BA/LLB Law and Accounting course content
Year 1
Compulsory modules
- English Legal System
- Torts
- Legal Skills
- Information Technology and Communication Skills I
- Computing for Accounting
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Introduction to Management Accounting
- Economic Theory and Applications 1
Year Two
Compulsory modules
- Constitutional Law I and II
- Contract
- Introductory Modelling for Management (1)
- Introductory Statistics for Management (I)
- Organisational Behaviour
Elective modules
You then choose one or two elective modules to complete the year.
Year Three
In Year Three, the programme paths differ according to whether you choose to follow the 'qualifying law degree' route, or the accountancy route.
Compulsory modules
- Advanced Legal Research and Law Reform
- Business Finance 2
- Financial Accounting 2
- Management Accounting 2
Optional modules
If you wish to take the 'qualifying law degree' route, you then take a Criminal Law and a European Law module.
If you wish to study accountancy, or law without the aim of attaining a 'qualifying law degree', you then choose two to five modules from the following list.
- Company Law
- Criminal Law
- Criminology
- French Law
- International Human Rights Law
- International Law
- Employment Law
- European Union Law
- Land Law
- Family Law
- Victims, Crime and Victimology
- Victims, Crime and Restorative Justice
- Cybercrime: Computers and Crime in the Information Age
- Youth Crime and Justice
- War Crimes and Genocide
- Banking and Financial Services Law
- Cyberlaw: Law and the Regulation of the Information Society
- Discrimination Law
- Gender and the Law
- Jurisprudence
- Medical Malpractice
- Moral Dilemmas in Medical Law
- Medical Law
- Law and the Environment I: Pollution Control
- Law and the Environment II: Development and Nature Conservation
- Penology
- European Union Law
- Comparative European Legal Systems
- Policing
- Terrorism and the Law
- Privacy, Free Speech and the Media
- Equity and Trusts
- Intellectual Property Law
- Commercial Law
- Insurance and Risk Management
- Understanding Law Firms
Year Four
Compulsory modules in Year Four
- Dissertation
Then, depending on your route, you take a number of optional modules from the Leeds University Business School.
- Capital Market Theory
- Leadership and Performance Management in Accounting and Finance
- Behavioural Finance
- International Banking and Finance
- Financial Derivatives
- Financial Accounting Theory
- Auditing and Information Systems
- Auditing and Assurance Services
- International Business Finance
- Taxation: Income Tax and Value Added Tax
- Taxation: Corporate and Capital Taxes
- Financial Analysis
- Corporate Governance
Then, if you wish to follow a qualifying law degree route, you take modules on Land Law and Equity and Trusts.
However, if you wish to follow an alternate route, you complete your course by choosing a number of modules from the School of Law.
- Company Law
- Criminal Law
- Criminology
- French Law
- International Human Rights Law
- International Law
- Employment Law
- European Union Law
- Family Law
- Victims, Crime and Victimology
- Victims, Crime and Restorative Justice
- Cybercrime: Computers and Crime in the Information Age
- Youth Crime and Justice
- War Crimes and Genocide
- Banking and Financial Services Law
- Cyberlaw: Law and the Regulation of the Information Society
- Discrimination Law
- Evidence
- Gender and the Law
- Jurisprudence
- Medical Malpractice
- Moral Dilemmas in Medical Law
- Medical Law
- Law and the Environment I: Pollution Control
- Law and the Environment II: Development and Nature Conservation
- Penology
- Comparative European Legal Systems
- Policing
- Terrorism and the Law
- Privacy, Free Speech and the Media
- Equity and Trusts
- Land Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Commercial Law
- Insurance and Risk Management
- Understanding Law Firms