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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Law and Procurement
Reference	SU2225	Version	6
Created	July 2021	SCQF Level	SCQF 8
Approved	May 2006	SCQF Points	15
Amended	September 2021	ECTS Points	7.5

Aims of Module
To provide the student with the ability to understand the basic principles of Scots Law and procurement within the built environment and to assess administrative and legal principles and proceedures in a built environment context.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1	Correctly apply knowledge and understanding of the basics of Scots contract law and reparation law in the context of the built environment.
2	Distinguish between the charateritics and uses of standard forms of contract.
3	Analyse and compare traditional and contemporary procurement practice.

Indicative Module Content
The module will focus upon Scots Law in relation to the law of contract and reparation. An analysis of specific contractual terms, trends and developments will be studied as will issues of construction contract administration. The selection and use of procurement systems will be explored as will relevant contract forms and associated documentation.

Module Delivery
This module is delivered via two modes, one with attendance for full time and the other distance learning via the University Virtual Campus (VC) for Distance Learning students. For full time students this is predominantly a lecture based module supplemented with tutorials/seminars and or workshops. A substantial part of the module is devoted to student centred learning in the form of directed reading of legal journals, core texts and resource material. For distance learning students this is a student centred learning experience in the form of participation in VC collaboration/discussion tools focusing on directed reading of legal journals, core texts and resource material.

Module Delivery

This module is delivered via two modes, one with attendance for full time and the other distance learning via the University Virtual Campus (VC) for Distance Learning students. For full time students this is predominantly a lecture based module supplemented with tutorials/seminars and or workshops. A substantial part of the module is devoted to student centred learning in the form of directed reading of legal journals, core texts and resource material. For distance learning students this is a student centred learning experience in the form of participation in VC collaboration/discussion tools focusing on directed reading of legal journals, core texts and resource material.

Indicative Student Workload	Full Time	Part Time
Contact Hours	40	N/A
Non-Contact Hours	110	N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours	N/A	N/A
TOTAL	150	N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type:	Examination	Weighting:	100%	Outcomes Assessed:	1, 2, 3
Description:	An examination.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
The overall module grade is based on 100% weighting of Component 1 (Examination). An overall minimum grade D is required to pass the module. Non-submission will result in an NS grade.
Module Grade	Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
A	A
B	B
C	C
D	D
E	E
F	F
NS	Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module	None, in addition to course entry requirements.
Corequisites for module	None.
Precluded Modules	None.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
This module is intended to give students an introduction to the fundamentals of law and procurement studies in a built environment context, a topic which supports almost all of the other course modules. The entrance requirements to this course identify that the students already posses analytical and critical skills and it is not intended to test these here where the focus is upon the acquisition and understanding of law and procurement studies basics.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

This module is intended to give students an introduction to the fundamentals of law and procurement studies in a built environment context, a topic which supports almost all of the other course modules. The entrance requirements to this course identify that the students already posses analytical and critical skills and it is not intended to test these here where the focus is upon the acquisition and understanding of law and procurement studies basics.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1	ASHTON, C., 2003. Fundamentals of Scots Law; Edinburgh: Thomson, W Green.
2	Strategic procurement in construction : towards better practice in the management of construction supply chains Name Cox, Andrew. Call number 690.068 COX
3	Procurement of built assets Name Cartlidge, Duncan P. Publisher: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Pub date: 2004.
4	MACROBERTS; 1999. Scottish building contracts. London: Blackwell.
5	Building procurement Name Morledge, Roy. Publisher: Blackwell Science, Pub date: 2006.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

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