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Unit information: Year Abroad (Study Abroad Programme) in 2014/15

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Unit name Year Abroad (Study Abroad Programme)
Unit code LAWD39004
Credit points 120
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Professor. Giliker
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department University of Bristol Law School
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

The academic session is spent at a University outside the European Union, studying a range of law units according to a jointly approved programme.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the unit, a successful student will have studied law at a non-European university, undertaking units not taken at the University of Bristol.

On this basis, students should:

(i) have improved their fluency in the language of the country when studying in a foreign language;

(ii) be able to explain in the key principles of the legal system of the country in question; and

(iii) have gained a grounding in new areas of law.

Teaching Information

Organised by the university in question.

Assessment Information

Assessments may consist of written or oral examinations.

Reading and References

Students studying in non-common law systems are recommended an introductory text in English on the law of the country in question.

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