Please Note: Students who commenced their degree prior to 2010 should refer to the course structure, available major subject areas and resolutions in the faculty handbook for the year they commenced. Archived downloadable faculty handbooks can be accessed on the Handbooks website.

Course Rules

To be awarded the Master of International Business and Law, students must successfully complete a total of eight units of study (48 credit points), comprising:

From the Faculty of Economics and Business (International Business component):

• two core units of study in international business (12 credit points)
• two elective units of study in international business (12 credit points)

From the Faculty of Law (Law component):

• two compulsory units of study in law (12 credit points)
• two elective units of study in law (12 credit points)

Please Note: The units of study listed below are the units that are available for the current year only. For a full list of all units which may be included in this program (including those not currently being offered), please refer to the Faculty Handbook.

International Business Component

Core Units of Study

• IBUS6001 International Business Strategy
• IBUS6002 Cross-Cultural Management
• IBUS6003 Managing International Risk
• IBUS6004 International Business Alliances

Elective Units of Study

• CISS6003 Business and Security
• CISS6007 Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific Region
• CISS6013 Middle East Conflict and Security
• IBUS5001 The Global Context of Business
• IBUS5011 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
• IBUS6005 Ethical International Business Decisions
• IBUS6006 Comparative International Management
• IBUS6007 International Business Special Project
• IBUS6008 Export Management
• IBUS6009 Managing Multi-Cultural Teams
• IBUS6012 International Entrepreneurship
• IBUS6013 Entrepreneurial Restructuring and Renewal
• IBUS6014 Intellectual Property Management
• TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Management
• TPTM6260 International Logistics
• TPTM6440 International Freight Transportation
• WORK6018 International Industrial Relations
• WORK6108 International Dimensions of HRM
• WORK6119 The Innovative Firm
• any of the 'IBUS' units of study listed under International Business core units of study (that students have not already selected as their core requirements in this program)

Law Component

Compulsory Units of Study

• LAWS6059 International Business Law
• LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System *

* Note. All students without a common law background must enrol in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System. The unit LAWS6252 is the prerequisite for all elective LAWS units of study in this program. Students therefore MUST have either completed this unit prior/whilst undertaking other LAWS units of study. This unit is run as a on-week intensive unit in the first semester of the semester.

Please Note: In order to develop an understanding of what is involved in the studying law and the standards that the Sydney Law School expects from its students, they require all international students to attend the their compulsory one-week bridging program prior to the official semester commencement. For further details, including intensive session offering, contact the Sydney Law School.

Elective Units of Study

For information on Law units and the timetable for 2010, please refer to the Faculty of Law website: http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/ or refer to the University's Online Unit of Study Handbook.

Please Note: The information set out here is for students commencing their Master of International Business and Law degree in 2010. Continuing students should follow the degree structure outline in the Faculty Handbook for the year they commenced their degree.

Enrolment Guide

Students would normally enrol in the required core International Business units of study and LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System their first semester/s of enrolment. The remaining compulsory and elective International Business and Law units of study are then completed in the following semester/s. Students should note that they must complete the prerequisite core unit of study, LAWS6252 before proceeding to enrol in any other LAWS units of study. This unit of study may be offered as an early intensive unit of study prior to the official beginning of the semester or as an intensive one week course. Please check with the Faculty of Law for details on how this unit of study is to be offered. (http://www.law.usyd.edu.au).

The following table shows an example degree progression for a student enrolled in the Master's degree on a full-time basis undertaking four units of study per semester.

In this example, 'IB' refers to International Business units of study and 'LAWS' refers to Law units.

Please Note: The information listed in this program of study examples is meant as a guide only. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study before enrolling. Students are usually able to complete the units of study for their degree in different sequences to that listed above. You are advised to plan their degree based upon your individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if you need any assistance in planning your progression in your degree.

Entry Requirements

For entry into this degree, students must have completed a bachelor's degree, graduate diploma, graduate certificate or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution with a minimum credit (65 per cent) average.

For details of the English language requirements for entry into this course, please refer to the webpage titled 'English Language Requirements for International Students' under the Admissions information on the University's website.

Duration of Course

Full-time: A typical full-time student will undertake four units of study per semester, completing the eight units in two semesters (one year).

Part-time: Students undertake one or two units per semester, typically completing the program in two to four years.