C04149v4 Master of International Law
Award(s): Master of International Law (MIL)UAC code: 942404 (Autumn semester), 945404 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 032329K
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Levels of award
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Master of International Law allows lawyers and other professionals to extend their knowledge and gain expertise in the expanding and dynamic area of international law.
Course aims
This course aims to identify topics which underpin 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, 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
- intellectual property and trade: TRIPS.
Career options
Career options include lawyer, adviser to government or business specialising in international law issues, work within an international NGO, the United Nations or in organisations dedicated to development, lobbyist, activist, and public interest researcher.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Admission is at the discretion of the associate dean (teaching and learning).
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of one year of full-time or two years of part-time study.
Course structure
Two streams are available in the course:
- Students who hold an undergraduate legal qualification must complete eight option subjects (48 credit points).
- Students who hold an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than law must complete one core introductory subject (6 credit points) followed by an additional seven subjects (42 credit points).
Students who have completed an undergraduate legal qualification should contact the UTS Student Centre during enrolment if their study plan includes the Non-law graduate entrant stream (STM90115).
Course completion requirements
| Select one of the following: | 48cp | |
| STM90115 Non-law graduate entrant stream | 48cp | |
| STM90114 Law graduate entrant stream | 48cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course diagram
Course program
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:
Levels of award
To qualify for honours in the master's program candidates must complete the two-semester research project and attain a weighted average mark of 75 per cent across all subjects attempted.
Articulation with UTS courses
Graduate Certificate in International Law (C11129) candidates may internally transfer to the master's program. Subjects undertaken within the graduate certificate are recognised within the master's.
Other information
Further information for future students is available from:
telephone +61 2 9514 3660
email law@uts.edu.au
Further information for current students is available from:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
