BA Education & Law
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB IB: 32-30
About this course
BA in Law and Education, combining legal studies with educational theory. Core topics include Research Methods and Legal Analysis. The programme includes a thirty-five-hour first-year placement where students work with children aged 0–14 in community settings such as prisons and family projects. Public Law modules progress from constitutional foundations in first year to judicial control of administrative action in second year.
Modules
- Constitutional Law
- Legal Processes & Systems
- Understanding Education in the 21st Century
- Placement Learning: Children’s Wellbeing & Development in the Community
- Public Law 2
- Domestic Relations
- Commercial Law
- Involuntary Obligations: Delict & Unjustified Enrichment
- Property Trusts & Succession
- EU Law
- Culture, Society, Formation
- Education & Learning
- Law, Film & Popular Culture
- Legal Theory
- Housing Law
- International Private Law
- Competition Law
- Discrimination Law
- Ethics & Justice
- Internet Law
- Crime & Punishment
- Human Rights Law
- Employment Law
- Banking Law & Finance
- Intellectual Property Law
- Public International Law
- Local Government Law
- Educational Encounters Past & Present
- Adult Education with Placement
- Children & Childhood
- Designing Educational Research
- Can Culture Educate Us?
- Educational Representation in Film & Literature
- Dissertation
- Critical Issues in Education
- Independent Study Module
- Creativity in Education
- Second Language Learning
- Explorations in Educational Influence