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Business Law BA

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    Key Information

    • Study Level:

      Bachelor

    • Duration:

      3 Years

    • Study Mode:

      Full Time

    • Tuition Fees EU/EEA:

      £ 9,250 Per Year

      These fees apply to students from the EU/EEA

    • Tuition Fees International :

      £ 11,750

      These fees apply to students from outside the EU/EEA

    institution

    St Mary’s University

    St Mary’s University began in 1850 as a teacher’s training school with close ties to the Catholic Church. It soon outgrew its original campus at Brook Green in Hammersmith, and it moved to a larger facility at Strawberry Hill in 1925. This campus originally held around 250 students, but has been enlarged several times. In […]

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    Course Summary

    A BA in Business Law from St Mary’s University will prepare you for a career not as a lawyer but as a legal expert in your chosen industry, able to ensure strict compliance with all laws and regulations, and to navigate the always tricky waters of international and global commerce.

    This program can only be taken as a joint honours degree, and there are three degree pathways: Business Law and Business Management, Business Law and History or Business Law and Tourism. Though some options may be a bit industry specific, all pathways prepare you excellently for a career in managing a business, working in commerce or HR, or even government or public service.

    You’ll be able to further specialise your joint Business Law degree program with a wide range of optional modules and commercial or industrial work placements. Better still, you can sample man options before committing to a career.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    If you are changing direction after starting in another career area, you will possess valuable work experience and professional awareness. Many employers actively seek candidates with these benefits. Our network of contacts, a dedicated employability service and a reputation in the legal profession mean we also have an outstanding track-record of finding students legal employment.Many employers favour GDL students in an increasingly competitive legal job market. Through studying another degree subject, you will have gained many transferable skills. By taking the conversion route into law, you are showing motivation and determination by choosing law at a later stage than some others. This looks good to employers.

    Course Outline

    This program is typically delivered over three years at full time.

    Over the three years of this program you’ll explore both the practical, vocational study of the law as well as studying abstract legal theory and the cultural ramifications of legal issues. The university’s team of lecturers are assembled form practicing experts and researchers in their fields, and will be available to support your studies outside of class contact time.

    Year 1 Modules Include:

    • Law of Contract
    • Legal Process and Introduction to the Practice of Law
    • Sources of Law and Academic Legal Skills

    Year 2 Modules Include:

    • Company Law and Corporate Governance
    • Consumer and Commercial Law
    • Experience and Employment in Business
    • Intellectual Property Law
    • Jurisprudence
    • Law of the European Union
    • Law of Tort
    • Practical Legal Skills, Ethics and Professional Responsibility
    • Sports and the Law

    Year 3 Modules Include:

    • Banking Law
    • Cultural Legal Studies
    • Employment Law
    • Employment Law in the Workplace
    • European and International Employment Law
    • Extended Essay in Law

    Learning & Teaching

    St Mary’s University relies on a mixture of innovative and traditional teaching methods to convey each module. The exact nature varies from subject to subject and from lecturer to lecturer, but you can rest assured the methods will be chosen to best convey the content and to make what you learn as broadly applicable as possible. Lectures are common, as well as interactive workshops, computer aided learning, mock client-facing work and practice vivas.

    Career Possiblities

    St Mary’s Business Law BA is not a qualifying law degree on its own, but it is possible to transfer to the full LLB after year one in certain circumstances. Combined Honours Business Law graduates can look forward to a prosperous career in public service, insurance, HR or the banking and financial services industries. Alternatively, many graduates set up their own businesses, or go on to Master’s level degree programs.

    Entry Credit

    Successful completion will result in a full BA degree.

    Students must typically have been awarded between 96 and 112 UCAS Tariff points to apply. The full list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

    All classes are taught in English, and international students will be required to show proficiency in English by scoring well on an approved test. An IELTS score of 6.0 overall and with no section scoring less than 5.5 would qualify, for example.

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