📖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.
If you discover an interest in a specific subject you have studied, upon successful completion of your first, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first (subject to meeting progression requirements).
Common first courses:
Commercial Law LLB (Hons)Criminal Law and Justice LLB (Hons)International 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.
Coventry University's lecturers and staff are exceptional. They genuinely want students to succeed and as a result, they are always willing and open to providing students with academic guidance. Coventry University is more than just an educational institution, it has created a sense of community by providing a safe space for people from diverse backgrounds.
Khairat Abubakar, Law LLB student, 2022
In your second, you will continue to build your understanding of core legal subjects, whilst exploring rights, justice and the state in detail. You will also begin to develop your practical legal skills to provide you with an insight into life in legal practice.
Modules
Rights, Justice and the State – 20 credits
Practical Legal Skills – 20 credits
Criminal Law – 20 credits
Land Law – 20 credits
Equity and Trusts – 20 credits
European Union 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.
Coventry University's lecturers and staff are exceptional. They genuinely want students to succeed and as a result, they are always willing and open to providing students with academic guidance. Coventry University is more than just an educational institution, it has created a sense of community by providing a safe space for people from diverse backgrounds.
Khairat Abubakar, Law LLB student, 2022
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, 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 placement.
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.
Coventry University's lecturers and staff are exceptional. They genuinely want students to succeed and as a result, they are always willing and open to providing students with academic guidance. Coventry University is more than just an educational institution, it has created a sense of community by providing a safe space for people from diverse backgrounds.
Khairat Abubakar, Law LLB student, 2022
Year three aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by further developing your professional legal skills. 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 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
Client Care and Professional Ethics – 20 credits
Law of Evidence – 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.
Coventry University's lecturers and staff are exceptional. They genuinely want students to succeed and as a result, they are always willing and open to providing students with academic guidance. Coventry University is more than just an educational institution, it has created a sense of community by providing a safe space for people from diverse backgrounds.
Khairat Abubakar, Law LLB student, 2022
