Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3108C: Business and Human Rights Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

This module aims to support you in developing detailed knowledge and understanding of business and human rights law. It provides the theoretical, conceptual and legal grounding needed for you to confidently engage in the effective discussion of human rights challenges in the business context. Its content is informed by key texts and the latest research, and the module is permeated by pertinent contemporary case study examples from around the world. It is research-enriched, not only in respect to the content covered but also in its learning approach, with student-led research at its core. This is a cross-campus, interdisciplinary module that, by bringing together students, academics and practitioners from across business and law, and from across the University of Exeter’s campuses, delivers a learning experience that exemplifies the importance of collaboration in the exploration and resolution of contemporary global challenges.

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 detailed knowledge and understanding of business and human rights law. 2. Demonstrate critical awareness of the pervasive impacts of business practices on international human rights protection. 3. Demonstrate critical awareness of the place of human rights in the private sphere.
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. Identify, assess and integrate relevant information from a breadth of suitable sources using appropriate interpretative techniques. 5. 5 Select, synthesise and critically assess the existence, application and implementation of international human rights normative provisions in the business context.
Personal and Key Skills	6. Demonstrate confidence in articulating complex legal, theoretical and conceptual content using an interdisciplinary approach. 7. Produce analytically compelling, research-informed work that presents a persuasive and appropriately nuanced argument on a topic relevant to a theme or themes covered on the module. 8. Work independently, efficiently managing ones time in the preparation of scheduled learning activities, exercises and assessments.

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
Research poster	A1 (including visuals and a maximum of 500 words)	1-8	Individual oral and written feedback; whole cohort oral feedback

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
Research paper	100	2,500 words	1-8	Individual written feedback
	0
	0
	0
	0
	0

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
Research paper (2,500 words)	Research paper (2,500 words)	1-8	August/September re-assessment period