Open University

法律和语言文学学士（荣誉）

Knowledge and understanding

您将能够展示您对以下内容的知识和理解：

• The concepts, values, rules and principles of the legal system of England and Wales, and some awareness of the powers exercised by the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
• A range of areas of substantive law of England and Wales and their impact on individuals and society.
• The social, political, economic, historical and ethical dimensions of law.
• The impact of technology on law.
• The ability to communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of your chosen language, in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a high degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style.
• Aspects of the societies of the countries where your chosen language is spoken (including aspects such as literature, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures).
• Intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with your chosen language and the ability to describe, analyse and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies and your own.

Cognitive skills

您将能够证明您的能力：

• Ask and answer appropriate questions about law and legal systems, identifying gaps in your knowledge.
• Combine and criticise various sources of legal authority, identify their merits and shortcomings and make a reasoned choice between them.
• Apply legal principles and authority to develop reasoned answers to questions.
• Recognise ambiguity, and deal with uncertainty in law.
• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts for different audiences in your chosen modern language, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies.
• Write texts of different types in your chosen language, following appropriate structures and conventions, including academic language, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources.
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions in your chosen modern language, using appropriate discourse strategies.
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments and theories.

Practical and professional skills

您将能够证明您的能力：

• Conduct, independent legal research.
• Identify, retrieve and evaluate legal information from a range of electronic or other sources.
• Communicate clear, relevant and accurate legal information in language appropriate to the intended audience.
• Acknowledge the sources of information you have used, in a style appropriate to the task.
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, in English and your chosen modern language.

Key skills

You will be able to:

• Communicate relevant ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Work with a range of textual, numerical and statistical data.
• 反思您的学习和发展，有效利用反馈，并表现出承认和纠正错误的意愿。
• Collaborate effectively with others.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, critically evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately in complex contexts.
• Recognise and use effective learning strategies.

This degree has three stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit introductory law module. You’ll choose your language and study two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and a 60-credit language module in your chosen language.
• Finally, in Stage 3, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and another 60-credit module in your chosen language.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

French

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• French Studies 1 (intermediate) (L112)

German

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to German studies (beginners) (L103)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• German Studies 1 (intermediate) (L113)

Spanish

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners) (L106)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• Spanish Studies 1 (intermediate) (L116)

Stages 2 and 3 (240 credits)

French

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• French Studies 2: language and culture of the French-speaking world (L222)

You'll choose one from:

• 家庭法（W230）
• 商业和就业法（W240）
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Trusts law (W311)

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring legal boundaries (W350)
• European Union law (W330)
• Land law (W312)
• Law, society and culture (W340)

You'll study the following:

• French Studies 3: language and culture of the French-speaking world (L332)

German

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world (L223)

You'll choose one from:

• 家庭法（W230）
• 商业和就业法（W240）
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Trusts law (W311)

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring legal boundaries (W350)
• European Union law (W330)
• Land law (W312)
• Law, society and culture (W340)

You'll study the following:

• German studies 3: language and culture of the German-speaking world (L333)

Spanish

Stage 2 (120 credits)

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• Spanish studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (L226)

You'll choose one from:

• 家庭法（W230）
• 商业和就业法（W240）
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Stage 3 (120 credits)

You'll study the following:

• Trusts law (W311)

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring legal boundaries (W350)
• European Union law (W330)
• Land law (W312)
• Law, society and culture (W340)

You'll study the following:

• Spanish studies 3: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (L336)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

职业发展技能

您将获得广泛的就业技能，包括以下能力：

• 了解法律的基础科目以及英格兰和威尔士的法律体系。
• 运用法律原则解决问题。
• 提出不同的意见和解决方案并做出合理的选择。
• 阅读并讨论复杂且技术性的法律材料。
• 与他人进行有效、清晰、准确的沟通。
• 有效使用信息和通信技术（ICT）。
• 管理时间并独立工作或作为团队的一员工作。
• 对您的个人发展负责，设定切合实际的目标并实现自己的目标。
• 管理和激励自己。
• 计划、组织并确定您的工作优先顺序，然后对其进行评估和反思。

职业相关性

学习法律和现代语言可以让你在许多与法律相关的领域、商业和金融或国际组织中获得职业选择。你对另一种语言及其使用文化的理解是一种资产，雇主会高度重视它，并会拓宽你在国际市场上的机会。拥有法律和语言资格可以为你带来广泛领域的机会，例如：

• 商业和金融。
• 公务员。
• 人力资源。
• 律师助理职业。
• 新闻。
• 研究。
• 翻译和口译。
• 编辑出版。

请注意，该学位并不涵盖所有七项法律知识基础知识。如果您想成为英格兰和威尔士的律师或北爱尔兰的律师或律师，您需要在开始专业培训之前完成转换课程。

其他职业

雇主热衷于利用法律和语言专业毕业生的法律意识。他们看重能够良好沟通、分析、评估和有效表达想法和论点的应聘者。成熟的法律思维可以为进入公务员、税务顾问或新闻业等领域奠定坚实的基础。如果你想从事所选语言的翻译工作，这个学位将帮助你成为一名法律专家。

许多研究生级别的工作对任何专业的毕业生开放，特别是在商业、金融、管理咨询和公共部门。有些职业可能需要进一步学习、培训和/或超出学位的工作经验。获得此资格后攻读法律研究生文凭 (GDL) 还可以让您选择成为大律师或律师。

通过我们独特的远程学习方法，您可以在家中、在工作中或在旅途中学习。

你需要满足一些评估截止日期，但除此之外，你可以自由地在适合自己的时间学习，将学习安排在工作、家庭和社交生活之间。

对于每个模块，您要么只使用在线资源，要么结合使用在线和印刷材料。

您学习的每个模块都会有一个模块网站

• 每周的学习计划，为你提供循序渐进的学习指导
• 课程材料，如阅读材料、视频、录音和自我评估活动
• 用于与其他学生进行讨论和合作活动的模块论坛
• 每项作业的详细信息及其截止日期
• 辅导预订系统、在线辅导室以及导师的联系方式
• 一些印刷模块材料和资源的在线版本。