This is a relatively straightforward post looking at the various options for studying Law. So what are the degree options with the Open University? There's actually more than you might expect...
Let's start with the main degree:
The LLB is the main Law degree, but it comes in multiple forms at the OU with most of the variation at Level 3 (the equivalent to the third year of a full-time degree). There's the most traditional route based around taking the seven Foundations of Legal Knowledge. There's another route where Level 3 is mainly given over to preparation for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination. And there's the "academic" route where the final year options are more flexible and allow a more varied study of law.
Similar to the above, this degree allows existing graduates to study in a shorter period of time, omitting Level 1 (the equivalent to the first year of a full-time degree). It has the same routes as the regular LLB, though some of the options on them are different.
Both are mixtures that combine key modules to give a more focused degree.
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Law and Languages
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Law and French
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Law and German
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Law and Spanish
The opportunity to combine the study of Law with one of three continental languages.
Perhaps the Open University's most original degree, the Open degree allows a student to study a wide range of modules, combining all manner of different subjects. One can focus on one or more subject areas whilst still dipping into studying a range of other subjects. Law modules can be taken though the Level 2 and Level 3 modules sometimes require students to have studied earlier Law modules.
The main postgraduate law degree focusing upon academic study of the subject.
The postgraduate version of the Open degree, though it's somewhat more restrictive as to module combination choice, requiring at least two-thirds to be taken from the same study area and the different sizes of modules restricts choice further.
As I'm doing a Bachelor of Laws that will be the main focus on this blog but it's far from the only option out there.
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