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Introduction
Welcome to The College of Law/Open University Law Programme Support Sites. These support sites are designed to be a valuable additional resource to help students through their study of the compulsory law courses offered by the OU law centre in Guildford in conjunction with The College of Law.
Click 'Open University' on the left hand 'You are Here' box if at any time you wish to return to this page.
There are currently eight courses on offer.
- For compulsory courses currently on offer, see 1 below
- For optional courses currently on offer, see 2 below
1. Compulsory Courses
These are the four courses which are essential to your study if you wish to obtain a qualifying law degree (ie which satisfies the requirements of the Solicitors Regulation Authority or Bar Standards Board if you want to go on to Qualify as a solicitor or a barrister); in other words, an LL.B (Hons) Qualifying Law Degree. All these courses carry 60 credit points.
Courses
The four compulsory courses offered encompass the seven foundation subjects of legal knowledge, as well as the English legal system, legal method and skills.
W200: Understanding law - an introduction to the foundation subjects and an in-depth study of EC Law
W201: Law: the individual and the state - Public Law and Criminal Law
W300: Law: agreements, rights and responsibilities - Contract and Tort
W301: Law: ownership and trusteeship: rights and responsibilities - Land Law and Equity Trusts
2. Optional Courses
The optional law courses listed above can be studied as part of a law degree, but it is not necessary to include them in a degree to make it a qualifying law degree.
The Guildford Law centre, in conjunction with The College of Law currently offers four courses which fall into this category:
W100 Rules, Rights and Justice : An Introduction to Law
This is the law centre's first course at Level 1 and, like the compulsory courses, begins its next presentation in February 2008. It carries 60 credit points, and is designed to introduce students to the study of law and legal reasoning. It is likely to be of particular interest to those intending to go on and study at a higher level.
W221 Employment Law and Practice
The current presentation of this course began in November 2007, and the next presentation begins in November 2008. It carries 30 credit points, and is designed to give students a thorough grounding in the law and practice relating to employment.
W222 Business and Consumer Transactions: Law and Practice
This 30-point course begins its next presentation in May 2008: this presentation will finish at the end of September 2008. It covers a wide variety of commercial transactions, both from the point of view of businesses and (where relevant) consumers, looking at relevant law and practice.
W223 Company Law and Practice
This is the third of the Guildford Law centre's 30 - point optional courses. It is currently in its first presentation, and the next presentation begins in November 2008. Like W221 and W222, it is a Level 2 course, and can be studied as part of a law degree.
The course looks at the way in which companies are set up and run in England and Wales and considers the impact of the Companies Act 2006. In addition, and by way of comparison, it also considers in outline other ways in which businesses can be run (eg sole trader, partnership). Related areas such as insolvency and tax are considered, as well as issues of current concern (eg good corporate governance, corporate social responsibility).
