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Bachelor of Arts in Law (Honours) (Ab Initio) (Part-Time)
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Fee: Funded under the Part Time Fee Scheme (SUSI)
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Campus: Midlands Campus
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Years: 5
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Status: Register Your Interest
Course Overview
The aim of the Bachelor of Arts in Law (Hons)is to give learners an opportunity to acquire an integrated understanding of the law and the legal system and to develop transferable and transversal skills. The programme is designed to offer the learner an opportunity to acquire the skills, knowledge and competencies to analyse complex legal scenarios, assimilate and apply legal rules and principles.
This programme will be delivered in a blended and part time through an innovative and interactive online learning environment. It utilises highly participatory learning and teaching pedagogies. The flexibility and agility of this programme, will allow learners to specialise in a pathway most suited to their skills, career aspirations, and employer needs while undertaking core modules that will give them the necessary skills and competencies which are required in a variety of quality and lean management roles
The Bachelor of Arts in Law (Hons) programme will give the student the opportunity to study all the core aspects of Irish law. The Bachelor of Arts in Law (Hons) programme will give graduates the opportunity to progress to accredited education programmes and to pursue a legal career as a legal practitioner in organisations.
The Bachelor of Arts in Law (Hons)is designed to facilitate progression to the Law Society of Ireland (Solicitors), and approved by the Honourable Society of King’s Inns for the purpose of eligibility to sit the entrance exams for the Barrister-at-Law degree programme.
This programme contains three courses :
| TITLE | CODE | AWARD | ECTS Year 1 | ECTS Year 2 | ECTS Year 3 | ECTS Year 4 | ECTS Year 5 | TOTAL ECTS | TOTAL DURATION |
| Higher Certificate of Arts in Law (Level 6) (2.5 years) | AL_HLAW_6FS | Higher Certificate in Arts | 50 | 50 | 20 | – | – | 120 | 2.5 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Law (Level 7, Add-on)(1.5 years) | AL_HLAW_7FS | B.A | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | 60 | 2 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Law (Honours) (Level 8) (5 years) | AL_HLAW_BFS | B.A. (Hons) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 240 | 5 |
Contact Details
Student Advisors Midlands
Flexible Learning Team
What are the entry requirements?
Entry Requirements for Year 1 of the programme
Mature applicants (i.e. over 23 years)
or Leaving Certificate Grade 06 at Ordinary Level in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)
or QQI Level 5 Full award with a minimum of eight modules
or Recognition of Prior Learning (APL/APEL).
Programme Overview
| Bachelor of Arts in Law (Hons) (level 8) | ||
| Year 1 | SEM 1 | Legal Research and Writing |
| SEM 1 | Learning and Development for Higher Education | |
| SEM 2 | Constitutional Law | |
| SEM 2 | Contract Law | |
| Year 2 | SEM 1 | The Irish Legal System |
| SEM 1 | Criminal Law | |
| SEM 2 | Law of Torts | |
| YEAR 3 | SEM 1 | Administrative Law |
| SEM 1 | Employment Law | |
| SEM 2 | Land Law and Succession | |
| Year 4 | SEM 1 | Equity Law |
| SEM 1 | Company Law | |
| SEM 2 | European Union Law | |
| Year 5 | SEM 1 | Family Law |
| SEM 1 | Human Rights Law | |
| SEM 2 | Jurisprudence | |
| Year 6 | SEM 1 | Law of Evidence |
What are the entry requirements?
Entry Requirements for Year 1 of the programme
Mature applicants (i.e. over 23 years)
or Leaving Certificate Grade 06 at Ordinary Level in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)
or QQI Level 5 Full award with a minimum of eight modules
or Recognition of Prior Learning (APL/APEL).
This is a five year degree programme.
Students may chose to exit at various stages of this degree programme with the following exit awards
- Higher Certificate
- Bachelor of Business level 7 Ordinary degree
This programme will be delivered in a blended format. During each teaching semester, lectures will be delivered online on Monday and Wednesday from 6.30pm to 10pm with four (4) Saturday lectures 9am to 1pm. Student will be required to attend these Saturday lectures in person and which will be delivered in either the TUS Midlands campus, Athlone and or designated Learning Gate locations. The Learning Gate locations will be selected based on the geographical spread of registered students and proximity to designated Learning Gate locations.
TUS Learning Gates are located in a large number of remote Working Hubs in various parts of the country. The Learning Gates provide an opportunity for TUS students to meet, collaborate and attend face to face lectures/facilitated learning workshops.
Induction
Induction for the September 2024 programmes takes place on Saturday 7 September 2024 from 9.00am to 1.00pm. This Student Induction will take place online.
In advance, you will be required to review Pre-Induction reading material, available to you on https://tus.ie/flexible.
During Induction, you will be given the opportunity to:
– Meet your programme lecturers, programme co-ordinator and students
– Overview of the programme handbook, programme’s modules, assessments and delivery timetable
– Introduction to TUS learning systems including MS Office, Zoom, Moodle etc
– Outline of the learning supports available to you during the programme
This programme is funded under the Part Time Fee Scheme (SUSI) for Selected Undergraduate Programmes. For more information on this scheme see https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2024/si/370/made/en/pdf
This is a Government Funded Programme.
This programme is only open to successful applicants for SUSI funding for this particular programme
Students will be required to pay a deposit of €500 on registration, which will be returned to the student on approval of SUSI funding for the student and the student’s active engagement during the first four(4) weeks of the programme.
For more information on funding and how to apply see https://www.susi.ie/funding-for-part-time-undergraduate-courses/
Five Years – Exit routes available at level 6 and level 7, see progression for more info.
Graduates will be able to advance their careers in their current and future roles in their organisations by acquiring the requisite skills, knowledge and competencies to gain entry for solicitor and barrister professional qualification examinations for formal qualification as a solicitor/barrister with the relevant legal accreditation bodies
Successful graduates of this programme are eligible for Level 9 and 10 part-time postgraduate programmes within TUS and/or elsewhere.
Students have the option to graduate with a Higher Certificate, Ordinary Degree or Honours degree as exemplified in the table below:
| TITLE | CODE | AWARD | ECTS Year 1 | ECTS Year 2 | ECTS Year 3 | ECTS Year 4 | ECTS Year 5 | TOTAL ECTS | TOTAL DURATION |
| Higher Certificate of Arts in Law (Level 6) (2.5 years) | AL_HLAW_6FS | Higher Certificate in Arts | 50 | 50 | 20 | – | – | 120 | 2.5 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Law (Level 7, Add-on)(1.5 years) | AL_HLAW_7FS | B.A | 30 | 30 | – | – | – | 60 | 2 |
| Bachelor of Arts in Law (Honours) (Level 8) (5 years) | AL_HLAW_BFS | B.A. (Hons) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 240 | 5 |
It is recommended that you should complete the following steps
- Check that you meet the SUSI qualifying criteria
- Apply to SUSI for funding for your programme of choice
- Register your Interest with TUS for your programme of choice, to be completed on/before 26th Aug 2024
- Apply to TUS by Registering your Interest
Please note that this programme will NOT proceed during this academic year if there are not sufficient numbers of registered students. In advance of the proposed start date of this programme in Sept 2024, you will receive regular updates from TUS as to whether this programme will proceed in Sept 2024.
- Apply to SUSI for funding https://www.susi.ie/funding-for-part-time-undergraduate-courses/
Application Deadline
Applications are now open
Register your Interest by 26th Aug 2024