Unisa LLB Modules 2025-2026

Unisa LLB Modules 2025-2026

How to Choose Your UNISA LLB Modules for the 2025-2026 Academic Year:

Unisa’s LLB programme is aimed to offer students a strong foundation in legal ideas, processes, and critical thinking. This certificate is required for people wishing to practise law in South Africa and gain a comprehensive grasp of the country’s legal system. Whether you’re a recent high school graduate or a working professional looking for a career move, the Unisa LLB modules can accommodate students from all walks of life.

The goal of this generic qualification for LLB is to enable employers, professional associations, curriculum developers and providers of learning programs, educational and training bodies, accrediting bodies and moderators, and students and their families to understand the factors that determine the degree and nature of the qualification for LLB.

It may take a little time before you receive confirmation of your registration. While you are waiting, it is a good idea to start preparing for your studies. Once you have received confirmation of your registration, you need to register on myUnisa, the university’s online student portal where you can download your study material, including your tutorial letters.

READ: UNISA College of Law 2025

Who Can Register For Unisa LLB Modules 2025-2026

• Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online. Unisa reserves the right to not process and/or cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification.
• Re-registering students may register for the 2025 academic year once the registration period opens.

Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.

Unisa Bachelor of Laws

• Qualification code: 98680
• NQF level: 8
• Total credits: 480
• SAQA ID: 6009
• APS/AS: 20

Unisa LLB Modules 2025-2026

The Unisa LLB programme is divided into four levels, each of which includes a variety of modules covering various topics of the law. LLB degree comprises 40 modules: 37 compulsory modules and 3 optional modules. The following are Unisa LLB modules;

First level
Group A. Compulsory

• Language Through an African Lens
• Financial Accounting Principles for Law Practitioners
• Historical Foundations of South African Law
• Introduction to Law
• Introduction to Research Methodology for Law and Criminal Justice
• Law of Persons
• Introduction to African Philosophy
• Skills Course for Law Students
• Social Dimensions of Justice

Group B: Choose ONE of the following non-law modules at NQF level 5

• Introduction to Criminology: Crime, Offenders and Criminal Behaviour
• Introduction to Criminology: Victims and Reduction of Crime
• Multilingualism: the Role of Language in the South African Context

Second level

• Administrative Law
• General Principles of Criminal Law
• Criminal Law: Specific Crimes
• Constitutional Law
• Fundamental Right
• African Customary Law
• Interpretation of Statutes
• Entrepreneurial Law
• Family Law
• Law of Succession

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READ: UNISA Law Courses 2025-2026

How To Choose Unisa LLB Modules 2025-2026

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF-level credits within a certain amount of time to graduate.

• Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.
• Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.

You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits/modules per academic year and/or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.

The maximum number of credits does not include supplementary and/or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must consider your available time when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

• 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
• 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

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UNISA Contact Information

Please contact Unisa at the following address:

• Preller Street, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria
• Sunnyside campus (applications, registrations & learning centre):
• Cnr Justice Mahomed & Steve Biko Streets, Sunnyside, Pretoria
• Tel: 0800 005 311
• Email: unisa@whistleblowing.co.za

The UNISA LLB courses offer an excellent chance for aspiring legal professionals to realize their full potential, acquire vital legal skills, and contribute to the pursuit of justice. The UNISA LLB programme continues to attract dedicated students who are enthusiastic about law and the pursuit of legal excellence, thanks to its extensive curriculum, flexible study choices, and prestigious reputation. Visit the official website of UNISA for more information.

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