LLB and LLB with Business students may apply to spend the third year of their course on the American Exchange Programme at either Charlotte in North Carolina or Grand Rapids in Michigan. Selection is made on academic merit subject to students being able to establish ability to fund the year. Students choose modules available at Charlotte or Grand Rapids which are relevant to their studies at Kingston. Students whose degree courses have included a year on the exchange programme are awarded a degree which recognises the international aspect of their experience. Assessment includes a variety of different types of coursework and examinations.
Examinations only take place at the end of the academic year.
The six week teaching break in December and January between the two semesters is used to complete coursework. Each subject area will include at least 25 per cent course work assessment. We welcome applications from mature students. In the past few years about a fifth of our students have been mature. We usually expect mature students to have been recently undertaking some formal study or have equivalent experience.