Course Rules

2012 Melbourne Law Masters Course Rules
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Hardcopies are available from the Melbourne Law Masters Office. Some key points from the course rules are posted below.

Masters degrees

Masters degrees require the completion of eight subjects.

Please note that specialist masters degrees require specific subject selection - please see individual course pages for details. Masters students who do not have an undergraduate degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent), or who have a civil law background, are strongly encouraged to undertake the foundation subject Fundamentals of the Common Law before undertaking other subjects.

Duration

  • Full-time: 12 months
  • Part-time: Two to four years

Graduate diplomas

Graduate diplomas require the completion of four subjects. Please note that specialist graduate diplomas require specific subject selection - please see individual course pages for details. Graduate diploma students who do not have an undergraduate degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent), or who have a civil law background, are strongly encouraged to undertake the preliminary not-for-credit subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions before undertaking other subjects.

Duration

Full-time: Six months

Part-time: One to two years

Class attendance

The Melbourne Law Masters has a strict attendance requirement of at least 75% of classes for all subjects.

Subject selection

Applicants should select subjects at the time of application or re-enrolment. All subjects in the Melbourne Law masters have quotas to ensure that the class size is kept small. Students taking a masters degree or diploma are enrolled in subjects in accordance with the date on which they accepted their offer or on which their re-enrolment forms were received. Subject selection forms should be submitted promptly.

Not all subjects are offered every year and many are offered on a rotating basis. Students should let the Program Manager know if they are

concerned that their preferred subjects may not be offered.

Withdrawal from subjects for 2012

There will be no notice of withdrawal on the record of students who cancel their enrolment before the semester census date (for semester-length subjects).

Census dates

  • Semester 1: 31 March
  • Semester 2: 31 August
  • By 5 pm on the first day of teaching (for intensive subjects).

For information on the refund of fees, see www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/fees

Contact hours

The minimum class time required for all subjects (intensive or semester-long) is 24 to 26 hours per subject. Students are expected to undertake significant, additional individual study of at least 80 hours per subject. Extensive reading materials are provided or advised approximately four weeks prior to the commencement of classes. Assessment for intensive subjects is conducted six to 12 weeks after classes conclude. Lecturers and students are likely to be in contact with each other electronically from the time subject materials are released to the assessment due date.