2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW9001 Study Abroad

120 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr Chris Dietz
Email: C.P.Dietz@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Satisfactory Performance at Levels 1 and 2

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

During this module, students spend a year studying Law in one of our partner universities.

Objectives

This module gives students the opportunity to:
- demonstrate their ability to cope with a significant change in their environment and adapt to a new culture;
- broaden their understanding and knowledge of their subject specialisms;
- gain a deeper understanding of the country in which they are studying.

Learning outcomes
Students will develop their understanding and skill in relation to another legal tradition and/or the legal structures of the EU or other international legal frameworks.

Skills outcomes
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire:
- skills of adaptability and cultural flexibility
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making.
- in the case of students studying in a foreign language, advanced skills in that language;
- in the case of students studying in a country where the first language is not English, basic functional skills in that language.

Syllabus

Students studying in Europe in English will study 60 ECTS of Law courses.
Students studying in Madrid must take 3 or 4 Law courses over the year.
Students studying in Heidelberg must take 40 ECTS of Law courses
Students studying in France must take four courses per semester. Two of these courses must be taken with Travaux Dirigés.
Students studying at ANU, Canberra must take 48 units of Law courses over the year. Students may take up to 33% non-law subjects.
Students studying at QUT must take 96 units of Law courses over the year. Students may take up to 33% non-law subjects.
Students studying in the USA are allowed to take up to 33% non-law modules, subject to agreement with the specific university.

Students are not permitted to study subjects which are substantively similar to those already taken in Leeds.

Private study

To be agreed with the host institution using methods employed by the host institution for its own students.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Formal academic monitoring is undertaken by the host institution;
- Leeds staff keep in contact with the students while abroad, and advise on course choice, marks etc.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 27/11/2020 15:27:43

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