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Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law (MC-GCCLAW)

Masters (Coursework)Year: 2020 Delivered: Mixed Attendance Mode (Parkville)

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Overview

Award titleMaster of Global Competition and Consumer Law
Year & campus2020 — Parkville
Fees informationSubject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date
Study level & typeGraduate Coursework
AQF level 9
Credit points100 credit points
Duration24 months part-time

The Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law is a highly innovative and advanced international course that responds to the proliferation of competition and consumer policies and laws, and their increasingly active enforcement, around the world. Competition policy and law are a crucial means of driving economic growth, higher living standards and productivity at national and global levels.

This course provides interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through subjects that grapple with the legal, regulatory, economic, political, institutional and social facets of competition policy, law and enforcement. The course focuses substantively on the policies, laws and enforcement experiences of the major jurisdictions in this field, the United States and European Union, but also draws on other jurisdictions - from the Asia Pacific region particularly (including Australia). Subjects have been developed and are taught by leading experts, each bringing outstanding pedagogical skills, substantive knowledge and practical skill and experience to instruction in the course.

The course provides students with advanced specialised expertise and skills to tackle the complex challenges raised by the design and application of competition systems. It is designed for professionals in the private and public sectors who are aspiring to build or advance a career in this field.

It can be completed either wholly online or through a combination of online and on-campus subjects. Using a combination of face-to-face teaching in small class sizes and sophisticated interactive technology, the course facilitates close rich engagement with globally-renown experts and a diverse network of like-minded peers.

The course requires completion of 100 credit points in total. Students have the option of enrolling in the Masters course or in a Graduate Diploma in Global Competition and Consumer Law which involves completion of 50 credit points, from which they can elect to transfer to the masters course with credit for the subjects undertaken in the Graduate Diploma.

As most students in this course will be full-time professionals, enrolment is on a part-time basis for most students. On this basis, the course will typically be completed in two years. However, students will be permitted to elect to undertake an increased study load during their course if their circumstances allow.

Links to further information

https://online.unimelb.edu.au/law-courses/global-competition-and-consumer-law/master-of-global-competition-and-consumer-law

Entry requirements

In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:

  • A degree in a relevant discipline; and one year of documented relevant professional experience.

Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.

In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:

  • prior academic performance, and
  • the professional experience

The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.

Applicants are required to satisfy the university's English language requirements for graduate courses.

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The Melbourne Law Masters welcomes applications from students with disabilities. The inherent academic requirements for study in the Melbourne Law Masters are:

  • The ability to use a computer, including read material on screen, to a competent standard;
  • The ability to read, analyse and comprehend complex written legal materials and complex interdisciplinary materials;
  • The ability to clearly and independently communicate in writing a knowledge and application of legal principles and interdisciplinary materials and to critically evaluate these;
  • The ability to clearly and independently communicate orally a knowledge and application of legal principles and interdisciplinary materials and critically evaluate these;
  • The ability to work independently and as a part of a group;
  • The ability to present orally and in writing legal analysis to a professional standard.

Students who feel their disability will inhibit them from meeting these inherent academic requirements are encouraged to contact Student Equity and Disability Support.

Intended learning outcomes

Graduates of the Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law will:

Have an advanced and integrated understanding of the complex body of knowledge relevant to the field of global competition and consumer law, including:

  • The economic theories, policies and principles that underpin and influence policy and law in this field;
  • The legal rules that govern market structures and conduct in major jurisdictions around the world;
  • The design, operation and assessment of institutions that administer competition and consumer policy and law;
  • Challenges that arise in the enforcement of competition and consumer law from the perspectives of businesses, practitioners, governments and enforcement agencies; and
  • Contemporary international debates on the reform of competition and consumer policy and law;

Have expert, specialised cognitive and technical skills that equip them to independently:

  • generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts relevant to this field of learning and professional practice;
  • analyse, critically reflect on and synthesise complex information, concepts and theories in the field of global competition and consumer law;
  • identify and apply such information, concepts and theories in the relevant field; and
  • interpret and communicate their knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences in the field;

Be able to apply their knowledge and skills in such a way as demonstrates a high level of personal autonomy, expert judgment, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner and learner in the field of global competition and consumer law; and

Have advanced knowledge of and skills in research principles and methods applicable to this field of learning and professional practice and demonstrated the capacity to apply them in planning and executing at least two substantial research-based projects.

