Law and Social Policy

- Develop an awareness of law and the legal implications of business operations which is sought after by employers.

- Access the resources of the Andersonian Library, one of the finest in Scotland, offering a wide range of law reports, legislation, serials and monographs.

- Progress to our LLB (Graduate Entry) after completing a joint Honours degree with Law and another subject.

- Law studies the obligations and rights which members of society have in relation to each other and to the state. This new social policy degree programme gives you the opportunity to learn more about the social and economic challenges facing Scottish society and enables you to place these in a broader international and comparative perspective.

Ranked Top 10 in the UK for Law (The Times/Sunday Times University Ranking 2024); Ranked 1st in Scotland for Social Policy (The Times/Sunday Times University Ranking 2024).

This course is part of our flexible BA Humanities and Social Science Degree programme. With our BA (Honours) degree you can choose from subjects in Humanities, Social Sciences and Business, with two of your three subject choices taught by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.

The BA degree is a three year course and the Honours degree is normally a four year course. This allows you to try new subjects, develop your own ideas, develop a broad range of knowledge and enhance your employability.

You should only enter one of the UCAS codes on your application form. Acceptance on one of these subject codes will enable you to study any combination of subjects. Only one application will be considered. This is lifted from page 50 of the prospectus.

https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/flexiblebadegree/

Every one of our flexible BA options gives students the chance to gain valuable professional experience as part of a credit-bearing work placement class in their third or fourth year. Learn more about placements- https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/undergraduate/placements/