LAW2660 Preparation for the Year Abroad
5 Credits Class Size: 64
Module manager: Dr Chloe Wallace
Email: C.J.Wallace@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running
2025/26
Pre-requisite qualifications
A-C A level grade or equivalent
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
A module containing preparatory material for students studying abroad.
Objectives
The objective of this module is to engage students intending to spend a year abroad in year 3 in two key processes: personal goal setting; and reflection on the environment to which they are planning to travel.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this module students will:
- have heard first-hand about the student experience in the country they are planning to visit;
- have reflected on what they have heard and how it affects their planning;
- have a set of clear personal goals for the year abroad, with an idea of how to achieve them and how they will know they are achieved.
Syllabus
Students will learn about the organisation of legal education in the country they are visiting, and the organisation, culture and student experience in the university they are visiting.
Students will learn about SMART goal setting, and will set their own goals for the year abroad.
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Lecture |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Private study hours |
46 |
| Total Contact hours |
4 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
50 |
Methods of Assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type |
Notes |
% of formal assessment |
| Assignment |
2,000 word Pre-Plan |
100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) |
100 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading List
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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