The Master of Business Administration / Master of Laws (MBA/LLM)

Program Overview

The Master of Business Administration / Master of Laws is offered jointly by the Australian School of Business and the Faculty of Law.

The program is designed to provide expertise and knowledge in the areas of law and management and will be particularly relevant to:

• Government lawyers
• Lawyers working in law firms who want to develop their capacity to better manage the way their organisations deliver legal services
• Lawyers working as ‘in-house’ counsel where contribution to the strategic direction and organisational effectiveness is required
• Lawyers seeking to change careers

Program Structure

The program is offered full-time over two years. Australian citizens and residents may complete the law component and the MBA elective component on a part-time basis. A total of 144 uoc must be completed made of 48 uoc in Law and 96 uoc in MBA (which includes 18uoc exemptions for Law electives). The MBA component requires the completion of all 54 uoc in core courses.

For information regarding the AGSM MBA, please visit the website.

Specialist Major Sequences - LLM

Candidates for the LLM by coursework may undertake study incorporating a major sequence in any one of the following specialist areas:

• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law
• Criminal Justice and Criminology
• Dispute Resolution
• Human Rights and Social Justice
• Innovation Law
• International Business and Economic Law
• International Law
• Media, Communications and Information Technology Law
• Taxation

To incorporate a major sequence, candidates will be required to obtain no less than 24 of the 48 uoc required for the award of the degree from the courses allocated to that major sequence.

Candidates who wish to qualify for a specialisation in Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law must complete a total of 36 uoc as follows:

• 18 uoc from courses offered in the Corporate and Commercial major sequence, and
• 18 uoc from courses offered in taxation offered by Atax in the Law Faculty

Postgraduate Electives - LLM

• All Law Courses
• 2010 Law Courses
• All Tax Courses
• 2010 Tax Courses

Courses may be selected from the postgraduate electives offered by the Law School. Taxation courses offered by the Faculty of Law are taught through Atax (courses should be chosen from the Master of Taxation program).

When choosing courses, please consult the current timetable, as all courses are not necessarily available in any one year or academic session.

Postgraduate Electives - AGSM MBA

Once the core is completed students can choose 4 elective courses. Visit the AGSM MBA course descriptions web page for list of elective courses.

Program Options - LLM

A student may apply to the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education to complete research papers of about words in place of one semester-long courses.

A student may apply to the  Coordinator of Postgraduate Education for permission to take, as appropriate to the student’s overall program, up to 24 units of credit from the following options:

• School of Taxation (Atax) – up to 24 uoc
• Cross-institutional postgraduate law courses offered at other universities – up to 24 uoc (please note that cross-institutional courses will be awarded 6 uoc credit towards postgraduate law programs)

Program Options - AGSM MBA

Once students have completed all core courses they can structure the remaining 24 uoc in a number of different ways. In addition to standard elective courses students may choose courses such as Management Projects or Individual Study in Management. It is also possible to nominate for an International Exchange.

• Management Projects – student teams collaborate with corporate partners and Australian School of Business to apply conceptual frameworks and global best practice to business critical issues
• Individual Study in Management – provides the opportunity for students to select a business topic to research under the supervision of an Australian School of Business faculty member
• International Exchange – Australian School of Business has an outstanding exchange partner network with the world’s best business schools in Europe/UK, Asia, US and Canada. Students can choose to nominate for exchange and complete 18 uoc for credit to program requirements.

Assessment - LLM

All postgraduate courses have a strong research dimension and course assessment is principally on the basis of research essays (6,000 words). Essay topics are agreed upon with the lecturer within the first few weeks of semester to enable students to work on their research and writing with continuous feedback from the lecturer. Papers are normally due a week or two after the end of semester.

Assessment - AGSM MBA

Assessment in AGSM MBA courses includes individual and team assignments; quiz; projects; individual and team presentations; mid-term exams and final examinations.

The outline for each course will specify both the value and weighting of each assessment item.

Students should note that there is a strong focus on teamwork and achieving learning and assessment outcomes in a collaborative manner.