD30105 20 Optional TB-4
Legal History LAWD30106 20 Optional TB-4
Sex, Gender and Law LAWD30110 20 Optional TB-4
Employment Law LAWD30113 20 Optional TB-4
Environmental Law LAWD30123 20 Optional TB-4
Human Rights in Law, Politics and Society LAWD30125 20 Optional TB-4
Transnational Arbitration LAWD30128 20 Optional TB-4
Corporate Law Simulation LAWD30112 20 Optional TB-4
International Dispute Settlement LAWD30117 20 Optional TB-4
Law and Race LAWD30135 20 Optional TB-4
Family Law 2: Child Law LAWD30131 20 Optional TB-4
Students may select from the list below:(Students may choose MODL30011 if they took MODL23014 in their second year of study and students may choose MODL30012 if they took MODL23015 in their second year of study).
The Theatre of Federico Garcia Lorca HISP30029 20 Optional TB-1
Dictatorships, prisons, and writing(s) in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking worlds HISP30070 20 Optional TB-1
Black and Indigenous Religions in the Early Modern Iberian World HISP30098 20 Optional TB-2
Hispanic Sociolinguistics HISP30056 20 Optional TB-1
Spanish for Business HISP30057 20 Optional TB-4
Images and Text: Hybrid Media and Power in Latin America HISP30086 20 Optional TB-1
Nation and Empire in Writing and Visual Culture in Spain (1874-Present) HISP30100 20 Optional TB-2
Oceanic Images in Modern Chilean Culture HISP30084 20 Optional TB-2
Latin American Digital and Visual Cultures: Identity and Resistance HISP30092 20 Optional TB-2
Black and Indigenous Religions in the Early Modern Iberian World HISP30098 20 Optional TB-2
Communism in Europe MODL30001 20 Optional TB-1
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures MODL30020 20 Optional TB-1
Translating in a Professional Context MODL30010 20 Optional TB-1
Catalan Language (follow-on) MODL30011 20 Optional TB-4
Czech Language (follow-on) MODL30012 20 Optional TB-4
Follow-on Portuguese MODL30037 20 Optional TB-4
Multi- and Plurilingualism: Language Policies across Europe and Beyond MODL30038 20 Optional TB-1
Liaison Interpreting MODL30006 20 Optional TB-1,TB-2
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives MODL30026 20 Optional TB-2
The Cultural heritage of Historic Towns and Cities in Europe and Beyond MODL30027 20 Optional TB-2
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students
Independent Study 1 MODL30005 20 Optional TB-4
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema MODL30018 20 Optional TB-2
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives MODL30026 20 Optional TB-2
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching MODL30036 20 Optional TB-2
Law and Spanish (LLB)   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

  • First Class Honours 70 and above
  • Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
  • Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
  • Third Class Honours 40-49
  • Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

Additional progress information

An oral distinction may be awarded.

The alternative classified honours degree of Arts (Modern Language Studies) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes

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