Course Information
Course Information
Select your degree course programme from the list below to view your core modules for each year and the number of optional modules you are required to select.
Course information for degrees started in October 2022 or later
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
-
90 CATS optional modules, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- 90 CATS optional modules, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
Year Three
There are no core modules in your third year.
120 CATS optional modules, including up to 60 CATS of non-Law optional modules across years 3 and 4
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 60 CATS of non-Law optional modules across years 3 and 4
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- 90 CATS optional modules, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
Year Three
Year studying abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
For students who started their in 2024/25 or earlier
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
- LA130: Introduction to French Law and Methodology (0 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- LA212: French Law (30 CATS)
- 60 CATS optional modules, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
Year Three
Year studying abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
For students who started their course from 2025/26
Year One
Compulsory Modules:- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
- FR101: French Language I (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:- LA2D8: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- LA2E3: Introduction to French Law (15 CATS)
- SMLC option on French Culture (15 CATS)
- 30 CATS optional modules
Year Three
Year studying abroadYear Four
Compulsory Modules:- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
For students who started their course in 2024/25 or earlier
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
- LA131: Introduction to German Law and Methodology (0 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- LA216: German Law (30 CATS)
- 60 CATS optional modules, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
Year Three
Year studying abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
For students who started their course from 2025/26
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
- GE101: German Language I (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA2D8: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- LA2E2: Introduction to German Law (15 CATS)
- SMLC option on German Culture (15 CATS)
- 30 CATS optional modules
Year Three
Year studying abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project, including up to 30 CATS of non-Law optional modules
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
- SO130: Introduction to Social Analytics (15 CATS)
- SO120: Researching Society and Culture (15 CATS)
Optional Core Modules:
Select from either:
- S0128: History of Sociological Thought (15 CATS) OR SO116: Sociology of Gender (15 CATS)
- SO126: Class and Capitalism in the Neoliberal World (15 CATS) OR SO122: Sociology of Race (15 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA217: Social Theory of Law (30 CATS)
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- SO242: Designing and Conducting Social Research (15 CATS)
Optional Core Modules:
Select from either:
- SO243: Practice & Interpretation of Quantitative Research (15 CATS) OR
- SO245: Modern Social Theory (15 CATS)
-
15 CATS of Law optional modules (non-Law optional modules are not permitted in year 2)*
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
Year Three
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- 45 CATS of Law optional modules*, and 60 CATS from the Department of Sociology. Students can take up to 30 CATS of non-Law or Sociology optional modules.
*Students who started Law and Sociology in 2022/23 took LA248 Property Law in year 2, and will need to take up to 60 CATS of Law optional modules in year 3.
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
IMPORTANT: A requirement of this degree is that at over years 3 and 4 students must take least 90 CATS of each Law and Sociology modules.
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project from the range of modules available in the Law School and Sociology Department. Students can take up to 30 CATS of non-Law or Sociology optional modules
If you are thinking of becoming a barrister or seeking qualification as a lawyer in other jurisdictions, which recognise the Warwick law degree, you will be advised to take LA3A3 Trusts and LA240 Foundations of EU Law modules either in Years Three or Four (subject to Bar Standards Board requirements).
IMPORTANT: A requirement of this degree is that at over years 3 and 4 students must take least 90 CATS of each Law and Sociology modules.
IMPORTANT:
A requirement of this degree is students must take least 90 CATS of modules from must be taken from departments (other than Law) in the Faculty of Arts over the course of your degree.
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- LA128: Understanding Law in Context (30 CATS)
- LA129: Law, State and the Individual (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA247: Contract Law (15 CATS)
- LA248: Property Law (15 CATS)
- 90 CATS optional modules*
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- Supervised Project (15 OR 30 CATS)
- 90 or 105 CATS worth of optional modules depending on the length of your Supervised Project*
If you are thinking of qualifying as a solicitor or barrister in England or Wales, or in another jurisdiction requiring the study of foundational subjects, you should choose LA240 Foundations of European Law in Years 2 or 3, and LA3A3 Law of Trusts in your final year. Students wishing to qualify in another jurisdiction should check the minimum credit requirements for the foundational subjects and, if necessary, consult their personal tutor for guidance.
