Postgraduate Course: Practical Electives (LAWS11247)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 15 | 
ECTS Credits | 7.5 | 
 
 
| Summary | Course description:-  To develop practical knowledge of specialist areas of legal practice and skills, with 3 modules chosen from the following list (not all of which will be offered every year):- 
 
¿ Banking Law 
¿ Construction Law 
¿ Company and Corporate Finance 
¿ Criminal Advocacy 
¿ Employment Law 
¿ Environmental Law/Renewable Energy 
¿ Advanced Private Client 
¿ Family Law  
¿ Human Rights 
¿ Medical Law 
¿ Public Administration 
¿ Personal Injury | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Classwork - 100% if individual pass standard of 60% is achieved in various modules. 
Failure to achieve this - Examination - 100%.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Block 4 (Sem 2) | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
150
(
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 63,
 Summative Assessment Hours 66,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
263 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Classwork ¿ 100% if individual pass standard of 60% is achieved in various modules  
 
Failure to achieve this - Examination - 100% 
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| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     By the end of the course students should be able to:-  Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the chosen subject area and be able to carry out the transactional elements of work in that area at the level of a first day trainee. This will incorporate as appropriate skills in writing and drafting, communication, advocacy, professional relationships, research and preparation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Rebecca Samaras 
Tel: (0131 6)50 6524 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004 
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