Generic skills

Students who complete this course will develop generic skills as follows:

  • Advanced competencies in legal and economic research and analysis;
  • Highly developed problem solving abilities, including through the collection and evaluation of information applying interdisciplinary sources and perspectives;
  • Substantial capacity to communicate, orally and in writing;
  • Sophisticated ability to evaluate and synthesise existing knowledge in the area;
  • Substantial capacity for critical and independent thought and reflection;
  • Highly developed capacity for self-directed learning, organisation and time management.

Graduate attributes

Students who complete this course will embody graduate attributes of the University of Melbourne.

In particular, graduates of the Master of Global Competition and Consumer Law will have in-depth knowledge of the global field of competition and consumer policy, law and enforcement from multiple disciplinary perspectives – law and economics particularly, but also politics, regulation and sociology. They will be critical thinkers with strong reasoning and analytical skills and an advanced capacity to apply their knowledge in a way that addresses major economic and social problems. They will have a strong sense of intellectual integrity, a high standard of professionalism and sophisticated advocacy and communication skills.

Graduates of this course will be engaged with contemporary issues facing their local, national, regional communities - specifically issues associated with designing, implementing and applying economic policies and laws with a competition focus and in such a way that is sensitively attuned to the impacts on and perspectives of a wide range of stakeholders from government, industry and the public at large. They will have the potential to be leaders in their field and will actively seek out opportunities to use their expertise in making positive contributions to their profession and their communities.

These graduates will be motivated, self-directed and organised. The opportunities and challenges presented through wholly online learning, or a combination of online and on-campus learning, will ensure that they are able to set goals, manage time and priorities and work effectively, both independently and as a member of a group.

Course structure

Students must complete 100 credit points of study from the prescribed list of subjects, of which 25 credit points will represent a capstone experience in the course.

Research Project B must be taken as a capstone subject along with one of the following subjects that have a research paper option:

  • Australian Consumer Law
  • Chinese Competition Policy and Law
  • Competition Law and Intellectual Property
  • Competition Law in a Globalised World
  • EU Competition Law
  • Institutions
  • International Trade and Competition Law

Foundations: Competition Law and Economics is a prerequisite for several other subjects.

Subject options

On Campus subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LAWS70380 Australian Consumer Law
March (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LAWS90111 Chinese Competition Law and Policy Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS90046 Competition and New Technologies Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS90085 Competition in the Healthcare Industry Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS70208 Competition Law & Intellectual Property
November (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LAWS90090 EU Competition Law Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS70301 Intl and Comparative Competition Law
September (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LAWS90095 International Trade and Competition Law
May (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
LAWS70104 Regulating Infrastructure & Utilities Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS90166 Big Data: Competition Policy and Law Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS90165 Digital Consumer Protection Law
June (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90171 Competition in Digital Markets
November (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Online subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
LAWS90067 Asian Competition Policy and Law Not available in 2020 12.5
LAWS90064 Cartels
Term 4 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90069 Competition Law in a Globalised World
Term 3 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90070 Consumer Protection
Term 4 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90065 Foundations: Competition Law & Economics
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90071 Institutions
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90072 Mergers
Term 2 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90073 Research Project (GCCL) B
Term 2 (Online)
 12.5
LAWS90066 Unilateral Conduct
Term 1 (Online)
 12.5

Further study

Completion of this course enables a student to proceed to further graduate coursework or higher degree research programs.

Last updated: 18 December 2020