*A requirement of this degree is students must take least 90 CATS of modules from the Faculty of Arts or Department of Philosophy, and 120 CATS Law modules across years 2 and 3 (60/75 CATS Law optional modules depending on the length of your supervised project). The remaining 30 CATS of modules in years 2 and 3 can be Law, Humanities or modules from other departments.
View the Law modules available in 2025/26
Course information for degrees started before October 2022
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 45 CATS of optional modules
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
- 90 CATS optional modules
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 45 CATS of optional modules
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS) – in year 3 or 4
- 90 CATS optional modules, or 120 CATS if LA307 Law of Trusts is being taken in year 4
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS) if not taken in year three
- 90 CATS optional modules, or 120 CATS if LA307 Law of Trusts was taken in year three.
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 45 CATS of optional modules
Year Three
Study abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
90 CATS optional modules
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA212: French Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 15 CATS of optional modules
Year Three
- Study abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
90 CATS optional modules
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA216: German Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 15 CATS of optional modules
Year Three
- Study abroad
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
- 90 CATS optional modules
Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
- SO130: Introduction to Social Analytics (15 CATS)
- SO120: Researching Society and Culture (15 CATS)
Optional Core Modules:
Select from either:
- S0128: History of Sociological Thought (15 CATS) OR SO116: Sociology of Gender (15 CATS)
- SO126: Class and Capitalism in the Neoliberal World (15 CATS) OR SO122: Sociology of Race (15 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA217: Social Theory of Law (30 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- SO242: Designing and Conducting Social Research (15 CATS)
Optional Core Modules:
Select from either:
- SO243: Practice & Interpretation of Quantitative Research (15 CATS) OR
- SO245: Modern Social Theory (15 CATS)
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
Optional Modules:
Select an additional 60 CATS of law or sociology optional modules. You must study a minimum of 90 CATS of Sociology modules over years three and four (combined). You can only study one 15 CAT external module in either years 3 or 4.
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA307: Law of Trusts (30 CATS)
Optional Modules:
Select an additional 75 CATS of law or sociology optional modules. You must study a minimum of 90 CATS of Sociology modules over years three and four (combined). You can only study one 15 CAT external module in either years 3 or 4.
IMPORTANT:
Students on the 3 year variant must take 90 CATS of modules from approved departments (other than Law) in the Faculty of Arts over the course of their degree.
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Year One
Compulsory Modules:
- LA103: Law of Property Relations (30 CATS)
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- 45 CATS optional modules
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
90 CATS Law or approved external optional modules.
Please note that for Law and Business Studies to be a qualifying law degree, students must study for all four years.
Year One
Compulsory modules:
Foundations, Skills and Debates (15 CATS)
- LA115: Modern English Legal System (15 CATS)
- LA116: Introduction to Legal Theory (15 CATS)
- LA124: Tort Law (30 CATS)
Optional Core modules:
45 credits from the following optional modules: IB148 Principles of Marketing, IB146 Accounting for Business, IB121 Business Statistics, IB122 Business Analytics, EC131 Economics for Business, IB125 Foundations of Financial Management, IB138 Management, Organisation & Society, IB143 Digital Ventures, IB147 Management of Global Risks.
Year Two
Compulsory Modules:
- LA240: Foundations of EU Law (15 CATS)
- LA243: Contract Law (30 CATS)
- IB3A2: Critical Issues in Law and Management (15 CATS)
60 CATS of optional modules chosen from the Business School and the Law School, or approved external options. Must contain at least 2 modules from WBS and no more than 15 credits from external departments.
Year Three
Compulsory Modules:
- LA230: Law and the International Business Environment (15 CATS)
- LA310: Law of Business Organisations (30 CATS)
- 75 CATS of optional modules chosen from the Business School and the Law School, or approved external options. Must contain at least 2 modules from WBS
Students who wish to follow the Qualifying Degree (QD) route to complete the academic stage of legal professional training must take LA103 Introduction to the Law of Property Relations in Year Three
Year Four
Compulsory Modules:
- LA104: Criminal Law (30 CATS)
- LA201: General Principles of Constitutional and Admin Law (30 CATS)
- LA307: Law of Trusts for QD (30 CATS)
30 CATS optional modules chosen from the Business School and the Law School, or approved external options. Must contain no more than 15 CATS from external departments.