Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Course

The graduate program in commercial law provides advanced offerings in this area for graduates in disciplines other than law. The extensive range of units enables students to develop and enhance their knowledge across the breadth of commercial law that includes corporate, banking and finance, and competition law, or to pursue some selected areas in greater depth. The program is attractive for those who seek to develop or expand a career in this area. The graduate program focuses upon both a thorough grounding in the fundamental principles of commercial law and its practical application as well as addressing advanced and current issues from both a local and international perspective.

The Master of Commercial Law caters for the needs of graduates in disciplines other than law who have an interest in the study of commercial law at an advanced level. It provides a formal course of training for non-law graduates working in law-related fields (eg accountants, company administrators, management personnel etc), and provides opportunities for non-law graduates to obtain a specialist qualification.

12 credit points

The course comprises eight 6-point coursework units or coursework units and a minor thesis.

Students must complete one of the following options:

• a minumum of five coursework units in the area of commercial law. The remaining three coursework units may be taken from the approved list of law units. Refer to the 'Areas of Study'.
• four coursework units with at least one unit in the area of commercial law and a minor thesis of 25,000-30,000 words on an approved topic in the area.
• six coursework units with at least three units in the area of commercial law and a minor thesis of 12,000-15,000 words on an approved topic in the area.

In order to qualify to undertake one of the minor thesis options, a student must have achieved a minimum of 70 per cent in each of the coursework units undertaken. Information on the minor thesis option is available at http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/enrol/re-enrol.html

Additional course requirements and recommendation:

• Students with a degree in a discipline other than law will be required to complete the unit LAW7212 Australian legal system.
• Students with a law degree from a non-Australian jurisdiction must complete the unit LAW7436 Introduction to Australian legal process.
• International students are recommended to undertake the unit LAW7285 Legal research and communications.

For further information regarding law units and specialisations visit

http://www.law.monash.edu.au/postgraduate/units-overview.html

Students are advised that not all units may be available in every year.

For information on the current postgraduate law timetable visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/t-tables/index.html

Areas of Study

• Commercial law

Law postgraduate elective units

• Law

Students may exit with a Graduate Diploma in Law (Commercial Law) providing all requirements for that award have been met.

Master of Commercial Law