courses

3393

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Course

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Law

Managing facultyLaw
Abbreviated titleMRegSt
CRICOS code055069B
Total credit points required48
Standard duration of study (years)1 year FT, 4 years PT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (City (Melbourne))
Admission, fee and application details http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/3393
Contact details

Coordinator Postgraduate Admissions and Publications Email: law-postgraduate@monash.edu Telephone: +61 3 9903 8500

Course coordinator

Associate Professor Moira Paterson

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

This innovative masters degree is being offered by the Faculty of Law in conjunction with the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The study of regulation is a relatively new discipline which both links and transcends the boundaries between the disciplines of economics, law, politics, criminology, sociology, psychology, organisational theory, public administration and health. To date, it has been at the periphery of most of these fields. This course will provide practitioners and scholars in these fields with a core set of ideas, theories and skills to apply to their activities.

Outcomes

The Master of Regulatory Studies provides a broad understanding of regulatory processes and techniques applicable across a range of regulated activities. It provides an understanding of law, economics and public policy for persons working in government in policy development, regulatory enforcement or the development of regulatory legislation, in private industry, law firms and in academia. The course provides current and future practitioners with the appropriate theories and skills to deal with the regulatory challenges that arise in all areas of national and international activity.

Maximum credit allowed

12 credit points

Structure

This course comprises eight six-point coursework units.

Requirements

Students are required to complete three core units and the remaining five coursework units must be selected from the list of prescribed electives.

Core units

  • LAW7313 Regulatory fundamentals: Concepts, constructs and context
  • LAW7315 Regulatory methods
  • LAW7317 Evaluating what works in regulation

Additional core units for international students who do not have an Australian undergraduate law degree:

  • LAW7436 Introduction to australian legal process
  • LAW7285 Legal research and communication - students will be individually assessed to determine if they are required to complete this unit.

Students admitted to the course with credit must complete a minimum of two core units.

Elective units

  • AFF5011 Issues in risk management
  • AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
  • BTX5000 Corporate governance
  • BTX5050 Asian business law
  • BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsiblity
  • BTX5180 Financial services regulation
  • ECX5470 Competition, regulation and policy
  • APG5428 Environmental governance and citizenship
  • GRS1005 Fertility regulation
  • LAW7037 Occupational health and safety
  • LAW7056 Competition law
  • LAW7078 Graduate research paper
  • LAW7083 Law of employee relations
  • LAW7212 Australian legal system
  • LAW7258 Consumer protection: Regulation and compliance
  • LAW7278 Comparative competition law
  • LAW7306 Corporate governance and directors' duties
  • LAW7322 Communications law and regulation
  • LAW7324 Energy law, regulation and policy
  • LAW7325 Regulation of Australian water resources
  • LAW7329 The privatising state: Reform, regulation and reinvention
  • LAW7335 Regulating the professions
  • LAW7434 The law of climate change
  • LAW7444 Economics of regulation
  • LAW7445 Issues in consumer policy
  • MCE1213 Regulation and ethics in assisted reproductive technologies
  • any other relevant unit with the approval of the LLM Course Convenor

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/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html

Alternative exit(s)

Students may exit with a Graduate Diploma in Regulatory Studies providing all requirements for that award have been met.

Award(s)

Master of Regulatory Studies