Master of Business Law and Master of Commerce

A candidate shall satisfactorily complete a substantial research piece of scholarship.
To satisfy this requirement, candidates must complete one of two options.
A candidate must satisfactorily complete two 7,000-8,000 word research essays chosen from any Adelaide Law Masters 3 unit courses.
These research essays are in addition to any other course assessment requirements.
Where a research essay is part of the course assessment, the word limit can be extended to 7,000-8,000 words to satisfy this requirement.
A candidate must satisfactorily complete the 6 unit Dissertation course (12,000-15,000 words).
Either of these two options will be undertaken once a minimum of 12 units towards the program have been successfully completed by the candidate.
Academic Program Rules The Calendar is a comprehensive handbook of the University's academic program rules.
Master of Business Law and Master of Commerce Areas of Specialisation Commerce courses Accounting Applied Finance Marketing Example Study Plan Indicative study plan Core course (18 units) ACCTING 7019: Accounting Concepts and Methods (M) (3 units) COMMERCE 7033: Quantitative Methods (M) (3 units) LAW 7177: Introduction to Australian Law (M) (3 units) ECON 7200: Economic Principles (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7005: Marketing Principles (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7005: Principles of Finance (M)  (3 units) Business Law courses Choose 18 units chosen from the following: LAW 7128: Advanced Contract Law (PG) LAW 7034: Anti-Discrimination Law (PG) LAW 7161: Bioethics and the Law (PG) LAW 7007: Comparative Constitutional Law (PG) LAW 7055: Comparative Corporate Rescue Law (PG) LAW 7024: Comparative Law (PG) - 6 unit course LAW 7159: Comparative Migration Law (PG LAW 7166: Company Merger and Acquisitions Law (PG) LAW 7056: Competition Law: Comparative Perspectives (PG) LAW 7163: Competition and Consumer Law (PG) LAW 7057: Corporate Governance (PG) LAW 7158: Corporate Law: Selected Issues (PG) LAW 7164: Criminal Law: Selected Issues (PG) LAW 7043: Corporate Governance & Security Reg: Int & Com Persp (PG) LAW 7121: Corporations in the Global Age (PG) LAW 7150: European Business Law (PG) LAW 7059: European Union Law (PG) LAW 7061: Globalisation and the Legal Regulation of Work (PG) LAW 7063: Government, Business and Regulation (PG) LAW 7120: Human Rights: Problems and Processes (PG) LAW 7115: Insolvency Law (PG) LAW 7098: Insurance Law (PG) LAW 7064: Intellectual Property Law (PG) LAW 7065: International Commercial Arbitration (PG) LAW 7067: International Criminal Law (PG) LAW 7070: International Trade Law (PG) LAW 7099: International Trade Transactions and the Law (PG) LAW 7076: International Economic Law (PG) LAW 7068: International Energy Law (PG) LAW 7040: International Environmental Law (PG) LAW 7129: International Financial Regulation (PG) LAW 7152: International Franchising and the Law (PG) LAW 7125: International Humanitarian Law (PG) LAW 7162: Internet Law (PG) LAW 7165: International Security Law (PG) LAW 7038: Law of Debtor and Creditor (PG) LAW 7154: Migration Law (PG) LAW 7009: Mining and Energy Law (PG) LAW 7123: Perspectives on Property and Society LAW 7062: Selected Issues in Intellectual Property Law (PG) LAW 7096: Sport Law (PG)  LAW 7153: Personal Property Security Law (PG) LAW 7066: Private International Law (PG) LAW 7042: Technology, Law and Society (PG) LAW 7074: Transitional Justice (PG) LAW 7122: Transnational Business and Human Rights (PG) LAW 7073: Transnational Crime and Terrorism (PG) LAW 7160: Water Resources Law (PG) LAW 7075: Wine Law (PG) LAW 7124: Workplace Bargaining (PG) LAW 7072: Work Relationships & the Law (PG) Research Students must complete either: LAW 7025: Law Dissertation (PG) 6 unit course or two 7,000 – 8,000 word research essays chosen from any postgraduate coursework Law course each to the value of 3 units.
The research essays will be an addition to any other course assessment requirement.
Where a research essay is part of the course assessment, the word limit will be extended to 78,000 – 8,000 words to satisfy this requirement.
Note: Other courses may be taken subject to the approval of the Program Co-ordinator Not all courses will be offered in any one calendar year.
Commerce courses (18 units) Choose 18 units from the following, of which at least 12 units must be selected from one discipline: Accounting ACCTING 7009: Auditing and Assurance Services (M) (3 units)* ACCTING 7014: Management Accounting (M) (3 units)*# ACCTING 7015: Advanced Financial Reporting  (M) (3 units) ACCTING 7017: Financial Statement Analysis (M) (3 units) ACCTING 7018: Public Sector and Not-For-Profit Accountability (M) (3 units) ACCTING 7020: Intermediate Financial Reporting (M)*# ACCTING 7023: Advanced Financial Accounting (M)*# COMMERCE 7021: Commercial Law and Information Systems (M)*# COMMERCE 7036: Knowledge Management and Measurement (M) (3 units) COMMLAW 7011: Corporate Law (M) (3 units) COMMLAW 7013: Income Taxation (M) (3 units)    COMMLAW 7016: Business Taxation and GST (M) (3 units) *All 7 courses are required for eligibility into the CA program.
#All 5 courses are required for eligibility to the CPA program.
Applied Finance ACCTING: 7017: Financial Statement Analysis (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7019: Portfolio Theory and Management (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7020: Options, Futures and Risk Management (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7021: Corporate Investment and Strategy (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7022: Corporate Finance Theory (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7039: Equity Valuation and Analysis (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7044: Financial Planning (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7040: Fixed Income Securities (M) (3 units) CORPFIN 7042: Treasury and Financial Risk Management (M) (3 units) ECON 7044: International Finance (M) (3 units) ECON 7114: Money, Banking and Financial Markets (M) (3 units) Marketing MARKETNG 7023: Consumer Behaviour (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7024: Developing Global Markets (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7025: Integrated Marketing Communications (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7026: Marketing Research for Decision Makers (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7030: Marketing Ethics (M) (3 units) MARKETNG 7032: Strategic Marketing (M) (3 units) Other Electives COMMGMT 7001: Business Communications (M) (3 units)* BUSINESS 7000: Social Challenges to Global Business (M) (3 units) ECOMMRCE 7004: Internet Commerce (M) (3 units) *Unless exempt, all international students are required to take COMMGMT 7001.
Note: Other courses may be taken subject to the approval of the Program Co-ordinator Not all courses will be offered in any one calendar year.
Assessment May include, but not limited to: Examinations, Group Assignments, Individual Assignments, Consulting Projects, Presentations, Quizzes, Tests, Tutorial Work as prescribed within each course.