Criminal law is one of the seven foundation modules required for a qualifying law degree in England and Wales and is a core requirement of the University of London LLB and CertHE Common Law programmes. This module is concerned with the general principles of criminal liability, fatal and non-fatal offences against the person and offences against property. Attempts to commit offences, secondary liability and defences also form part of the curriculum.

The students of the UOL generally gets the opportunity to sit for the examination twice (May & October) in an academic year. The question of this module is divided in two parts, where a compulsory Part A is problem and short question based. On the other hand students in Part B is required to answer 3 out of 7 question. Where they can get both the problem and essay questions. The students will be evaluated with 100 marks question which will be completely written based examination.