C11129v4 Graduate Certificate in International Law
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in International Law (GradCertLaw)UAC code: 942405 (Autumn semester), 945405 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 032350B
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
Note that completion of a bachelor's degree does not guarantee entry into this course. Admission is at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning).
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The UTS International Law program allows lawyers and other professionals to extend their knowledge and gain expertise in the expanding and dynamic area of international law.
Course aims
The course identifies a range of topics which underpin current and ongoing areas of study in international law, namely:
- multilateral liberalisation of trade in goods and services — GATT 1994, GATS and WTO
- the role of regional trading blocs — NAFTA, ASEAN, EU, CER, MERCOUSOR
- exceptions to liberalisation — agriculture, textiles and clothing, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, and music and film
- anti-dumping and countervailing duties in a global economy
- foreign investment and the multilateral investment agreement
- regulation of financial markets — the Asian experience
- international commercial arbitration
- dispute resolution and the WTO, and
- intellectual property and trade — TRIPS.
Career options
Career options include legal practitioner or adviser to government or business specialising in international law.
Admission requirements
Applicants require a bachelor's degree.
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of one semester of full-time or one year of part-time study.
Course structure
Two streams are available within the International Law program.
- Students who hold an undergraduate legal qualification commence with a core introductory subject (6 credit points) followed by an additional three subjects (18 credit points).
- Students who hold an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than law commence with two core introductory subjects (12 credit points) followed by an additional two subjects (12 credit points).
The list of subjects from which the options are chosen can be found under the Master of International Law (C04149) entry.
Subjects are regularly timetabled but not all subjects listed are offered in any one semester. Timetabled subjects are offered subject to sufficient student interest. The current timetable can be found at:
Course completion requirements
| Select one of the following: | 24cp | |
| STM90112 Law graduate entrant stream | 24cp | |
| STM90113 Non-law graduate entrant stream | 24cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Course diagram
Articulation with UTS courses
Subjects undertaken within the Graduate Certificate in International Law are recognised within the Master of International Law (C04149). Students enrolled in the graduate certificate may apply to internally transfer to the master's. Successful candidates are not awarded the graduate certificate but subjects undertaken within the graduate certificate are applied towards the master's.
Other information
Future students
Further information is available from:
email law@uts.edu.au
Current students
Further information is available from:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
