Modules for Bachelors’ Degree in Law

N° Module Code Module Title Credit Hours
1 LAW 101 Skills of Oral and Writing Expression  
2 LAW 102 Research Skills 12 120
    Unit 1 : Introduction to Scientific Research 8 80
    Unit 1 : Introduction to ICT 4 40
3 LAW 103 Introduction to Law 12 120
Unit 1 : Introduction to Private Law 4 40
Unit 2 : Introduction to Public Law    
4 LAW 104 Encyclopedia I 12 120
Unit1: History of Law 6 60
Unit 2 : Formal Logic 6 60
5 LAW 105 Introduction to Economics 12 120
    Unit 1: Principles of Economics 5 50
    Unit 2: General Accounting 7 70
6 LAW 106 Encyclopedia II 12 120
    Unit 1: Sociology of Law 6 60
    Unit 2: Psychology of Law 6 60
7 LAW 107 Ethics, Rwandan Culture and Civic Education 12 120
8 LAW 108 Family Law and Law of Persons 12 120
Unit 1: Family Law 7 70
Unit 2: Law of Persons 5 50
9 LAW 109 General Constitutional Law 12 120
    Unit 1: Theory of State 6 60
    Unit 2: Electoral Systems 6 60
10 LAW 110 General Criminal Law 12 120
Total     120 1200

N° Module Code Module Title Credit Hours
1 LAW 201 Law of obligations 12 120
Unit 1: Law of contractual liability 6 60
Unit 2: Law tort liability 6 60
2 LAW 202 Property and Land 12 120
    Unit 1: Property Law 8 80
    Unit 2: Land Law 4 40
3 LAW 203 Communication skills 12 120
Unit1: Kinyarwanda Legal Terminology 4 40
Unit 2: English Legal Terminology 4 40
Unit 3: ICT Skills 40 40
4 LAW 204 Criminology and Criminalistic 12 120
Unit 1: Criminology 6 60
Unit 2: Criminolistic 6 60
5 LAW 205 Criminal Procedure 12 120
6 LAW 206 Organization, Functioning and Jurisdiction of Court 12 120
7 LAW 207 Civil, commercial, Labour and administrative procedure and law of evidences 12 120
    Unit 1: CCLAP 8 80
    Unit 2: Law of Evidences 4 40
8 LAW 208 Comparative Law 12 120
Unit 1. Comparative Law I 6 60
Unit 2. Comparative Law II 6 60
9 LAW 209 Specific crimes 12 120
    Unit 1: Common Crimes 8 80
    Unit 2: Economic Crimes 4 40
10 LAW 210 General Administrative Law 12 120
    Unit 1: Means of action of administration 7 70
    Unit 2: Administrative organisation 5 50
Total     120 1200

N° Module code Module Title Credits Hours
1 LAW 301 Research and Practices 12 120
Unit 1: Research Methodology 4

 

 40

 
Unit 2: ICT Skills

 

 4 40
Unit 3: English Skills 4 40
2 LAW 302 Legal Practices 12 120
Unit 1: Seminars: Private Law/ Public

Law

 4 40
Unit 2: Legal Clinic 8 80
3 LAW303 Fiscal Law and Public Finance 12 120
Unit 1: Fiscal Law 8 80
Unit 2: Public Finance Law 4 40
4. LAW 304 Labor and Social Security 12 120
Unit 1: Labor Law 6 60
Unit 2: Social Security

 

 6 60
5 LAW 305 Public International Law

Unit 1: Law of Treaties

Unit 2: International Organizations

 12

6

6

 120

60

60
6 LAW 306 Gender and Family Property Law

 

 12

 

 120

 
Unit 1: Law on Matrimonial Regimes,

Successions and Liberalities

 

 8 80
Unit 2: Gender and Law 4 40
7 LAW 307 Civil and Insurance Contracts Law

 

 12 120

 
Unit 1: Specific Civil Contracts

 

 

 

 6

 

 

 

 60

 

 
Unit 2 : Insurance Law 6 60
8

 

 

 

 LAW 308

 

 

 

 Commercial law 12

 

 120
Unit 1: General Commercial Law

 

 7 70
Unit 2: Company Law 5 50
9 LAW 309 International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights 12 120
Unit 1: International Humanitarian Law

 

 7 70
Unit 2: Human Rights 5 50
10 LAW 310 Optional Courses (Private Law) 12

 

 120

 

 
Unit 1: Law of Competition and

Consumer Protection

 4 40
Unit 2: Transport Law 4 40
Unit 3 : International Comparative

Labor Law

 

 

 4 40
11

 

 LAW 311 Optional Courses (Public Law) 12 120
Unit 1: Public Administration and

Administrative Contention

 4 40
Unit 2: Good Governance 4 40
Unit 3: Environmental Law 4 40
Total   120 1200

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