Program Overview

LLB Law with Integrated Foundation Year

Course Overview

The LLB Law with Integrated Foundation Year is a four-year course designed for prospective students who do not have a sufficient or relevant academic background. During the Foundation Year, you will learn the academic skills required to follow an undergraduate degree. From your second year onwards, you will study the same subjects as students on the M100 degree scheme.

Key Facts

• UCAS Tariff: Not specified
• Course duration: 4 years
• Available for September start 2025

Course Structure

Year 1

• How to be a Student 1 (GS09520, 20 credits)
• How to be a Student 2 (GS09320, 20 credits)
• Information in a Post-Truth World (GS01120, 20 credits)
• Introduction to Social Science (GS09720, 20 credits)
• The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives (GS09620, 20 credits)

Year 2

• Core modules:
  • Contract Law (LC13820, 20 credits)
  • Criminal Law (LC10520, 20 credits)
  • Legal Skills and Research (LC10420, 20 credits)
  • Legal and Criminal Justice Systems (LC10120, 20 credits)
  • Tort (LC11120, 20 credits)
  • Public Law (LC10620, 20 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Introduction to Criminology (LC12220, 20 credits)
  • Law in Action (LC13220, 20 credits)

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • European Law (LC20720, 20 credits)
  • Public Law (LC20620, 20 credits)
• Optional modules:
  • Climate Change and Environmental Law (LC27720, 20 credits)
  • Commercial Law (LC26220, 20 credits)
  • Community Justice (LC20320, 20 credits)
  • Company Law (LC27220, 20 credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in Criminology (LC24220, 20 credits)
  • Drugs and Crime (LC28220, 20 credits)
  • Employment Law (LC26820, 20 credits)
  • Equity and Trusts (LC24920, 20 credits)
  • Family and Child Law (LC26420, 20 credits)
  • Human Rights (LC25220, 20 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Law (LC28620, 20 credits)
  • International Law (LC26920, 20 credits)
  • Introduction to Criminology (LC22220, 20 credits)
  • Land Law (LC24820, 20 credits)
  • Medicine Ethics and the Law (LC26720, 20 credits)
  • Police, Policing and Society (LC21020, 20 credits)
  • Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour (LC28120, 20 credits)
  • Psychopathology (LC29220, 20 credits)
  • Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law (LC22420, 20 credits)
  • Victimology (LC20820, 20 credits)
  • Youth Crime and Justice (LC26120, 20 credits)
  • Crime and the Media (LC24320, 20 credits)
  • Humanitarian Law (LC27620, 20 credits)
  • Principles of Evidence (LC26520, 20 credits)
  • Sports Law and Society (LC27920, 20 credits)
  • Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders (LC29120, 20 credits)

Year 4

• Optional modules:
  • Advocacy Skills (LC39920, 20 credits)
  • Business Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts (LC31420, 20 credits)
  • Climate Change and Environmental Law (LC37720, 20 credits)
  • Commercial Law (LC36220, 20 credits)
  • Community Justice (LC30320, 20 credits)
  • Company Law (LC37220, 20 credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in Criminology (LC34220, 20 credits)
  • Crime and the Media (LC34320, 20 credits)
  • Criminal Law and Practice (LC31620, 20 credits)
  • Critical and Radical Criminology (LC37120, 20 credits)
  • Dispute Resolution in Contract and Tort (LC31520, 20 credits)
  • Drugs and Crime (LC38220, 20 credits)
  • Employability Skills for Professionals (LC36620, 20 credits)
  • Employment Law (LC36820, 20 credits)
  • Family and Child Law (LC36420, 20 credits)
  • Human Rights (LC35220, 20 credits)
  • Humanitarian Law (LC37620, 20 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Law (LC38620, 20 credits)
  • International Law (LC36920, 20 credits)
  • Introduction to Criminology (LC32220, 20 credits)
  • Law and Criminology Dissertation (LC39020, 20 credits)
  • Legal Practice and Public Law (LC31320, 20 credits)
  • Medicine Ethics and the Law (LC36720, 20 credits)
  • Police, Policing and Society (LC31020, 20 credits)
  • Principles of Evidence (LC36520, 20 credits)
  • Property Law and Practice (LC31820, 20 credits)
  • Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour (LC38120, 20 credits)
  • Psychopathology (LC39220, 20 credits)
  • Sports Law and Society (LC37920, 20 credits)
  • Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the Law (LC32420, 20 credits)
  • Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders (LC39120, 20 credits)
  • Victimology (LC30820, 20 credits)
  • Wills, Trusts and Estates Law and Practice (LC31720, 20 credits)
  • Youth Crime and Justice (LC36120, 20 credits)
  • Equity and Trusts (LC34920, 20 credits)
  • Land Law (LC34820, 20 credits)

Careers

The LLB Law from Aberystwyth will make you a strong candidate for training to become a barrister or a solicitor, if that is the path you choose. It will also give you an excellent springboard into a wide range of other career areas.

Teaching and Learning

You will be taught through a combination of innovative and high-quality lectures, tutorials, and seminars. Our lectures will introduce you to key concepts and relevant up-to-date information. You will also have access to recorded versions of lectures.

Assessment

You will be assessed through essays, exams, study logs or portfolios, and oral presentations, including mooting exercises.

Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: Not specified
• A Levels: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (e.g., A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience, and motivation.
• GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh
• BTEC National Diploma: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (e.g., A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience, and motivation.
• International Baccalaureate: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (e.g., A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience, and motivation.
• European Baccalaureate: Available to those who are studying for, or who have completed Level 3 qualifications (e.g., A-Levels or BTEC diploma) and to mature-aged candidates without formal qualifications who have suitable background education, experience, and motivation.
• English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.

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