2014/15 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
LLM Criminal Justice and Criminal Law
Programme code: | LLM-CJCL-FT | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Sam Lewis | Contact address: | lawsjl@Leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Normally an upper second class honours degree or non-UK equivalent.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Law
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Law
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Build on a long and successful history of PGT provision by staff in the School of Law and the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (CCJS);
- Provide students with advanced knowledge about national and international criminal justice policy and practice, contemporary criminological theory, criminal law and related subjects;
- Encourage students to develop other transferrable skills including strong writing skills critical and analytical thinking skills, and oral presentation skills;
- Require students to complete a 15,000-word dissertation. During the course of their dissertation they will receive supervision and guidance from their academic supervisor. They may also have the opportunity to conduct research for their dissertation at an overseas institution, as outlined above;
As members of the School of Law and also the CCJS, students will be part of a lively academic environment and will be encouraged to take advantage of the many extra curricula opportunities available. CCJS events include:
- The CCJS Public Seminar Series, during which academics from the UK and beyond give papers to a mixed audience of criminal justice practitioners, academics, students and others;
- The CCJS Annual Lecture, which in 2013/14 was given by Professor Alison Liebling (University of Cambridge), and which in 2014/15 will be delivered by Professor Adrian Raine (University of Pennsylvania);
- Various events organised by the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
LAW5010M | Criminal Justice Processes | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5026M | Contemporary Criminological Theory and Approaches | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LAW5040M | Criminal Justice Studies: Dissertation | 60 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
LAW5065M | Central Issues in Criminal Law | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
LAW5661M | Postgraduate Legal Research Skills | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:
LAW5110M | Policing 1: The Nature of Contemporary Policing | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5195M | International Human Rights and Disabled People | 15 credits | Not running in 201415 | |
LAW5215M | Policing 2: Accountability of Policing | 15 credits | Not running in 201415 | |
LAW5300M | Security and Justice | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5310M | European Social Law | 15 credits | Not running in 201415 | |
LAW5315M | EU Discrimination Law | 15 credits | Not running in 201415 | |
LAW5330M | European Human Rights | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5332M | Cyberspace Law: Contemporary Issues | 15 credits | Not running in 201415 | |
LAW5334M | Cyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5386M | Globalisation and Crime | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
LAW5860M | International Human Rights | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PIED5626M | Global Justice | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5113M | Advanced Racism and Ethnicity Studies | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
SLSP5142M | Globalization and International Social Change | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 12/06/2014
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