Awards
Target Award
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
Educational Aims of the Course
This is a specialist advanced study master's degree programme in accordance with category 2 of the QAA Master's Degree Characteristics Statement, September 2015.
The aim of this programme is for students to gain academic and intellectual progression in international corporate law and management, together with the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills. Within the context of the University's mission statement and responsiveness to national and international needs, curriculum innovation and continuing quality enhancement, the programme objectives are to:
Provide students with knowledge and critical analysis of key themes of corporate law and business management using the exemplar of English law set against an international corporate business backdrop.
Provide advanced legal knowledge and skills directly relevant to the international corporate law and business management sectors through the delivery of intellectually stimulating course content underpinned in many areas by internationally recognised research.
Provide critical analysis of the complexities arising in this specialist field using challenging and informing global and comparative perspectives. The course is underpinned by the significance of engagement with existing and emerging research and advanced scholarship.
Develop originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline.
Learning Outcomes
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated are as follows:
All Learning Outcomes contained within this programme of study are assessed through the core and option Modules. The weighting put on each of these Learning Outcomes within this sphere is at the discretion of the Module Leader, but each module will have some element of this skills set being assessed within the specific Module.
Modules on the programme adopt a range of teaching activities. Some Modules operate according to a lecture, online-tutorial, seminar, and drop-in structure. Others concentrate more on workshop and/or seminar teaching activities. The reason for these differences is that the approach taken is informed by the particular content/learning outcomes of that specific Module.
Assessment is used to judge student performance against the standards set. Assessment is used to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the relevant learning outcomes in accordance with the most recent QAA UK Quality Code. The programme includes two types of assessment: formative and summative. The timing and form of these opportunities is Module specific. Formative opportunities consist, largely, of group interaction in the preparation of work for seminars. Other opportunities include the completion of a practice assessment question, the preparation for a group presentation, and the preparation for a group business simulation exercise. Summative assessment is achieved, largely, through the completion of course works and final dissertation. Other summative assessment types include but are not limited to: simulation exercise, presentation, reflection based on portfolio, and examination. All assessments will require students to
display independent learner status through exposition, knowledge and understanding of the stated Learning Outcomes for each Module and the programme as a whole.