Business Law and Practice (M6006)
15 credits, Level 5
Spring teaching
On this module, you’ll explore the law and practice of business organisations, covering their formation, management, and dissolution. You’ll examine:
- different forms of business entities
- day-to-day business management and stakeholder interests
- legal requirements, including reporting and taxation.
This module provides a foundational understanding of business law and practice, helping you develop key commercial awareness.
Teaching
67%: Lecture
33%: Seminar
Assessment
25%: Examination (Multiple choice questions)
75%: Written assessment (Essay)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 25 hours of contact time and about 125 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
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