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PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM
SECTION 1 – THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
1. Programme Title and Designation
Laws
For Undergraduate Programmes Only:
Single Honours
Joint
Major/Minor
X
2. Final Award
Award
LLB (Hons)
3. Nested Award
Award
N/A
4. Exit Award
Award
N/A
Title
Laws
Credit Value
360
ECTS equivalent
180
Any special criteria
N/A
Title
N/A
Credit Value
N/A
ECTS equivalent
N/A
Any special criteria
N/A
Title
N/A
Credit Value
N/A
ECTS equivalent
N/A
Any special criteria
N/A
5. Level in the Qualification Framework
6. Attendance
Mode of Attendance
Minimum Length of Programme
Maximum Length of Programme
H
Full-time
Yes
3 Years
6 Years
7. Awarding Institution / Body
King’s College London
8. Teaching Institution
King’s College London
9. Proposing Department
Dickson Poon School of Law
10. Programme Organiser
Name
Address
Email
Telephone
Fax
Part-time
No
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Distance Learning
No
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Chair of School Teaching Committee
Dickson Poon School of Law, Strand Campus
11. UCAS Code (if appropriate)
M100
12. Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark /
Professional & Statutory Body Guidelines
 Law Benchmark Statement (2000)
 Criteria for degrees (University of London)
 Joint Statement of the Law Society and the general Council of the
Bar (1999)
 H-level descriptors of the framework for higher education
qualifications (2001)
13. Date of Production of Specification
Converted to Credit Framework April 2007
14. Date of Programme Review
2016/17
16. Educational Aims of the Programme:
 To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the fundamental doctrines and principles which
underpin the law of England and Wales
 To provide students with the opportunity to obtain a knowledge and understanding of such areas of law as are
required by the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar so that the student will obtain a qualifying law
degree
 To ensure that students obtain a basic knowledge of the sources of the law of England and Wales (which includes,
where appropriate, the law of the European Union), and how that law is made and administered
 To ensure that students have an understanding of a wide range of legal concepts, values, principles and rules of
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English law,
To ensure that students can apply their understanding of legal rules in answering questions raised in discrete factual
situations, or in critically analysing existing legal rules.
To provide students with the research skills necessary to find the law in any given area even if the student has not
studied that area in detail previously.
To enable students to develop their autonomous research skills
To provide students with the key transferable skills to enhance their career prospects whether within the legal
profession or outside it.
To enable students to identify relevant material over the irrelevant,
To ensure that students have the ability to use (where appropriate) information technology and the ability to write
using English language and legal terminology with care and accuracy.
17. Educational Objectives of the Programme / Programme Outcomes
The programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding and
skills in the following areas:
Knowledge and Understanding
The programme provides a knowledge and understanding of This is achieved through the following teaching /
the following:
learning methods and strategies:
 Knowledge of the main features and ideas involved in the Lectures, student preparation for seminars and
tutorials, discussion-based seminars, discussionlegal system of England and Wales
 Detailed knowledge of a selected number of areas of law, based tutorials, opportunity to submit written answers
some of which are determined by the institution and some to questions for comment by tutors, opportunity to
engage in mooting.
of which are chosen by the student
 Knowledge of and exposure to a wide variety of academic Assessment:
approaches to the study of law, including socio-legal, Unseen closed-book examination, unseen open-book
examination, assessed coursework, assessed
theoretical, historical and critical studies of law.
 Knowledge of the basic research tools used in locating dissertations. The combinations of methods of
assessment ensure that the graduate cannot pass the
legal sources
programme without acquiring the requisite
 Appropriate personal and professional conduct in the
knowledge and understanding.
context of the discipline
Skills and Other Attributes
Intellectual Skills:
 Application of legal rules to reasonably complex factual
situations requiring students to discern relevant legal and
factual material from the irrelevant
 Ability to interpret legal sources so as to arrive at
conclusions which are both legally sustainable and are
supported by legal sources, and to recognise that it is
possible that more than one conclusion may be supported
in this way
 Ability to conduct unsupervised research so as to gain an
understanding of areas of law not previously studied in
depth
 Ability to locate and use basic legal material in paper and
electronic form
 Ability to critically analyse legal arguments and to
evaluate such arguments by reference to legally-relevant
material.
 Ability to absorb new developments in the law and to
incorporate such developments so as to be cognisant with
the current state of the law
This is achieved through the following teaching /
learning methods and strategies:
Lectures, student preparation for seminars and
tutorials, discussion-based seminars, discussionbased tutorials, opportunity to submit written answers
to questions for comment by tutors, opportunity to
engage in mooting.
Assessment:
Unseen closed-book examination, unseen open-book
examination, assessed coursework, assessed
dissertations. The combinations of methods of
assessment ensure that the graduate cannot pass the
programme without acquiring the requisite
knowledge and understanding.
