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Overview
- Expand your legal learning and developing a critical evaluation of commerical law
- Attain a high competence in legal research and writing.
- Option to progress on to the Doctor of Juridical Science
- Customise your degree with internal, external or block modes of teaching
- Option to complete a research project
| QUT course code | LW51 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 1 year full-time
2 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
| Delivery |
On campus
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Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions:
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| CRICOS code | 006380A |
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Details
With a variety of units available across topics such as commercial transactions, construction and engineering law, commerce law, insurance law, taxation law and insolvency, you can also tailor your learning to include a research project. This major will give you the variety to choose units so you gain the insight you need to further your commercial career.
Units
Course structure
The course comprises 96 credit points (eight units) of coursework units. This can be achieved in one of two ways. Students may nominate a major and choose units to the value of at least 72 credit points from that particular major. The remaining 24 credit points can be chosen from any unit not included in the nominated major. Alternatively, students may complete the degree with a cross specialisation by choosing all 96 credit points from any of the majors.
Majors include:
- Commercial Law
- Health Law
- Intellectual Property and Technology Law
LWN162 Australian Common Law System is a compulsory unit for all international students in their first semester of study.
Not all units are available 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
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Entry requirements
Prospective students must have:
(i) completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws or equivalent (as approved by Director, Graduate Programs) with a minimum GPA of 4 or equivalent;
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(ii) hold a professional qualification in law and have at least three years of professional legal experience after first admission to practice and also satisfy the Director, Graduate Programs, that they have the requisite ability to complete the Master of Laws by Coursework degree.
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.
2013: $7,800 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
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.
These scholarships are available for this course:
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Laws (Commercial 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, 362.47 KB)
