Licenciatura (con matrícula de honor) en Derecho y Francés

Knowledge and understanding

You’ll be able to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of:

• The concepts, values, rules and principles of the legal system of England and Wales, and some awareness of the powers exercised by the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
• A range of areas of substantive law of England and Wales and their impact on individuals and society.
• The social, political, economic, historical and ethical dimensions of law.
• The impact of technology on law.
• The ability to communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of your chosen language, in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style.
• Aspects of the societies of the countries where your chosen language is spoken (including aspects such as literature, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures).
• Intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with your chosen language and the ability to describe, analyse and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies and your own.

Cognitive skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Ask and answer appropriate questions about law and legal systems, identifying gaps in your knowledge.
• Combine and criticise various sources of legal authority, identify their merits and shortcomings and make a reasoned choice between them.
• Apply legal principles and authority to develop reasoned answers to questions.
• Recognise ambiguity, and deal with uncertainty in law.
• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts for different audiences in your chosen modern language, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies.
• Write texts of different types in your chosen language, following appropriate structures and conventions, including academic language, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources.
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions in your chosen modern language, using appropriate discourse strategies.
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments and theories.

Practical and/or professional skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Conduct, independent legal research.
• Identify, retrieve and evaluate legal information from a range of electronic or other sources.
• Communicate clear, relevant and accurate legal information in language appropriate to the intended audience.
• Acknowledge the sources of information that you have used, in a style appropriate to the task.
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, in English and your chosen modern language.

Key skills

You’ll be able to:

• Communicate relevant ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Work with a range of textual, numerical and statistical data.
• Reflect on your own learning and development, making effective use of feedback, and demonstrating a willingness to acknowledge and correct errors.
• Collaborate effectively with others.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, critically evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately in complex contexts.
• Recognise and use effective learning strategies.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit introductory law module and two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and a 60-credit language module in French.
• Finally, in Stage 3, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and another 60-credit French module.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• French Studies 1 (intermediate) (L112)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• Estudios Franceses 2: Lengua y cultura del mundo francófono (L222)

You'll choose one from:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Trusts law (W311)

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring legal boundaries (W350)
• European Union law (W330)
• Land law (W312)
• Law, society and culture (W340)

You'll study the following:

• Estudios franceses 3: Lengua y cultura del mundo francófono (L332)

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

The modules in this qualification employ a blended approach of textbooks, online materials, synchronous and non-synchronous online tutorials and meetings with tutors. All modules involve assignments and either an end-of-course assessment or an exam.