All module information is for 2026/27 entry and is subject to change.
First year
Core
Contract Law
This module is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the legal principles relevant to the formation, content and breakdown of contractual arrangements and to develop your ability to identify and respond to contractual problems and to work independently and as part of a group.
Students intending to undertake further legal study or practice should be aware that Contract Law is a 'Foundation of legal knowledge' subject required by the Bar Standards Board.
Human Rights
This module is designed to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to human rights in both a national and international context
Introduction to Legal Skills
This module is designed to develop your legal academic skills, which will underpin your study of substantive law, imbue ethical awareness, and introduce you to clinical legal skills, transferability of skills, and basic employability attributes, including reflective learning and effective collaboration
Legal System: Sources and Institutions
This module is designed to introduce you to the sources and institutions of English and Welsh Law through an examination of how that law is made, developed and applied in the English legal system in its international context; and to provide you with the conceptual and analytical tools to support your study of the substantive law.
Law of Tort
This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning the law of tort and to develop your capacity to identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating interpersonal, non-contractual, relationships and the rights protected by the law of tort. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of the modern law of tort, its limitations, and how the tort has developed to meet the needs of the 21st century.
Optional
Business Economics
To introduce you to key economic concepts, principles and policy.
To enable you to become effective business managers by attaining an understanding of the micro and macroeconomic environments of business.
To understand and analyse business and economic problems in the UK, Europe and the global economy.
To develop an economic understanding of the debates related to sustainable economic development.
Introduction to Finance
This module provides a solid introduction to fundamental concepts in finance and financial statistics. It gives an overview of the finance area and is essential to students wanting to study finance and pursue a career in finance and/or accounting.
After a brief introduction to the finance topic, the module analyses the fundamental concept of the time value of money, and then introduces the valuation of bonds and shares, capital budgeting, portfolio theory, risk and return, personal finance and financial markets. It also introduces you to some of the statistical methods used in finance.
People, Work and Organisations/Work in Context
To develop an understanding of some of the key factors that impact upon and influence human behaviour in organisations and the workplace, and address ethical and corporate social responsibility issues associated with these factors whilst doing so.
To develop an awareness of the assumptions and approaches which underpin the differing theoretical perspectives employed for studying people in organisations and the workplace.
To enable you to understand your own and others' roles in organisations and the workplace more effectively.
Foundations of Marketing
To provide the student with the foundations for understanding the principles of marketing and to understand how such concepts apply to marketing practice in business.
Operations and Technology Management
1. Help students appreciate the value of technology in operations to plans, decide and take actions as managers and workers of tomorrow.
2. Raise student understanding of different types and varieties of systems available for operations in order to exploit them for the benefit of organisations.
3. Understand how technology is acquired, and then managed in organisations.
Second year
Optional
Integrated Marketing Communications
To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the key concepts and theories underpinning current practice in the creation and delivery of effective marketing communications strategies. To provide students with practical application experience of the message design, selection and use of promotional tools and media within an integrated marketing communications campaign
Strategic Management
To develop the relevant knowledge, understanding and analytical abilities to enable students to undertake an in-depth strategic analysis of a company or organisation of their choice.
Core
Public Law
This module is designed to introduce the defining features of the British Constitution including concepts of the rule of law and the separation of powers; to examine the role and function of the main organs of state and to identify the role of key individuals and groups participating in the democratic process and the sources of power; to enable students to appreciate the importance of current affairs and debates involving constitutional issues and reforms; to provide an understanding of the Crown and the role of prerogative powers; to provide a detailed appreciation of the privileges of Parliament; and to provide a thorough understanding of the law and mechanisms relevant to the democratic process.
Criminal Law
This module is designed to enable students to develop a working knowledge and appreciation of the nature of criminal offences and criminal liability; to enable students to acquire a knowledge and appreciation of the major criminal offences (to include sexual offences, non-fatal offences against the person, homicide and property offences); and to enable students to acquire skills in critically evaluating contemporary criminal law and proposals for reform.
Clinical and Employability Skills in Context
This module is designed to enhance your employability and academic competencies, deepen your ethical awareness, and develop your legal research and clinical and transferable skills
EU and International Law
This module is designed aims to give you an overview of the international setting in which English Law operates, and to develop the knowledge and skills that you need to research European Union and International Law effectively
Land Law
This module is designed to give you a sound grasp of some of the main concepts and principles underpinning land law in England and Wales and to develop your capacity to effectively identify, apply and critique the rules and principles regulating the ownership, acquisition and enforceability of rights in land. The module additionally aims to develop your awareness of the political and socio-economic contexts of our land law in the twenty-first century.
