C07122v1 Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies

This course gives non-law graduates an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks of their professional fields.

Students come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, such as insurance, human resources, banking, finance and education, and work in roles where knowledge of the legal landscape is critical to their work.Course content includes ethics, criminal and tort law.

Students can also use their elective choices to build specialist legal expertise in areas such as compliance and intellectual property law.

The course requires completion of core subjects, including one compulsory introductory subject (8 credit points) and a choice of two further foundation subjects (16 credit points), plus a further four option subjects (24 credit points).

Core subjects are timetabled every session and option subjects are regularly timetabled but not all option subjects listed are offered in any one session. Timetabled subjects are offered subject to sufficient student interest. The UTS Timetable Planner enables current and future UTS students to view subject timetables.

Course completion requirements

Course program

A sample full-time program is shown below.

Optional subjects are regularly timetabled but not all options are offered in any one session.

Autumn commencing, full time

Year 1

Autumn session

Spring session

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.

Previous qualifications must be in a discipline other than law. Admission is at the discretion of the associate dean (education).

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.