C06122v1 Graduate Diploma in Migration Law and Practice
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Migration Law and Practice (GradDipMigLawPrac)UAC code: 940409 (Autumn session, Spring session)
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 36
Course EFTSL: 0.75
Location: Distance
Notes
This course is only available by distance mode. International students are not eligible for a student visa to study this course in Australia.
Overview
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course allows students to develop expertise in migration law and practice. The course offers students an integrated program with a focus on applied knowledge and practical skills.
This course is undertaken entirely online, removing the need for students to attend face-to-face classes. All lectures, tutorials, course materials and assessments are distributed by a combination of web-based technology and electronic media. Optional on-campus workshops for each subject and an internship opportunity are also offered. Some course materials are available on YouTube. Audio recordings and/or PowerPoint slides can be made available for the weekly lectures and workshops to accommodate students based outside of Australia who undertake this course in countries where YouTube access is restricted.
On completion of this course, students intending to work in the area of migration practice have the required knowledge and skills to provide immigration assistance, and are eligible to sit a capstone exam approved and facilitated externally by the Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority to satisfy the prescribed knowledge requirements for registration as an Australian migration agent.
Career options
Career options include registration as a migration agent and specialist work in the migration advice and policy industry, provided non-lawyer graduates also pass a Capstone exam approved and facilitated externally by Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority and fulfil all other prescribed requirements for registration.
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.
For this course the equivalent qualification required is a bachelor's degree in law or a discipline other than law or a law qualification from an overseas jurisdiction. Admission is at the discretion of the associate dean (education).
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: 176-184.
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
Students who have completed subjects in the Migration Law and Practice graduate certificates from the Australian National University, Griffith University, Victoria University or Murdoch University may be granted up to a maximum of 18 unspecified credit points of credit recognition towards this course. Students who have attained a law degree and who have been admitted to practise law in a common law jurisdiction may be granted exemptions for subjects 78300 Introduction to Migration Law and 78305 Migration Law in Practice. Applicants are required to provide evidence of admission to practise, e.g. a practising certificate or equivalent from their home jurisdiction, with their Credit Recognition application.
General credit recognition information regarding the Graduate Diploma in Migration Law and Practice is available at postgraduate course information.
Course duration and attendance
The standard course can be completed in one year of full-time or one-and-a-half years of part-time study. There are three intakes a year (in Autumn, Spring and Summer sessions).
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 36 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (six subjects).
Industrial training/professional practice
This course covers the Occupational Competency Standards for registered migration agents.
Course completion requirements
| STM91220 Core (Migration Law and Practice) | 36cp | |
| Total | 36cp |
Course program
Typical full-time and part-time programs are shown below for students commencing the course in Autumn session.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 78300 Introduction to Migration Law | 6cp | |
| 78301 Australia's Visa System | 6cp | |
| 78302 Bridging Visas, Work Visas and Study Visas | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 78303 Family Visas, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas, and Miscellaneous Visas | 6cp | |
| 78304 Compliance and Review of Visa Decisions | 6cp | |
| 78305 Migration Law in Practice | 6cp | |
| Autumn commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 78300 Introduction to Migration Law | 6cp | |
| 78301 Australia's Visa System | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 78302 Bridging Visas, Work Visas and Study Visas | 6cp | |
| 78303 Family Visas, Refugee and Humanitarian Visas, and Miscellaneous Visas | 6cp | |
| Summer session | ||
| 78304 Compliance and Review of Visa Decisions | 6cp | |
| 78305 Migration Law in Practice | 6cp | |
Professional recognition
The prescribed knowledge requirements for registration as a migration agent with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority in Australia can be fulfilled by completing all accredited subjects in this course and passing an external Capstone exam approved and facilitated externally by the Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA).
Other information
Further information for future students is available on:
telephone +61 2 9514 3660
email law@uts.edu.au
Further information for current students is available on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
Ask UTS
