Module manager: Dr Chloe Wallace
Email: c.j.wallace@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
| LAW2660 | Preparation for the Year Abroad |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
During this module, students spend a year studying Law in one of our partner universities.
This module gives students the opportunity to:
- make substantial linguistic progress in German over a wide range of registers;
- face the linguistic, intellectual and psychological challenges of living in another country;
- acquire a deeper knowledge and appreciation of German culture;
- enhance their knowledge of German law;
- place their study of German law within the wider social and cultural context;
- experience German culture and German legal culture first hand and gained intercultural competence.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- gain a knowledge of elements of foundational private and public German law;
- gain a knowledge of further areas of German law;
- learn how to work with German legal instruments;
- gain a specialised knowledge of legal German.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire:
- skills of adaptability and cultural flexibility;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- decision making;
- improved fluency and proficiency in German.
Students are required to agree a programme of study with the programme leader that equates to approximately 2/3 of a full academic workload at the host university.
That programme of study will normally include some study of public law [constitutional and / or administrative law] and some study of civil law [property law; law of persons and / or law of obligations].
At least 75% of the credits, according to the local credit waiting, must involve the study of local law; the remainder can involve international or comparative law, or non-law subjects if permitted by the host university.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private study hours | 1200 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 0 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 1200 | ||
The School is committed to providing an excellent student education and experience. This will involve a variety of teaching methods and follow a blended learning model, including meaningful on-campus in-person teaching for all students. Further information regarding teaching delivery will follow.
Formal monitoring is undertaken by the host institution. Leeds staff monitor through the submission of reflections over the year, the receipt of marks where available, and ongoing pastoral contact.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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