Diploma de Ensino Superior em Direito e Línguas

Knowledge and understanding

You’ll be able to demonstrate:

• The concepts values, rules and principles of the legal system in England and Wales, and some awareness of the powers exercised by the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
• A range of areas of substantive English law and their impact on individuals and society.
• The social, political, economic, historical and ethical dimensions of law.
• The ability to communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of at least two languages in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a good degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of aspects of the societies of the countries where each language is spoken (including aspects such as literature, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures).
• Solid intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with each language and the ability to describe and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies with your own.

Cognitive skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Ask and answer appropriate questions about law and legal systems, identifying gaps in your own knowledge.
• Combine and criticise various sources of legal authority, identify their merits and shortcomings, and make a reasoned choice between them.
• Apply legal principles and authority to develop reasoned answers to questions.
• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts for different audiences in your chosen modern language and/or English, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies.
• Write texts of different types in your chosen modern language and/or English, following appropriate structures and conventions, including academic language, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources.
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions in your chosen modern language, using appropriate discourse strategies.
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments and theories.

Practical and/or professional skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Conduct independent legal research.
• Identify, retrieve and evaluate legal information from a range of electronic and other sources.
• Acknowledge the sources of information that you have used, in a style appropriate to the task.
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, in English and your chosen language.

Key skills

You’ll be able to:

• Communicate relevant ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and work with a range of textual, numerical and statistical data.
• Reflect on your own learning and development, making effective use of feedback, and demonstrating a willingness to acknowledge and correct errors.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, critically evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately in complex contexts.
• Recognise and use effective learning strategies.

This diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit introductory law module. You’ll choose your language and study two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and a 60-credit language module in your chosen language.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

French

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• Estudos Franceses 1 (intermediário) (L112)

German

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to German studies (beginners) (L103)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• Estudos Alemães 1 (intermediário) (L113)

Spanish

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners) (L106)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• Spanish Studies 1 (intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

French

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• Estudos Franceses 2: língua e cultura do mundo francófono (L222)

You'll choose one from:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• Direito internacional, ambiental e espacial (W260)

German

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world (L223)

You'll choose one from:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• Direito internacional, ambiental e espacial (W260)

Spanish

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• Spanish studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (L226)

Você escolherá um entre:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

Habilidades para o desenvolvimento de carreira

Você desenvolverá um amplo conjunto de habilidades de empregabilidade, incluindo a capacidade de:

• Compreenda os assuntos fundamentais do direito e do sistema jurídico da Inglaterra e do País de Gales.
• Aplicar princípios legais para resolver problemas.
• Apresentar e fazer uma escolha fundamentada entre diferentes opiniões e soluções.
• Leia e discuta materiais jurídicos complexos e técnicos.
• Comunique-se de forma eficaz, clara e precisa com outras pessoas.
• Utilizar eficazmente as tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC).
• Gerencie o tempo e trabalhe de forma independente e como parte de uma equipe.
• Assuma a responsabilidade pelo seu próprio desenvolvimento pessoal, estabeleça objetivos realistas e alcance suas próprias metas.
• Gerencie e motive-se.
• Planeje, organize e priorize seu trabalho, avalie e reflita sobre ele.

Relevância na carreira

Estudar direito junto com um idioma moderno abre muitas opções de carreira em áreas relacionadas ao direito, negócios e finanças ou organizações internacionais. A sua compreensão de outra língua e das culturas que a utilizam é um trunfo que será altamente valorizado pelos empregadores e que ampliará as suas oportunidades no mercado internacional. Uma qualificação em direito e um idioma pode levar a oportunidades em uma ampla gama de áreas, tais como:

• Negócios e finanças.
• Serviço civil.
• Recursos humanos.
• Profissões paralegais.
• Jornalismo.
• Pesquisa.
• Tradução e interpretação.
• Edição e publicação.

Com nossa abordagem única de ensino à distância, você pode estudar em casa, no trabalho ou em qualquer lugar.

Você terá alguns prazos de avaliação a cumprir, mas, fora isso, estará livre para estudar nos horários que lhe forem mais convenientes, conciliando seu aprendizado com o trabalho, a família e a vida social.

Para cada um dos seus módulos, você usará apenas recursos online ou uma mistura de materiais online e impressos.

Cada módulo que você estudar terá um site de módulo com

• Um planejador de estudos semanais, que fornece um guia passo a passo durante seus estudos
• Materiais do curso, como leitura, vídeos, gravações e atividades autoavaliadas
• Fóruns de módulos para discussões e atividades colaborativas com outros alunos
• Detalhes de cada tarefa e suas datas de entrega
• Um sistema de reserva de tutoriais, salas de tutoriais online e os detalhes de contato do seu tutor
• Versões on-line de alguns materiais e recursos impressos do módulo.