The LLM in International Business Law is delivered over three terms and is University-based throughout this time. The taught components of the degree are delivered over the first and second terms leaving the third term and most of the summer to research, write and submit your dissertation.
During the programme you will be required to study modules and write a dissertation totalling 180 credits. The dissertation is worth 60 credits and you must write this in the area of International Business Law. Of the remaining 120 credits you must take 60 credits from a core optional set of modules listed below. Of the remaining 60 credits, you may take your choice of the core optional modules listed below; you may take any of the other modules offered by the Law School, or you may choose from any other modules offered by the College of SSIS or any of the other Colleges in the University (subject to approval).
Please note that programme structure and options are subject to timetabling and may change.
Compulsory module
| Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Dissertation | 60 |
Core optional modules
You will choose a number of either 30 or 15 credit optional modules, to a total of 120 credits, from a regularly updated selection. Recent modules are shown below.
| Modules | Credits | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| European Company Law | 30 | Terms 1 & 2 |
| Transnational Commercial Law | 30 |
Terms 1 & 2 |
| Copyright Law and Policy | 15 | Term 1 |
| EC Consumer Protection | 15 | Term 1 |
| Corporate Governance | 15 | Term 1 |
| Patent Law and Policy | 15 | Term 1 |
| Principles of International Trade | 15 | Term 1 |
| International Securities Regulation | 15 | Term 1 |
| Comparative Commercial Conflict of Laws | 15 | Term 2 |
| Islamic Law and Human Rights | 15 | Term 2 |
| Corporate Finance | 15 | Term 2 |
| Regulation of Financial Markets | 15 | Term 2 |
| International Intellectual Property Law | 15 | Term 2 |
