Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Area of Study

Corporate governance

Corporate governance examines the way corporations are structured and the accountability mechanisms which seek to ensure that the various stakeholder and environmental interests are appropriately considered.

Corporate law

Corporate Law provides a thorough examination of the underlying principles of the law regulating companies in Australia. It facilitates a straightforward understanding of an area that is easily obscured by the complexity and detail of its rules.

Corporate law

Four units (24 points) from the following list:

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• BTX5090 Good governance and accountability in non-profit and social enterprises
• BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• BTX5150 Law of marketing
• BTX5180 Financial services regulation
• BTX5541 Advanced corporations law
• BTX9541 Corporations law and trusts (only to be taken if no previous corporate law study)

Corporate governance

Six units (36 points) from the following list:

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• BTX5090 Good governance and accountability in non-profit and social enterprises
• BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• BTX5150 Law of marketing
• BTX5180 Financial services regulation
• BTX5541 Corporations law

Related disciplines

Students may be interested in the following disciplines which have some relationship to Corporate law:

• Business law and Business regulation
• Taxation

Graduate Student Office

Telephone: +61 3 9903 1400

Fax: + 61 3 9903 1357

Email: buseco-postgrad@monash.edu.au

Corporate law is available in the following courses:

• 1679 Graduate Certificate in Business
• 3848 Graduate Diploma in Business
• 3159 Master of Business Law
• 4401 Master of Business (Accounting) and Master of Business Law
• 3843 Master of Professional Accounting and Master of Business Law

Corporate governance is available in the following course:

• 3844 Master of Business