Course details

Summary

Build on your existing academic excellence with a postgraduate qualification that prepares you for specialist positions in the public and private sectors and can be a pathway to doctoral study.

Programme overview

An MCom allows you to develop an advanced level of knowledge and competencies with an intellectually rewarding postgraduate programme in your specialist field.

Commercial Law

Commercial Law means the laws that govern business activities. All businesses use commercial law to create wealth, and to identify and mitigate risks. Commercial Law makes everyday business activities possible. Commercial law study is crucial to all business careers, whether in accounting, finance, management, HR, marketing, property, or entrepreneurship. Commercial Law complements other business majors. Students can also choose undergraduate courses focused on specific areas of commercial law to complement their other major. For example:

Accounting and Finance students can find it useful to study the law governing financial markets and investments.

Management and International Business students can find it useful to learn about the law governing different types of business structures, employment, intellectual property and innovation, and international trade.

Information Systems and Operations Management students can find it useful to learn about the law governing intellectual property and innovation.

Marketing students can find it useful to learn about marketing law and intellectual property law.

Property students can find it useful to learn about the law governing real and personal property and financial instruments.

Economics students can find it useful to see how economic concepts shape law and regulation.

Commercial Law can also work well in a conjoint degrees combination or an elective with a Science or Engineering degree

Areas of study

Commercial law study focuses on real-life, business-orientated problems. As law impacts on a vast range of business decisions, a wide range of courses are offered by the Department of Commercial Law. Areas that students can choose to explore include finance and property law, corporate law, employment law, marketing law, international trade law, intellectual property law, investment law, and taxation law.

Career opportunities

Commercial law is useful for just about every business career. Our graduates have gone on to careers including:

• Partners in accounting firms.
• Financial, audit and management accountants.
• Chief executives and chief financial officers.
• Company directors.
• Company secretaries.
• Disputes resolution practitioners.
• Business and investment analysts and consultants.
• Policy advisers.
• IT and online consultants
• and HR, project and general managers.

Programme structure

The MCom is a 120 or 180-point specialist masters degree that builds on a first degree in the same discipline.

The MCom (180 point) is a 12 or 15-month taught specialist masters comprising coursework and a short dissertation. If you have a first degree you can pursue an advanced specialized qualification in the same discipline.

If you have completed a BCom (Hons) or equivalent, you may be eligible to undertake a 120-point MCom degree by research comprising a supervised thesis.

Further study options

• Doctor of Philosophy

Master of Commerce other subjects: Accounting; Economics; Finance; lobal Management and Innovation; Information Systems; Marketing; Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Entry criteria

Taught 180 points: You must have completed an undergraduate degree in the same field as your intended specialisation at a recognised university (or similar institution). You will need a GPE of 5.0. Specialisations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

Research 120 points: You must have completed one year of postgraduate study, following an undergraduate degree, at a recognised university (or similar institution). Your study must have been in the same field as your intended specialisation and you will need a GPE of 5.0. Specializations in accounting and finance require a higher GPE.

English language requirements: IELTS 6.5; TOEFL (iBT) 90; TOEFL (paper-based) 575; CAE or CPE 176; PTE 58; MELAB 85.