courses

3394

Monash University

Postgraduate - Course

Students who commenced study in 2013 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 applies to students commencing this course in 2013 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Law

Managing facultyLaw
Abbreviated titleGradDipRegSt
CRICOS code069542M
Total credit points required48
Standard duration of study (years)1 year FT, 2 years PT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (City (Melbourne))
Admission, fee and application details http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/3394
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 graduate diploma is 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 Graduate Diploma in 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.

Structure

This course consists of eight 6-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.

Students admitted with the maximum credit (24 credit points) must complete a minimum of two core units. The remaining 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 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.

Elective units

  • AFF5011 Issues in risk management
  • AFF9020 Introduction to risk principles
  • APG5428 Environmental governance and citizenship
  • BTX5000 Corporate governance
  • BTX5050 Asian business law
  • BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
  • BTX5180 Financial services regulation
  • ECX5470 Competition, regulation and policy
  • 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.

Minimum grade for articulation

A credit average is required to articulate to a relevant master's program.

Award(s)

Graduate Diploma in Regulatory Studies