Law, Public Policy and Justice (M3058)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll:

  • develop a strong foundation in understanding how public policy works, how the legal framework is designed and how existing gaps may be challenged
  • gain knowledge and understanding of how law and legal concepts are connected to public policy concerns
  • benefit from numerous case studies, where you practise applying concepts in public policy and law to real-life examples
  • improve your skills developing projects and making evaluative and research-led judgements over content.

Teaching

50%: Lecture
50%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Written assessment (Project)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 20 hours of contact time and about 130 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: