LLB Law with Politics,
About this course
LLB in Politics, International Relations and Law. Core topics include Research Methods, Legal Analysis, and Policy Analysis. The programme includes a final-year law dissertation and offers Welsh language law modules such as Cyfraith Camwedd and Cyfraith Troseddol. Core legal subjects cover the academic stage required by the Bar Standards Board and provide a basis for the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB-CCC IB: 32 points
What students say
Based on about 112 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 85%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 295 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 91%
- Left higher education: 9%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 1%
What graduates do next
Based on about 43 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 59%
- Working and studying: 9%
- Further study: 17%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Natural and social science professionals: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 65%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 250 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 7%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 11%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 10%
- Wales: 52%
Who gets in
Based on about 235 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 78%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- Access course: 3%
- A degree: 9%
- Other HE qualification: 4%
- Other qualifications: 3%
- No formal qualifications: 2%
Modules
- Public Law
- Law, Professionalism and Ethics
- Interpreting Politics: The Faces and Uses of Power
- Tort Law
- Cyfraith Camwedd
- Contract Law
- Cyfraith Contract
- Equity and Trusts
- The State and Political Institutions
- The History of Political Thought
- British Politics and Public Policy
- Criminal Law
- Cyfraith Troseddol
- Land Law
- Cyfraith Tir
- Researching Politics 1
- Cyfraith Hywel
- Employment Law: Rights and Obligations
- Counter-terrorism Law
- Criminal Evidence
- Cybercrime
- Jurisprudence
- Company Law: Incorporation, Constitution and Control
- Law Dissertation
- Traethawd hir yn y Gyfraith
- Foundations in LegalTech
- Clinical Legal Education
- EU Law in Context
- Law of Succession
- Cyfraith Etifeddiant
- World Trade Law
- Cyfraith Masnach Ryngwladol
- Law, Science and Technology (LST)
- Law and the Nature Crisis
- Employment Law: Enforcing Rights
- Negotiations
- Negodiadau
- Criminal Evidence Law and Psychology
- Cyfraith Tystiolaeth Droseddol a Seicoleg
- Human Rights & Social Justice
- Company Law: Governance, Rights and Liquidation
- Cymraeg y Gyfraith
- Family and Child Law
- Cyfraith Plant a Theuluoedd
- Intellectual Property Law
- Advocacy
- Eiriolaeth
- The Law of Devolution in Wales
- Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump
- Researching Politics 2
- America and the Bomb
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of LLB Law with Politics, at Swansea University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £37,000. The £29,000 median after five years is £5,000 less than the UK median for Politics.
What do graduates of LLB Law with Politics, at Swansea University do next?
86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on LLB Law with Politics, at Swansea University?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for LLB Law with Politics, at Swansea University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
How many students continue on LLB Law with Politics, at Swansea University?
91% of students continued into their second year, and 9% left higher education.