Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2108H: Pre-LLM: Contract and Commercial Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Aims

This module is available only to students on the HKUST-Exeter Programmes in Law who are looking to proceed onto the Exeter LLM in Commercial Law. It is one of three pre-LLM modules designed to get you up to speed with a breadth of law subjects so that your study of the LLM in Commercial Law is a success. This module refreshes your knowledge of contract law, and introduces commercial law, with the aim of contributing a solid basis from which to progress onto the LLM in Commercial Law next year.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. demonstrate knowledge of contract and commercial law and a range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application 2. identify, explain and discuss key issues in contract and commercial law and to apply relevant rules and theories
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. demonstrate knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social, and political implications 4. identify key elements of legal problems, identify their relative significance and select appropriate methods for investigating and evaluating them
Personal and Key Skills	5. work independently and to manage time efficiently in preparing for scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessments 6. manage relevant learning resources, information, and learning strategies, and to develop own arguments and opinions with some guidance

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Exam-style questions discussed in tutorials	12 x 1 hour tutorials	1-6	Oral
Essay	1500 words	1-6	Written and oral

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	100	2500 words	1-6	Written and oral

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay (2500 words)	1-6	Ref / Def period