C04264v1 Master of Legal Studies
Award(s): Master of Legal Studies (MLS)UAC code: 940406 (Autumn semester, Spring semester, Summer session)
CRICOS code: 080598B
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 96
Course EFTSL: 2
Location: City campus
Notes
The Master of Legal Studies is not a professional legal qualification. Applicants seeking to be admitted to practice should refer to the Juris Doctor (C04236) or the Bachelor of Laws (C10124). Students may apply for some subjects undertaken within the Master of Legal Studies to be credited towards these degrees.
Overview
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The UTS: Law Legal Studies program meets the growing market need for non-law graduates working in the public and private sectors to have a thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory framework in which they operate. This includes an understanding of foundational legal concepts such as contract law and tort law, methods of legal research and theory, as well as the opportunity to develop expertise in specialist legal areas such as compliance and intellectual property law.
The Master of Legal Studies attracts students from a wide variety of backgrounds interested in expanding their skills to include an understanding of the legal framework, including professionals from the insurance, human resources, banking and finance industries, managers and administrators, and HSC legal studies teachers.
Career options
The program particularly benefits accountants and auditors, business development managers, compliance managers, engineers and architects, financial advisers and planners, IT professionals, law enforcement officers, paralegals, policy officers in the public, private and non-profit sectors, property developers, and public sector managers and administrators (especially those who work in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Attorney-General's Department and Treasury).
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.
An applicant's bachelor's degree must be in a discipline other than law. 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.
Credit recognition
General and course-specific credit recognition information regarding the Master of Legal Studies is available at postgraduate course information.
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of two years of full-time or four years of part-time study. Subjects may also be available in Summer session, allowing accelerated progression.
The course features a variety of attendance patterns, including intensive block attendance and weekly on-campus evening classes.
Course structure
The course requires completion of core subjects (48 credit points), including one compulsory introductory subject and a choice of five further foundation subjects, plus a further eight option subjects (48 credit points). (Refer to the course entry in the UTS: Handbook 2014 for the pre-2015 course structure. For a current listing of subjects in each course, refer to the study package directory).
Core subjects are timetabled in Autumn and Spring semesters and option subjects are regularly timetabled but not all option 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
| STM90834 Core subjects (PG Legal Studies) | 48cp | |
| CBK90928 Options (Legal Studies) | 48cp | |
| Total | 96cp |
Course program
A sample full-time program is shown below.
Optional subjects are regularly timetabled but not all options are offered in any one semester. Optional subjects are timetabled subject to sufficient student interest. The introductory core law subject, 70102 Foundations of Law, is timetabled in both semesters and in Summer session.
The current timetable can be found at:
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70102 Foundations of Law | 8cp | |
| 70114 Criminal Law and Procedure | 8cp | |
| 70103 Ethics Law and Justice | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70311 Torts | 8cp | |
| 70616 Australian Constitutional Law | 8cp | |
| 70211 Contracts | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| CBK90928 Options (Legal Studies) | 48cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 24 credit points from the following: | 24cp | |
| CBK90928 Options (Legal Studies) | 48cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
Subjects undertaken within the Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (C07122) are recognised within the Master of Legal Studies. Students enrolled in the graduate diploma may apply to internally transfer to the master's program. Candidates are not awarded the graduate diploma but subjects undertaken are applied towards the master's.
Subjects undertaken within the Juris Doctor (C04236) are recognised within the Master of Legal Studies. Students enrolled in the Juris Doctor may apply to internally transfer to the master's program. Candidates are not awarded the Juris Doctor but subjects undertaken 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)
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
