Strathclyde, University of, PgDip, International Law and Sustainable Development

Full-time LLM and postgraduate diploma students are required to complete 6 modules from those listed – 3 per semester; a flexible 3 module postgraduate certificate award is also available; core classes for the award of LLM are research methods: the world trading system: law and policy, and international environmental law (postgraduate diploma and postgraduate certificate students are not required to complete the research methods class); optional classes include: comparative obligations; human rights and business; comparative company law and regulation; competition law; intellectual property; students with no or little background in law are strongly encouraged to take the class in legal process and the law of contract and other obligations (available via webcast); with the consent of course directors, students may also choose up to 2 classes from other law Master's programmes (human rights law; construction law or information technology and telecommunications law) and / or relevant classes from other non-law Master's programmes up to a maximum of 40 credits; classes might include: human rights and immigration legislation; international institutions and regimes; policy analysis; competition policy (business); economics of regulation (business); pollution control policy (environment); international environmental policy (environment); public sector finance and development (economic development); microeconomic management and policy; financial markets; financial institutions and banking; public sector financing in developing countries; please note not all classes are offered in each year.

Honours degree in law or other relevant discipline; other degree and non-degree qualifications may be recognised, especially where the applicant’s work experience is relevant to the course.

This course provides graduates and professionals from diverse disciplines with a solid grounding in the structures, rules and norms of key institutions of global economic governance; and how these can promote, shape, or restrict the achievement of sustainable development at both the international level and the local level; the course offers students the opportunity to study international law from a multidisciplinary perspective; not only do students have the opportunity to select elective classes from other Master's programmes in law, but also from related programmes in other departments in order to structure a programme of study that meets their personal and professional objectives; a unique aspect of this course is the opportunity for LLM students to undertake a field dissertation within a governmental or nongovernmental organisation with an international focus, either in the UK, or more likely, overseas.