MSc International Maritime Studies - Shipping and Commercial Law (Part Time)
Entry level
For all IMS courses, the normal academic entry requirement is a minimum of a lower second (2.2) Honours degree (or equivalent) in any one of the following:
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Maritime-related Studies;
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Environmental Science;
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Engineering;
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Management;
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Transport;
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Economics;
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Geography;
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Business or Law.
Please note that this list is not exclusive.
Alternatively, a Higher National Diploma (Merit or Distinction award) or ordinary degree in a maritime-related subject combined with an appropriate track record of achievement in a professional context, such as at a senior managerial level, may be sufficient.
In the case of professional mariners, the entry requirements are as follows:
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Deck Officer: Master's (Unlimited) Certificate + at least two years' experience as Chief Officer.
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Ship Engineer: Chief Engineer (Class 1) Certificate + at least two years' as Chief Engineer.
Career opportunities
The courses aim to produce graduates who are both technically competent and capable of management at project level and above. It is expected that those who have completed the course may look towards roles such as:
• project managers within relevant maritime organisations and business
• research and development professionals
• managers involved in the development of policies
• managers involved in the implementation of policies.
Course overview
This MSc International Maritime Studies - Shipping and Commercial Law is the latest addition to the MSc International Maritime Studies programme. The purpose of this pathway is not to educate students for a career in Law per se but more to enable them to have a good understanding of the complexity of law as it relates to maritime business. In this way, graduates should be of use to a range of stakeholders involved in an industrial context.
The pathway aims to demonstrate the dynamics and theories of maritime business law including for example inter alia elements of maritime commerce; company law; contract and commercial law; the role of insurance in maritime commerce; corporate accountability and the criminalisation of the Master. The intention is also to enhance learning through stimulating student engagement by application to currently contentious and evolving areas. Negotiation and dispute resolution therefore represent important areas of study in relation to these conflict scenarios.
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Professional accreditation
Since the MSc SCL is a new addition to the International Maritime Studies programme, it has yet to be validated by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.
Course content
The main areas of study are:
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International Maritime Law
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Management of Shipping Operations
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Maritime Business and IT Strategy
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Maritime Business Law
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Assessment
Each taught unit is assessed by a combination of presentations, written coursework and/or an examination. The exact combination of assessments, and their timing, depends on the subject nature of each unit.
Students are required complete a 20,000 word research dissertation on a relevant topic.
Fees
The course fees for 2011/12 for part-time students ordinarily residing in a member state of the European Union are:
Year 1, £1,825 and Year 2, £1,825
Field trips
A number of visits to external organisations and facilities, to ensure students understand and are exposed to the practical application of specific topics from the taught programmes, are planned. These are funded outside of the course fees.
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