Practical Skills:
The intellectual skills of the programme are the practical skills
required in the practice of law or law-related careers.
This is achieved through the following teaching /
learning methods and strategies: As above.
Assessment: As above.
Generic / Transferable Skills:
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This is achieved through the following teaching /
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Ability to discern relevant material from irrelevant
Ability to make an argument supported by relevant
material
Ability to critically evaluate arguments by reference to a
variety of methodologies and ideologies
Ability to work independently
Literacy
Communication, both orally and in writing
Use of information technology
Teamwork
learning methods and strategies:
Lectures, student preparation for seminars and
tutorials, discussion-based seminars, discussionbased tutorials, opportunity to submit written answers
to questions for comment by tutors, opportunity to
engage in mooting.
Assessment:
Unseen closed-book examination, unseen open-book
examination, assessed coursework, assessed
dissertations. The combinations of methods of
assessment ensure that the graduate cannot pass the
programme without acquiring the requisite
knowledge and understanding.
The assessment strategies for elements of the
programme are underpinned by a requirement for
students to fulfil outcomes 5-8.
18. Statement of how the programme has been informed by the relevant subject benchmark statements(s) /
professional, regulatory and statutory body guidelines:
The educational aims of the programme, and the knowledge and understanding, subject-specific skills, and generic
transferable skills have all been informed by the standards set out in the Law Benchmark statement, and reflect as a
minimum the standards set out in that statement. The programme, however, has not followed the benchmark statement
with reference to the requirement that law graduates graduate with a generic/transferable skill of numeracy. Whilst the
programme offers a wide variety of situations where students may be expected to use numeracy skills, the programme
does not specifically assess the level of achievement of individual students in relation to this skill. Thus, whilst it is
highly unlikely that students can graduate without using numeracy skills, it cannot be said that a particular level of
proficiency in numeracy is a skill that results from successful completion of the programme.
The programme provides an academically coherent programme of study over three years in accordance with the Criteria
for degrees of the University of London. It ensures academic progress through a mixture of compulsory and optional
modules and fosters the ability to study at an advanced level through lectures, seminars and tutorials (in which students
are expected to engage in independent reading and learning) as well as through the opportunity to submit written
answers to questions for comment by tutors. Students achieve a satisfactory overall standard through formative (essays)
and summative assessments, which offer a mix of written examinations, assessed dissertations and assessed
coursework. The various forms of assessments examine the students’ command of knowledge and skill (see above 16)
as well as the methodologies appropriate to the study of law (see above 16) and the capacity for independent and critical
thought (see above 16).
The programme has also been informed by the Joint Statement of the Law Society and the general Council of the Bar
by providing students with the necessary knowledge and general transferable skills. The ability of students to produce
word-processed text and to present it in an appropriate form is assessed in the context of assessed dissertations and
assessed coursework. In the context of formative assessments (essays), students are encouraged to provide wordprocessed text, but this is not made a requirement. The programme also provides students with the possibility to obtain
the foundations of legal knowledge as set out by the Joint Statement.
The educational objectives, the intellectual skills and the generic transferable skills have also been informed by the Hlevel descriptors of the framework for higher education qualifications.
19. Programme Structure and Award Requirements
(where relevant the information should differentiate between the particular requirements of pathways within a
programme or nested/exit awards)
19a. Number of introductory, core, compulsory and optional modules to be taken in each year of the programme, with
related credit values
Introductory
Core
Compulsory
Optional
Year
No.
Credit
No.
Credit
No.
Credit
No.
Credit
1
1
n/a
4
120 at level 4
2
4
120
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19b. Range of permitted credit levels
4, 5, 6
19c. Maximum number of credits permitted at
the lowest level
120
19d. Minimum number of credits required at
the highest level
240
19e. Progression and award requirements (if
different from the standard)
All modules must be passed
19f. Maximum number of credits permitted
with a condoned fail (core modules excluded)
n/a
3
90
19g Are students permitted to take a substitute module, as per regulation A3, 20.7?
No
19h. Other relevant information to explain the programme structure:
1. In each year of the programme, subject to rules 2 and 3, a candidate shall be held to have passed the examinations if
he or she obtains the normal pass mark of 40% in all subjects.
2. A candidate who obtains the normal pass mark in three modules, but not in the fourth, may be allowed to resit in the
fourth module, provided that the mark in the fourth module is at least 33 and provided that the aggregate mark
exceeds 160 by at least the amount by which the mark in the fourth module falls short of the normal pass mark.
Resit marks shall be capped at 40%.
3. A candidate who fails in two or more modules, or who fails in one module and does not fall within rule 2, shall be
unable to progress and will be required to resit all four modules. Resit marks shall be capped at 40%.
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Programme Structure Table
Please complete the following table, including where appropriate any joint, major/minor or other variations.
