📖Program Curriculum
Your first two years are made up of compulsory modules giving you a solid foundation in key areas and principles of law and criminology.
In your final year you have free choice from a broad range of Law and Criminology modules.
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Victims and Victimology September-January 10 ASC106
Study Skills in Social Sciences September-January 10 ASC113
Contract Law 1 September-January 15 LAA100
Public Law 1 September-January 15 LAA102
Law of Tort 1 September-January 15 LAA103
Contract Law 2 January-June 15 LAA108
Public Law 2 January-June 15 LAA110
Law of Tort 2 January-June 15 LAA111
European Union Law January-June 10 LAA117
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Criminological Theory: Content and Application September-January 20 ASC212
Criminal Law 1 September-January 15 LAA200
Equity & Trusts 1 September-January 15 LAA201
Land Law 1 September-January 15 LAA202
Penology and Punishment January-June 10 ASC226
Criminal Law 2 January-June 15 LAA205
Equity & Trusts 2 January-June 15 LAA206
Land Law 2 January-June 15 LAA231
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Law Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Please ensure that your module selections are balanced across semester 1 and semester 2.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Family Law: Adult Relationships September-January 20 LAA302 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA211.
Commercial Sales September-January 20 LAA303 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA212.
Cyfraith Hywel September-January 20 LAA305 This module is delivered in Welsh.
Environmental Law 1 - Regulatory Law Approaches September-January 20 LAA310 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA214.
Employment Law: Rights and Obligations September-January 20 LAA314 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA217.
Counter-terrorism Law September-January 20 LAA320
Criminal Evidence September-January 20 LAA321A
Human Rights Law September-January 20 LAA324 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA224.
Cybercrime September-January 20 LAA328
Medical Law September-January 20 LAA330 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA220.
International Law - Principles and Procedures September-January 20 LAA333 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA222.
Jurisprudence September-January 20 LAA335
Company Law: Incorporation, Constitution and Control September-January 20 LAA336
Law dissertation September-June 20 LAA339 There is an application procedure and there are eligibility criteria. If you intend to apply to take a dissertation module, please see the Dissertation Handbook on Canvas HUB:Law. While you wait to hear whether your application for dissertation is successful, please choose the module you would wish to take if you were not permitted to take the dissertation module. If you are accepted onto the dissertation module, we will make the necessary changes to your module selection.
Sports Law and Liability September-January 20 LAA341
Clinical Legal Education September-January 20 LAA366 Available to a limited number of students.
Street Law September-January 20 LAA368 Available to a limited number of students.
Advocacy September-January 20 LAA393 Available to a limited number of students. There is an application procedure.
Law of Succession September-January 20 LAA398
Family Law: Parents & Children January-June 20 LAA301 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA210.
World Trade Law January-June 20 LAA304 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA213.
Law, Science and Technology (LST) January-June 20 LAA3101
Employment Law: Enforcing Rights January-June 20 LAA315 To select this module you MUST have pursued LAA314.
Negotiations January-June 20 LAA317 Available to a limited number of students.
Criminal Evidence Law and Psychology January-June 20 LAA323A
Foundations in Legal Practice January-June 20 LAA326 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA226.
Media Law January-June 20 LAA327 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA227.
Human Rights & Social Justice January-June 20 LAA329 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA228.
Company Law: Governance, Rights and Liquidation January-June 20 LAA337 To select this module you MUST have pursued LAA336.
Legal Issues in Sport January-June 20 LAA342
Cymraeg y Gyfraith January-June 20 LAA348 This module is delivered in Welsh.
Clinical Legal Education January-June 20 LAA367 Available to a limited number of students.
Intellectual Property Law January-June 20 LAA391
The Law of Devolution in Wales January-June 20 LAA395 You are not able to take this module if you have pursued LAA295.
Medical Law: Reproduction January-June 20 LAA399
AND
Criminology Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Please ensure that your module selections are balanced across semester 1 and semester 2.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Critical Challenges in Justice for Children September-January 20 ASC303
Homicide: Criminalising Death and Dying September-January 10 ASC326
Critical Criminology of Sports and Leisure September-January 20 ASC333
Organised Crime: Concepts, Patterns, and Responses September-January 10 ASC335
Criminalisation of Sex January-June 20 ASC316
Understanding & Countering Terrorism & Violent Extremism January-June 20 ASC317
Social and Environmental Harms January-June 20 ASC319
Delivering Social Justice Interventions: Entrepreneurial Criminology January-June 10 ASC325
