Pre-Masters in Law and Social Science (3-Terms), Leading to Master of Law in Corporate Law Study Group - Durham University International Study Centre - Queens Campus, UK

Pre-Masters in Law and Social Science (3-Terms)
The Pre-Masters in Law and Social Science prepares you for a choice of progression degrees at Durham University. When you have completed the programme and achieved the required grades, you can progress to a range of postgraduate degrees at Durham University.

Who is this programme for?

This programme is for international students looking to study a Masters degree in law or social sciences at Durham University.

• Explore a wide range of topics through one of five distinctive routes: Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography, Law and Politics.
• Improve your academic and English language skills needed for entry to your chosen Masters degree.
• Gain the opportunity to progress to a large number of impressive postgraduate degrees at this world-renowned university.
• Develop your ability to critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of a range of research methods.
• Engage in a new, culturally exciting community and enjoy studying abroad in the UK.

What will you study?
You will study core modules, which cover general skills, and designated modules that relate to your progression degree. This means your Pre-Masters programme will be tailored to the specific needs of your chosen degree.

Core modules

• Academic English Skills
• Advanced Academic Writing and Critical Reading
• Extended Research Project
• Globalisation*
• Research Methods for Social Science

When you complete the Pre-Masters in Law and Social Science, and achieve the required grades, you can progress Corporate Law LLM at Durham University.

Leading to: Corporate Law LLM

This course provides an opportunity to develop an advanced knowledge of corporate law. There is a (compulsory) foundation course providing a solid grounding in the subject. Having completed your choice of taught modules, you will then undertake an extended dissertation on a corporate law topic of your choice, supervised by a member of staff with expertise in their chosen subject area.

Teaching is by a mixture of lectures and smaller, student-led, seminar or tutorial groups. The dissertation is pursued by independent research with individual supervision. Students attending the course are drawn from a broad range of countries, and their previous academic or professional experiences enrich the course.

The School is host to the Durham Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law, and you are encouraged to participate in its many activities. The Library has extensive holdings of corporate law materials.

Core modules

• Fundamentals of Corporate Law
• Advanced Issues in Corporate Law
• Applied Research Methods in Law
• Dissertation (of 10,000, 15,000 or 20,000 words).

Examples of optional modules:

You will also study and be assessed in modules from the following list to the value of (when added to the core modules chosen above) at least 120 credits. Please note: not all modules necessarily run every year, and we regularly introduce new modules.

• Comparative Corporate Governance
• Corporate Compliance
• Corporations in an EU Context
• Introduction to Corporate Governance
• Introduction to Corporate Insolvency Law
• Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• International and Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law
• International Tax Law
• Takeover Regulation in the EU
• Advanced Issues in International Economic Law
• Advanced Issues of Intellectual Property Law
• EU Competition Law
• Introduction to EU Law
• Advanced Law of Obligations
• Law of Oil and Gas Contracts
• International Trade Law & Policy
• Cross Border Commercial Litigation
• Electronic Commerce.