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Business Law - 9231

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 1 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 48

Award(s):

Master of Business Law

Master of Business Law (Specialisation)

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Program Description
The Master of Business Law (MBL) is a coursework degree for graduates with non-law or quasi-legal backgrounds wishing to attain postgraduate qualifications and knowledge of the law relevant to business. The degree is of relevance to those involved in the private, commercial, government or international sectors where business law issues are relevant to their employment such as finance, accounting, compliance, human resources and marketing professionals. It is also a valuable qualification for students seeking careers in those fields where knowledge of legal requirements is an advantage.

The MBL may be undertaken full-time over 1 academic year or on a part-time basis. The MBL is comprised of 8 courses. All students are required to undertake three compulsory courses and five electives.


The MBL provides graduates with access to a range of business law subjects that allows for a program that can be tailored to the graduates needs. Graduates may complete a generalist degree or specialise in one of the following areas:


Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
The Program Objectives for the Master of Business Law are:
  • To provide non-lawyers with a core understanding of legal issues relevant to business
  • To combine the course offerings from UNSW Law and the School of Taxation and Business Law to provide a range of electives and majors that allow students to tailor the degree to their own needs and interests
  • To facilitate understanding of the inter-relationship between law and business including the effects of globalisation, international law, technological developments and regulation
  • To facilitate the acquisition of skills in the areas of legal research, writing, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution

Program Structure
Candidates must complete 48 uoc for the Master of Business Law and each course is worth 6UOC.

The MBL has three compulsory courses:
  1. TABL5511 Legal Foundations of Business (6 UOC)
  2. TABL5541 Corporations and Business Associations Law (6 UOC)
  3. LAWS8072 Legal Concepts, Research and Writing for Business Law (6 UOC).
  4. A minimum of 2 of the 8 courses must be taken from an approved list of courses that contain a substantial research-based assessment component from the Research -Course Based List. The requirement to take two courses from the Research-Based Course List can, in the alternative, be satisfied if the student takes LAWS8423 Research Thesis, 12,000 words.
Note: students who have previously undertaken University legal studies, including TABL1710 Business and the Law and TABL2741 Business Entities at UNSW (or equivalents at other institutions) may apply to undertake elective courses in place of the courses in items 1 and 2.

ENROLMENT
The Enrolment Guide for the Master of Business Law (MBL) can be found on the UNSW Law Enrolment website.

The following electives are available for credit towards the Master of Business Law.

Not all electives are available every year or each semester. Other courses may be added as new courses are developed and changed.
Research-Based Course List:
Individual postgraduate courses from other faculties to be added to the list by the Program Director, after consultation with the appropriate Faculty.

A student may seek authorisation from the program Director/s or the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education to undertake a Postgraduate course not listed above.

Academic Rules
The degree of Master of Business Law by formal coursework may be awarded by the Council to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed a program of advanced study.

Qualifications
(1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate non-law Bachelor degree from UNSW Australia or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of credit average, or

(2) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate non-law Bachelor degree from UNSW Australia or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of two years' relevant professional experience.

Advanced standing

At the discretion of the Faculty of Law advanced standing may be granted for approved postgraduate courses up to an amount of 12 units of credit.

Enrolment and Progression
  1. An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be lodged online on the UNSW website, by the advertised due date.

  2. A candidate for the degree shall be required to undertake a program of formal study as set out in the program requirements for the Master of Business Law degree.

  3. No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of two academic semesters from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or three semesters in the case of a part-time candidate. The maximum period of candidature shall be four academic semesters from the date of enrolment for a full-time candidate and eight semesters for a part-time candidate. In special cases an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed at least once annually by the Committee and as a result of the review the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action, as it considers appropriate.


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