Notes:
1) Status: Introductory (I), Core (Cr), Compulsory (Cp) or Optional (O).
2) Progression: Module required for year to year progression (Y); module required for completion of award (N)
3) Assessment: List assessment components in broad terms
4) Availability of optional modules may vary from year to year. The listed modules are those available at the commencement of the programme
Title
Credits
Status
Progression
Level
Value
Single
Joint
Other
Single
Joint
Other
Legal Reasoning & Legal Services
4
I
Law of Contract
4
30
Cr
Y
Criminal Law
4
30
Cr
Y
Public Law
4
30
Cr
Y
European Law
4
30
Cr
Y
Law of Tort
6
30
O*
Y*
Law of Property
6
30
O*
Y*
Law of Trusts & Equitable Remedies
6
30
O*
Y*
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
6
30
Cr
Y
History of English Law (not offered 2012/13)
6
30
O
N
English Administrative Law
6
30
O
N
Public International Law
6
30
O
N
Labour Law
6
30
O
N
Family Law
6
30
O
N
Law of Personal Taxation (not offered 2012/13)
6
30
O
N
Conflict of Laws
6
30
O
N
Commercial Law
6
30
O
N
Human Rights Law
6
30
O
N
Advanced Constitutional Law (not offered 2012/13)
6
30
O
N
Medical Law
6
30
O
N
Company Law
6
30
O
N
Russian Legal System
6
30
O
N
Competition Law
6
30
O
N
Criminology and Criminal Justice
6
30
O
N
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Assessment
Exam; Coursework
Exam; Coursework
Exam; Coursework
Exam; Coursework
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam; Coursework
Coursework
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam; Coursework
Exam; Coursework
Exam; Coursework
Exam
Exam
Exam; Coursework
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Anti-Discrimination Law
6
30
O
Moral Philosophy (not offered 2012/13)
6
30
O
Law and Social Theory
6
30
O
Media Law (not offered 2010/11)
6
30
O
Commercial Arbitration
6
30
O
German and European Commercial Law
6
30
O
Environmental Law (not offered 2012/13)
6
30
O
Dissertation
6
15
O
Russian Legal Institutions
6
15
O
Copyright & Designs
6
15
O
Trade Marks & Passing Off
6
15
O
Patents & Breach of Confidence
6
15
O
Advanced Obligations
6
30
O
* Students wishing to obtain a qualifying law degree must have passed the indicated subjects.
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Exam
Exam
Exam; Coursework
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Coursework
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam
Exam, dissertation
20. Marking Criteria: The College’s standard marking criteria are employed.
21. Particular features of the programme which help to reduce the barriers experienced by disabled students and ensure that the programme is accessible to all students
who meet the entry requirements:
Applicants are required to take the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT). The LNAT online and assisted registration systems afford all candidates an equal opportunity to sit
the test at the appropriate time and venue, with due consideration for all disabilities.
Specialist readers are available.
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SECTION 2 – SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Some or all of the information in this section will not be relevant for all programmes
1. Programme Name
LLB LAWS
2. Joint Programme / Award
If the programme is a joint award with an
institution outwith the University of London,
has the necessary approval been sought from
the Academic Board?
Yes
No
N/A
X
Please attach a copy of the request to Academic Board
3. In cases of joint honours programmes please provide a rationale for the particular subject combination, either
educational or academic:
Which is the lead department and/or School?
4. If the programme involves time outside the
College of longer than a term, please indicate
how the time will be spent, the length of time
out and whether it is a compulsory or optional
part of the programme
Year Abroad
Year in
Employment
Placement
Other (specify):
Time Spent
Compulsory / Optional
(C/O)
5. Please provide a rationale for any such time outside the College, other than that which is a requirement of a
professional, regulatory or statutory body:
6. Please give details if the programme requires validation or accreditation by a professional, regulatory or
statutory body:
Name
Address
Law Society and General Council of the Bar
289-293 High Holborn
London WC1V 7HZ
Email
Telephone
Fax
0207 611 1444
Date validation/accreditation commenced:
Date of last validation/accreditation:
Frequency of validation / accreditation
2006/2007
2010/2011 commencing 2011/2012
Five Years initially then three years rolling
Date of next validation / accreditation
2014/2015 commencing 2015/2016
7. In cases where parts or all of the programme (other than those in section 4) are delivered away from the
College campuses and/or by a body or bodies external to the College please provide the following details:
Name of location and/or external body
Address
Email
Telephone
Fax
N/A
Percentage/amount of the programme delivered off-campus or by external body: N/A
Nature of the involvement of external body:
N/A
Description of the learning resources available at the off-campus location: N/A
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What mechanisms will be put in place to ensure the ongoing monitoring of the delivery of the programme, to include
monitoring of learning resources off-site or by the external body? N/A
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