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
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
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 Graduate Certificate in 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
The course identifies a range of topics that 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
- intellectual property and trade: TRIPS.
Career options
Career options include lawyer, or adviser to government or business specialising in international law issues, working 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.
Applicants who provide evidence of equivalent work experience are also considered.
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 semester of full-time or one year of part-time study.
Course structure
Two streams are available within the course:
- Students who hold an undergraduate legal qualification must complete four option subjects (24 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 three subjects (18 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 (STM90113).
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 | |
| STM90113 Non-law graduate entrant stream | 24cp | |
| STM90112 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
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