Final year
Core
Equity & Trust
This module is designed:
* To give you a detailed knowledge of the features and operation of express and implied (constructive and resulting) trusts.
* To provide in depth understanding of the nature and extent of the power and duties of trustees.
* To enable you to identify breaches of the trust and the legal consequences of a breach.
* To develop skills of legal analysis and application
Law Dissertation
To enable you to carry out a significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.
Law Dissertation (extended)
To enable you to carry out a substantial and significant piece of research on a relevant topic of your choice; and to support the application and further development of academic research skills and subject knowledge, through a systematic and extended process of inquiry.
Optional
Taxation
To introduce the key concepts of business and personal taxation.
To gain exemption from the primary taxation exams of professional accounting bodies (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW), and as a primer for the latter stages of professional institute accounting exams.
To train you in the key technical skills of calculating solutions to complex tax problems.
Risk Management and Derivatives
This module aims to equip you with a sound understanding of risk governance, its methods and practicalities and its potential management through derivative products. You will develop the requisite conceptual and analytical skills for identifying the form and nature of risk, for evaluating its extent and consequences, and for formulating effective measures involving derivatives as an effective risk reduction technique. It develops new tools for risk management, but also extends those introduced in previous accounting and finance modules, enabling you to make prudent and valuable judgments.
Empirical Methods in Accounting and Finance
This module aims to provide you with sound conceptual understanding and core practical skills necessary for empirical research within accounting and finance. It aims to develop your analytical skills and enable you to make use of data and suitable methods to assist decision making within firms, organisations and other entities. It aims to enable you to undertake appropriate empirical analysis for completing your research project and to enable you to develop applied skills which would be useful for future roles as a finance or accounting professional.
Contemporary Issues in Economics
To introduce you to the latest developments in applied economics, allowing you to develop a deep understanding of current economic issues and the arguments underlying policy making.
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
To provide an understanding of the philosophical and sociological context of business ethics and (corporate) social responsibility.
To introduce some of the most prominent ethical frameworks which can be used to analyse policy and practice in contemporary business organisations at both the micro and macro levels.
Leading and Managing People
1.To present students with a detailed critical introduction to the history of and major developments within the field of leadership studies and related fields of people management.
2.To demonstrate the relationship between leadership, management, and organisational performance, and to develop an appreciation of challenges that this relationship might have in practical application.
3.To develop a conceptual understanding of how to translate key leadership theories, concepts, principles and techniques into practice, enabling students to manage people and processes more effectively.
Commercial Law
This module is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of the legal principles governing certain commercial and consumer transactions and business relationships. You will also develop the ability to analyse and respond to business related problems and work independently and as part of a group.
Company Law
The module is designed to develop critical understanding of the legal rules and principles which regulate limited companies and to familiarise students with the key debates and issues related to company law in both academic and practical contexts.
Banking and Finance Law
To develop your awareness of essential principles and laws of banking and finance and of how these principles are applied in a practical, real-world context. The course is useful for students pursing any stream of undergraduate in law and wish to learn about banking and finance discipline.
Environmental Law
The module will evaluate the extent to which current environmental law and policies provide suitable mechanisms for achieving sustainable human and environmental futures. The module covers a number of emerging subjects of environmental regulation such as the connection between climate policy and energy policy, specifically in relation to renewable sources of energy as well as unconventional and controversial sources of energy such as fracking.
Employment Law
This module aims to develop an understanding of the general concepts underpinning employment law by examining the nature of the employment relationship and associated rights as well as the legal requirements for formation, operation and termination of employment contracts. It further provides an introduction to the avenues available to resolve disputes in the real-world employment sphere and the remedies available to successful claimants
Law Clinic
This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.
Law Clinic (extended)
This module is designed to build on the skills learned at Levels 4 and 5 so that, through additional training and practical legal experience, your personal and clinical skills will be enhanced. You will advise and assist members of the public in one or more of a variety of advice settings and may be required to mentor your Level 5 colleagues who undertake advice work in their second semester. By combining your analytical legal skills and your awareness of legal ethics you will be enabled to act as a competent, ethical professional in legal practice settings and develop your critical grasp of the limits on access to justice and of the human, social and ethical limits of the law.
Product and Corporate Brand Management
To develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles of brand management and how the application of those principles differs for products versus organisations
Current Issues in International Business
This module shall focus on International Business (IB) theories and frameworks, as well as assessing their practical applications in a turbulent global business environment.
