University of Wales Swansea, Swansea - LLB courses

Swansea offers the opportunity to study law in a forward-looking, dynamic department in an established university.

The Law Department was founded in 1993 and now recruits over 200 students each year. We adopt a rigorous academic approach to the study of law, which, while demanding, is immensely rewarding in terms of personal satisfaction and career prospects. Our aim is to help students to achieve their full potential.

The Department provides the same range of staffing, library and other resources enjoyed by other leading law departments in the UK. Our law library provides a full range of statutes, law reports, legal journals and other source materials some of which are held in CD-ROM. The library also contains LEXIS (a computerised legal database) and a wide range of up to date texts.

LLB Honours

Schemes of Study: To obtain an LLB you must accumulate 360 credits (three year degree) or 480 credits (four year degree). 120 credits are taken each year.

Single Honours LLB

The single honours scheme is designed to maximise student choice. Students may study only modules in law or they may choose to study 20 credits per year in a non-law subject. During the first year of study students complete 4 compulsory law modules (100 credits) as follows: Legal Skills I, Public Law, Law of Tort, Law of Contract. The final 20 credits are obtained from either The Concept of Law or a non-law subject selected from: American Studies; Anthropology; Business Studies; Economics; a language; Politics; Sociology.

There are four compulsory law modules in the second year of study (100 credits) as follows: Land Law, European Union Law, Criminal Law, and Legal Skills II. The final 20 credits are obtained from one of the options listed below or from the non-law subject studied at level one.

In the third year of study there are two compulsory modules, Equity and Trusts and Legal Skills (40 credits). The final 80 credits are obtained from the options below (or 60 from the options and 20 in the non law subject studied at levels 1 and 2).

Joint Honours Schemes

All joint honours students follow the same basic schemes of study:

Year 1
Public Law, European Union Law, Contract Law, Tort (80 credits)
Partner Subject (40 credits)

Year 2
Criminal Law, Land Law, Legal Skills II (70 credits),
Partner Subject (50 credits)

Year 3/4
Equity and Trusts, Legal Skills III, Law Option - from list below (60 credits)
Partner Subject (60 credits)

Degree schemes combining Law with a European Language are four years long, year three being an intercalary year.

Please note that the two degrees in Law and Psychology (CM81 and CM8C) are accredited by the British Psychological Society. They are also accredited by both the Law Society and the Bar Council as a qualifying degree for the purposes of the legal profession, if an additional 10-credit short course in Law is taken in the second year making a total of 130 credits in that year. Taking 370 credits over three years thus gives professional accreditation in both disciplines.

IMPORTANT: 05/06 programmes are subject to change and departments reserve the right to change the details until the 31st of July.

Law and American studies

The American Experience 1492-2000
The Contours of American Politics
Introduction to American Literature and Culture
Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III
American Studies - Intercalary Year

Law and Business Studies

ICT and Study Skills for Business and Economics
Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and Economics

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)
Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Mathematics for Economists
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II
Game Theory and Information Economics
Macroeconomic Models and Debates
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and French (4 years)

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)
French General Language II

Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

French General Language III
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and German (4 years)

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)

German General Language II
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

German General Language III
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and history

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)

The Practice of History I: Ideas and Approaches
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and Italian (4 years)

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)

General Language and Oral (Italian)
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

General Language and Oral (Italian)
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and Spanish (4 years)

Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)

General Language (Spanish) Advanced
Foundation Course (Spanish)
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

General Language (Spanish)
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

Law and Welsh (4 years)

Cymraeg Canol
Cyflwyniad i Astudio'r Gymraeg
Testun a Chyd-destun
Iaith a Chyfieithu
Law of Tort
Constitutional Law
Law of Contract (Joint Honours)
European Union Law (Joint Honours)

Ymarfer Iaith
Property Law I - Land Law
Criminal Law
Legal Skills II

Ymarfer Iaith (Practical Language)
Equity and Trusts
Legal Skills III

How will I study?

Teaching is by formal lectures and small-group seminars. A wide variety of teaching methods are employed in seminars, including problem-solving exercises, student presentations and discussions focused on specific legal issues.

Staff provide supervision to those third year students wishing to further develop their research skills by undertaking a dissertation. Students are encouraged to use the Internet as a useful research and reference tool in addition to traditional sources.

A variety of assessment methods are used, although most modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and examination.