Program Overview

Law in Practice with International Relations, LLB (Hons)

Overview

The LLB Law in Practice with International Relations offers a law degree with an interesting exploration into the relationships and patterns of behaviour that occur between nations, their leaders and corporations, combined with a year-long professional placement.

Key Course Details

• UK/EU: ｣9,535 (2026)
• International: ｣18,250 (2026)
• Mode of Study: Campus Based
• UCAS Code: M1PI
• Duration: 4 Years Full Time
• Location: Singleton Park Campus

Course Overview

Our LLB Law in Practice with International Relations is focused on providing you with both the skills and knowledge that you will need for your future career. You will gain a comprehensive grounding in the core areas covered by a law degree. As your studies progress, you can choose from a wide range of specialised subject areas of law with an extensive list of over forty optional modules to choose from. Your third year will be spent at a paid internship in a legal setting, allowing you to experience legal practice firsthand, and pick up key skills that will be infinitely useful in your future career.

Modules

Year 1 (Level 4)

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Public Law
  • Skills for the Study of Law
  • Introduction to International Relations
  • War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
• Optional Modules:
  • Tort Law
  • Contract Law
  • Cyfraith Camwedd (Tort Law in Welsh)
  • Cyfraith Contract (Contract Law in Welsh)

Year 2 (Level 5)

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Placement Preparation: Year in Industry / Year in Practice
  • Globalisation
  • International Security
• Optional Modules:
  • Criminal Law
  • Land Law
  • Cyfraith Troseddol (Criminal Law in Welsh)
  • Cyfraith Tir (Land Law in Welsh)

Year 3 (Level 5)

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Law in Practice - Placement Year

Year 4 (Level 6)

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Researching Politics 1
• Optional Modules:
  • Commercial Sales
  • Environmental Law 1 - Regulatory Law Approaches
  • Employment Law: Rights and Obligations
  • Counter-terrorism Law
  • Criminal Evidence
  • Cybercrime
  • Medical Law
  • Jurisprudence
  • Company Law: Incorporation, Constitution and Control
  • Law dissertation
  • Foundations in LegalTech
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Law of Succession
  • World Trade Law
  • Law, Science and Technology (LST)
  • Law and the Nature Crisis
  • Employment Law: Enforcing Rights
  • Negotiations
  • Criminal Evidence Law and Psychology
  • Human Rights Law
  • Foundations in Legal Practice
  • Media Law
  • Human Rights & Social Justice
  • Company Law: Governance, Rights and Liquidation
  • Cymraeg y Gyfraith (Law in Welsh)
  • Canadian Constitutional Law
  • Clinical Legal Education
  • Family and Child Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • The Law of Devolution in Wales
  • Medical Law: Reproduction

Entry Requirements

• A level (or equivalent) typical offer: AAB-CCC
• BTEC: DDM-DMM
• UK Access: minimum of 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits from Level 3 subjects
• T Levels: Merit
• Mixed Qualifications: 120 - 136 UCAS tariff points from 3 highest qualifications
• International Baccalaureate: 32 points

How You're Taught

At Swansea, you will benefit from a high-quality, research-informed education that combines a range of effective and inclusive teaching methods, carefully tailored to suit the needs of your course.

Welsh Provision

At least 40 credits per year are available through the medium of Welsh. Academi Hywel Teifi is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University.

Meet Your Lecturers

Our degrees are taught by experts, some of whom are experienced practitioners, and all of which have a wealth of knowledge to pass on to our students.

Tuition Fees

• Start Date | UK | International
  • September 2025 | ｣9,535 | ｣17,400
  • September 2026 | ｣9,535 | ｣18,250

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Additional Costs

Access to your own digital device/the appropriate IT kit will be essential during your time studying at Swansea University.

Careers and Employability

The Careers and Employability Team will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal tutor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as academic writing, maths and statistics, critical thinking, time management, digital skills, presentation skills, note taking, revision, memory and exam techniques, and English language skills.

Study Abroad and Global Opportunities

To learn more about study abroad, visit our Go Global webpages.

Application Deadlines

We recommend that you submit your application to our courses as early as you can in advance of our application deadlines. Courses will close earlier than the application deadlines listed if all available places are filled.