Law with Hispanic Law

Within a dynamic and changing European context, knowledge of another European national legal system and its law is a valuable asset, both academically and professionally. This four-year programme includes a year at the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and leads to the award of a Bachelor of Laws degree from UCL.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

The first two years of study are the same as for the three-year LLB degree, with two exceptions:

First-year students are required to take a module in Hispanic Law, taught in Spanish and including law, legal institutions and legal terminology. The department does not offer language tuition and students will be responsible for maintaining, or, if necessary, improving their linguistic ability in Spanish to meet the academic demands of the degree.

Second-year students are required to take the European Legal Studies module, which includes tuition in Spanish about the law and legal system of Spain.

The third year of study is spent abroad at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. The typical programme of study for a Certificate in Hispanic Law comprises four full-year courses or eight one-semester courses in Civil/Private Law, Public Law, and optional courses in Hispanic Law.

In the final year, you will return to UCL and will choose four modules from a list of options. One of them could be a research essay on a legal subject of your choice, subject to approval by the department.

Students enrolled on this programme will not be permitted to transfer to the three-year Law LLB (subject to exceptional circumstances).

A levels

Grades

A*AA

Subjects

Spanish required.

GCSEs

English Language and Mathematics at grade B. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs

IB Diploma

Points

39

Subjects

A score of 19 points in three higher level subjects including Spanish at grade 6, with no score lower than 5.