SHE level 9 SCQF credit points 20 ECTS credit points 10 Module code M3M125736 Module Leader School Glasgow School for Business and Society Subject Law Trimester A (September start), B (January start)
Summary of content This module is designed to give student a wide perspective of legal matters affecting the built and natural environment that are often taught separately, based upon a theme of property rights and contractual and statutory rights as they relate to land and buildings, water, neighbouring interests, and community rights. Content will include the nature and types of property rights conveyancing issues concerning the processes of creation and transmission of property rights in the built and natural environment leases title conditions tenement properties land reform, the planning process standard forms of construction contracts and rights and duties in environmental law.
Module details Syllabus arrow_forward The following topics will be covered in the syllabus:
Learning outcomes arrow_forward On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:
Teaching / learning strategy arrow_forward Traditional strategy of lectures supported by handouts and directed reading, augmented with audio visual materials via GCU-Learn. Seminars shall reinforce lecture material by engendering class discussion on preset questions related to lecture materials. In order to encourage contribution by student in seminars there will be a max of 10% to be gained in 1% increments per seminar, which counts towards the summative module mark.
Indicative reading arrow_forward Transferrable skills arrow_forward By the end of module students should have gained competence in the following key areas:
Module structure Activity Total hours Lectures 24.00 Seminars 12.00 Independent Learning 114.00 Assessment 50.00
Assessment methods Component Duration Weighting Threshold Description Course Work001 50 35 Coursework Exam002 2 50 35 Unseen
