📖Program Curriculum
The common first enables you to work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge and exposure to other subject areas and professions. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students, so you can share your insights and experience which will help you to develop and learn.
Common first courses
Commercial Law LLB (Hons)Criminal Law and Justice LLB (Hons)Law LLB (Hons)
Modules
English Legal System – 20 credits
Public Law – 20 credits
Contract Law – 20 credits
Tort Law – 20 credits
Applied Law Study – 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in the Law – 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
In your second, you will continue to build your understanding of core legal subjects, whilst exploring public international law in detail. You will also begin to develop your practical legal skills to provide you with an insight into life in legal practice.
Modules
Practical Legal Skills – 20 credits
Criminal Law – 20 credits
Land Law – 20 credits
European Union Law – 20 credits
Equity and Trusts – 20 credits
Public International Law – 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement2 can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.
If you choose to do a work placement or study abroad, you will pay a reduced tuition fee3 of £1,250. For more information, please go to the fees and funding section. During this time you will receive guidance from your employer or partner institution, along with your assigned academic mentor who will ensure you have the support you need to complete your placement2.
Whilst we would like to give you all the information about our placement/study abroad offering here, it is often tailored for each course every and depends on the length of placement or study abroad opportunities that are secured. Therefore, the placement and study abroad arrangements vary per course and per student. Request further information about going on a placement or study abroad.
Modules
UK Work Placement – 0 credits
International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
Year three aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by further developing professional legal skills relevant to international legal practice. In addition to your specialist international law subjects, you can choose from a variety of optional modules to tailor your degree to your interests and/or future ambitions. You could also work on a large final project in an international law area of your interest or participate in one of the law school’s pro-bono clinics (subject to securing a place at the Coventry Law Centre).
Modules
Project – 40 credits
International Commercial Law and Arbitration – 20 credits
International Human Rights – 20 credits
Optional modules:
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
