LLB (Hons) Law with Business Bachelor's degree at Essex Online

Introduction to the English legal system, including case analysis and statutory interpretation. Develop understanding of the role of lawyers in society and duties upon their conduct. Develop interpretive and critical reading skills, as well as essential skills in legal writing, presentation and interviewing.

Introduction to substantive criminal law, including the classification of offences and modes of participation. Understanding of principles of criminal liability and elements of major offences, including homicide, theft and offences against the person. Explore defences, sentencing and inchoate offences.

Constitutional law, administrative law and human rights law. Examine key constitutional principles such as separation of powers, the rule of law and constitutional conventions. Cover the legal framework that underpins the UK judiciary, executive and parliament, and explore the Human Rights Act and European Convention on Human Rights.

Learn about the internal and external environment of organisations and explore how it impacts people, technology and resources. Provide grounding in approaches to organisation management.

Distinguish between the role of leader and manager, and understand how to establish effective teams to increase motivation in the workplace. Develop understanding of effective communication channels leaders employ, as well as the overall communication process.

Examine the modern marketing environment and the four main decision-making areas to consider in business. Progress into psychological aspects, such as buyer behaviour and consumer influence, while developing an understanding of the role of marketing in society as a whole.

Explore the complexities of human resource management. Gain critical understanding of HR theories and practices in a global context, as well as awareness of ideologies within a wider social, political and economic setting. Consider the strategic influences of stakeholders on business performance.

Cover topics such as budgeting, cost management and capital investment analysis, while developing ability to analyse and evaluate performance. Make decisions based on financial information.

Discover the principles of contract law and application, on both an academic and practice basis. Explore key topics, including consideration, promissory estoppel, termination and remedies. Critically evaluate the relationship between key contract law rules and apply these to solve legal problems.

Explore key torts and principles including defamation, duty of care, negligence, trespass to the person and vicarious liability. Cover defences and remedies for aggrieved parties.

Learn to distinguish between land and property, and cover topics such as co-ownership of homes, mortgage law, landlord and tenant law, the law of easements and restrictive covenants.

Learn how to maximise scarce resources to produce goods and services in an efficient and cost-effective way, while developing skills required to recommend changes and improvements to strategic operations and supply chain.

Provide insight into organisational culture and contemporary models of leadership. Examine effective leadership attributes and approaches to managing change across people, processes and culture. Successfully evaluate the leader's role in change management.

Introduce selling as an element of the marketing process, alongside marketing and sales planning strategies. Explore consumer buyer behaviour, key account management strategies, sales management responsibilities and selling techniques – from personal to relationship and multi-channel.

Gain grounding in financial management in a global healthcare context. Explore theoretical and practical issues associated with effective financial management taking into consideration the complexity of the healthcare environment in a global setting. Introduced to concepts of business performance, budgeting, financial reporting, income generation, investment and models of funding.

Cover a range of topics from business strategy to risk management and financial basis. Assess risk and its impact on a business. Apply understanding to key business functions, including finance, marketing and human resource management.

Explore the theories and concepts utilised for effective project management and the use of contemporary project management software. Gain insight from case studies and delve into project management knowledge areas and process groups while using specialist project management software.

Deepen understanding of the theory of communication and its innate impact on marketing messages, its ability to convey ideas and influence different marketing channels. Identify the key elements of communications strategy and review the impact and importance of new technologies.

Analyse the concepts of consumer research, market segmentation and motivation – while focusing on individual personality, perceptions, attitudes and learning. Identify the influence of groups on consumer behaviour and evaluate the consumer decision-making process.

Delve into the nature of EU law, and the roles and functions of its institutions. Gain insight on how EU law interacts with key decision-making procedures within organisations – while exploring the considerations that need to be taken with regards to different legal documentation.

Explore the principles of the establishment and management of trusts and complex property transactions. Provides an ideal starting point to undertake independent research, giving opportunity to identify key legal issues and apply solutions to solve the problem.

Focus on the creation, alteration and revocation of wills and the administration of estates. Critically engage with relevant legal concepts, values, principles and rules of English Law by exploring the relationship between them, and appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge.

Benefit from an engaging introduction to the key theories, approaches and concepts which form business strategy. Critically evaluate the limitations of emerging schools of thoughts and how they best work in practice.

Expand and reinforce the knowledge gained from study. Under the guidance of your supervisor, complete a written dissertation on a topic of interest – allowing you to demonstrate your research, analytical and critical thinking skills.

Develop understanding of the role strategic human resource management plays in organisational effectiveness. Explore processes that include workforce planning; performance management; employment relations and reward; and learn how these processes contribute to the overall operational success of the business.

Examine the development of international marketing strategy as a planned response to the global business environment. Develop a solid understanding and appreciation of the underlying theories of international marketing, and critically assess the various steps taken by an organisation when looking to internationalise.

Develop understanding of business finance and its applications to the decision-making process in organisations. Work through the theoretical concepts and approaches to finance management within a domestic context – before critically analysing opportunities for expansion and divestment.