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Overview
- Obtain advance level knowledge and skills in one of 11 majors, including corporate law, international and comparative law, criminology, media and communications law, and environmental law.
- Customise your degree with internal, external or block modes of teaching.
- Option to progress on to the Master of Laws.
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| QUT course code | LW60 |
| Attendance | Full time or Part time |
| Course duration | 6 months full time
1 year part time |
| Start month | February, July
Note: A limited number of units are available in January, enabling an earlier start. This option is only available to applicants who submit their postgraduate application form by 9th December 2011. |
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On campus
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| CRICOS code | 027286C |
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Details
The Graduate Certificate in Law allows you to further your knowledge in particular areas of interest in the law. You may select units from one of the 11 majors offered or elect to complete the course without a major.
Units
Course structure
The required credit points can be accrued in two ways. Students may nominate a major from the areas available and choose units to the value of 48 credit points. Alternatively, students can complete a generic certificate by choosing any coursework units to the value of 48 credit points.
Majors include:
- Commercial Transactions
- Corporate Law
- Criminology
- Environmental Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property and Technology Law
- International and Comparative Law
- Media and Communications Law
- Planning and Resources Law
- Property Law
- Public Law.
Not all units are offered in any one year. Generally, postgraduate units are offered on a two-year rotational basis, and are offered subject to staff availability and minimum enrolments being met. Units may be offered in internal, external or block mode of teaching. Units offered externally are not available for off-shore study - students must be living in Australia.
All course structures
Here are the rest of the study plans.
Entry requirements
Prospective students must either:
(i) hold the degree of Bachelor of Laws or equivalent from QUT or equivalent institution;
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(ii) have a professional qualification in law and at least three years of professional legal experience after first admission to practice.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2012: $9000 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Graduate Certificate in Law
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 273.67 KB)
