BA (Hons) Law and Criminal Justice*

The programmes cover the necessary legal subjects, referred to in the professional bodies’ qualifying regulations as the Foundations of Legal Knowledge and the SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) subject areas

Law degrees, and other degrees incorporating elements of law,  are not only a great foundation for careers in law, but also business,  and a huge range of careers in the criminal justice and social care arena

The programme will be provided by a team whose  Criminology and Criminal Justice programme  has been in the top ten in the UK for student satisfaction for three years in a row

Work based modules allow student to develop legal experience.

Business Law and Practice; Dispute Resolution; Contract; Tort; Legal System of England and Wales; Constitutional and Administrative Law and EU Law and Legal Services; Property Practice; Wills and the Administration of Estates; Solicitors Accounts; Land Law; Trusts; Criminal Law and Practice.

Year 1 (Level 4)

• Legal System and Skills (core)
• Public Law: Constitutional and Administrative  Law(core)
• Contract Law(core)
• European Law and Global Problems(core)

Criminology and Criminal Justice route:

• 2 Optional Modules from the departmental portfolio

Year 2 (Level 5)

• Criminal Law (core)
• Tort(core)
• Equity and Trusts(core)
• Legal Ethics and Professional Standards(core)

Criminology and Criminal Justice route

•             2 Optional Modules from the departmental portfolio

Year 3 (Level 6)

• Property and Land Law (core)
• Law Dissertation (core)

Law route (3 options)

• Control, Justice and Punishment (option)
• Constructing Guilt and Innocence(option)
• Employment law(option)
• Childhood Law, Policy and Practice (option)

Criminology and Criminal Justice route

•             3 Optional Modules from the departmental portfolio

(module digest is indicative and may be amended)

BA (Hons) Law & Criminology and Criminal Justice

UCAS points: 112 

International entry qualifications are outlined on the National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (NARIC) as equivalent to the relevant UK entry qualification. In addition to the academic entry requirements, all applicants whose first language is not English or Welsh must demonstrate English language proficiency.

International students require a UKVI Approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) (please see http://www.glyndwr.ac.uk/en/Internationalstudents/EntryandEnglishLanguageRequirement for details). 

No DBS required by the University but applicants must declare “relevant” criminal convictions that are not “spent” on the UCAS or direct application form. Relevant criminal convictions are those for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, or for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking, offences involving firearms, arson or those listed in the Sex Offences Act 2003 or the Terrorism Act 2006. Applicants can find useful information on what counts as a “spent” conviction on the following GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/exoffenders-and-employment.

Applicants who declare a relevant unspent criminal conviction will be contacted by letter by the Admissions Manager with a request to provide additional details. This is so that a risk assessment can be undertaken and the matter considered under the Procedure for Consideration of Disclosed Criminal Conviction(s) on Programmes that Do Not Require a DBS Check. The full policy may be viewed here.

Students should be aware that those wishing to go on to practice law in England and Wales  have to show evidence of good character under the SRA Assessment of Character and Suitability Rules.

Assessment is carried out in accordance with Glyndŵr University’s Regulations for Initial Modular Undergraduate Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates, and Foundation Degrees.

Opportunities for formative assessments will feature regularly in order that students can gauge their own benchmarks and plot their own progress. These will include short pieces of writing and on-line exercises. Levels five and six will also include formative assessments but these will be less frequent and more self-directed i.e. students will be expected to be active in identifying their own strengths and limitations.

A range of summative assessments has been designed to encompass rigorous academic requirements and also to accommodate individual differences in preferred learning style. Consequently there is a mix of essays, on-line multiple-choice tests, individual and group presentations and role plays. Exams feature prominently. This is because to become a solicitor in England and Wales from 2021 onwards,  two SQA exams must be passed. Accordingly it is prudent to progressively expose students to examination conditions to develop their familiarity and skills in such assessments.

Importantly, some of the assessments have been designed to reflect the professional requirements of legal practice - associated with accurate and professional presentation of evidence/knowledge and self.

Assignments are set in advance and provided to students in module handbooks and marked and returned by module (using the online system Turnitin) with students being given in depth  electronic feedback on all assessments within an appropriate timescale determined by University regulations (within 3 weeks). Assessment criteria are published in the student programme handbook issued at the beginning of the academic year, and are drawn from published good practice guidelines.

In order to maintain an approach where students can develop their own interests and refer to their own experiences many assignment questions can be answered from different perspectives. However the design of the assessment task (outlined in further detail in the module specifications) will ensure that the learning outcomes will be met, therefore within a cohort of students there may be several approaches to a single question. Each level entails a similar amount of work from students in terms of the number and lengths of assessment tasks, but the content will become increasingly demanding to reflect the developing complexity of material at each stage. The assessment strategy focusses on assessing achievement in meeting the academic learning outcomes of the programme but with a view, to preparing students for the workplace.

Degrees incorporating elements of law,  are not only a great foundation for careers in law, but also business,  and a huge range of careers in the criminal justice and social care arena. Students who complete the SRA requirements to practice law would be found working in: National and International Law firms; Local Authorities, HR departments; Civil Service; Crown Prosecution Service; Business and commerce related settings; third sector organisations, societies and charities.

Student who combine a law degree with Criminology and Criminal Justice  could seek to pursue  careers  in the criminal justice area: probation, prisons, police, youth justice; third sector organisations and charities.

You do not have to pay your tuition fees upfront.

Wrexham Glyndŵr University’s tuition fees for 2021/22 for a full-time undergraduate degree course are £9000 per year.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & finance pages. You will also find information about what your fees include in the FAQs section of those pages. 

You can see the full programme specification here. 

*Subject to validation and accreditation. Courses shown as “subject to validation and accreditation” are new courses which are in development and the details of these courses are in the process of being finalised through the approval cycle, known as the ‘validation’ process. These courses are also in the process of applying for accreditation/recognition by external bodies, known as PSRBs – Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies, which is a separate external approval process with the relevant PSRBs.  

As soon as the programmes are validated and accredited the details of the course will be confirmed. The majority of new courses that are still ‘subject to validation and accreditation’ are approved as expected however, this is not guaranteed and should the course not go ahead as planned, or be significantly amended, you will be informed by the university and assistance will be provided to those who have been offered a place to find a suitable alternative course either at Wrexham Glyndwr University or at another provider.