SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Combinations

May be combined with

Structure

All students take 4 course units a year. You are required to complete at least 5 units in the subject to be named first in the degree title and at least 4 units in the second-named subject (8 & 5 respectively in a 4-year degree).

Year 1

If the other subject has 3 compulsory units (most language courses), then you must take as a core 1st year unit

• Introduction to law and legal processes - 155200049 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Or

If the other subject has 2 compulsory units (mostly other disciplines, but also some languages), then you must take both

• Legal systems of Asia and Africa - 155200029 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Introduction to law and legal processes - 155200049 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Year 2, 3 and 4

If Legal Systems of Asia and Africa has not been taken in Year 1, then you must take it in Year 2 (unless you are abroad in Year 2, in which case you must take it in Year 3).

• Advanced Administrative Law - (1 Unit)
• Chinese law - 155200055 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Commercial Law - (1 Unit)
• Company law - 155200053 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Criminal law - 155200034 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Environmental Law - (1 Unit)
• Equity and Offshore - 155200057 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• European human rights law/EU law - 155200051 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Family law - 155200006 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Independent study project on a selected legal topic - 155200041 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intellectual Property Law - (1 Unit)
• Islamic law - 155200037 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Labour Law - 155200056 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and development - 155200030 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and society in Africa - 155200033 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and society in South Asia - 155200032 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of Islamic Finance - (1 Unit)
• Law of obligations - I - 155200004 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of obligations II - 155200014 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of property - 155200019 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Public law - 155200005 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Public international law - 155200025 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Programme Specification

• Programme Specification 2011/2012 (pdf; 66kb)

Teaching & Learning

Year abroad

Teaching & Learning

The two-subject BA Honours degree allows you to study law from an interdisciplinary perspective (i.e. law and another discipline ) or to study law and to develop or acquire linguistic skills at the same time (i.e. law and a language).

Most law units are taught through a mixture of lectures and seminars or tutorials; on average one 2-hour lecture a week and 1 tutorial every two weeks. Where a course has a relatively low number of students, it is likely that it will run entirely on a seminar basis. However, given the relatively small size of the total student intake, all courses will involve a degree of student participation. Students are expected to prepare for classes and to contribute to classes.

Assessment in the second course subject will be subject to the rules and regulations of the appropriate department

Destinations

Graduates are thus extremely well-placed for a wide-range of careers, both in law and also within other fields, ranging from multinational business and commerce, development work overseas, for governmental and non-governmental organisations, the diplomatic corps, as well as local careers, working in an increasingly multi-cultural climate. SOAS Law provides an educational experience unmatched in both its breadth and the specialist knowledge it imparts on its graduates.

Graduates have gone on to work for a range of organisations including:

For more information about Graduate Destinations from this department, please visit the Careers Service website.

How to apply

How to apply

• How to Apply
• UCAS website
• Funding options
• English language requirements
• Tuition Fees
• Admissions Contacts

Scholarships

For further information visit the Scholarships section