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Degree Programme Table: Intellectual Property Law (Online Distance Learning) (LLM) (Part-time) - 20 Months (PTLLMIPLDL1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

  • Notes: On this route of study, students take 80 credits in Year 1 and 40 credits in Year 2. Students studying part-time must take at least one module per semester. 120 taught credits must be completed before embarking on the dissertation stage.

    Please note that 80 credits (four modules) must be selected from the core module group (Group A) for this programme. These core modules can be spread over the duration of the programme. For further information on the core modules for this programme see: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/llmintellectualpropertylaw/

    40 credits (two modules) must be taken from the optional group of modules (Group B) in this programme.

    The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken in the student's final year on completion of the taught element of the programme (ie 120 credits/six modules).

    More information is available at: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/information/modeofstudy/


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11179    International Intellectual Property System   20  
    LAWS11258    Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
    LAWS11257    Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property   20  
    LAWS11339    Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property   20  

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11181    Biotechnology, Law & Society   20  
    LAWS11260    Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamentals in Consent and Negligence   20  
    LAWS11259    Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues   20  
    LAWS11256    European Health Care Law   20  
    LAWS11268    Contract Law in Europe   20  
    LAWS11273    Corporate Compliance: Case Studies in Law & Ethics   20  
    LAWS11269    International Commercial Arbitration   20  
    LAWS11300    Communications Law   20  
    LAWS11306    Comparative and International Corporate Governance   20  
    LAWS11304    International Oil and Gas Law   20  
    LAWS11307    Principles of International Taxation   20  
    LAWS11302    Health Research & Commercialisation   20  
    LAWS11313    Electronic Commerce Law   20  
    LAWS11338    Regulation of autonomous systems: the law of robotics   20  
    LAWS11174    Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence   20  
    LAWS11340    International public health law & ethics   20  
    LAWS11301    Law of Climate Change   20  
    LAWS11270    Dispute Resolution Methods   20  
    LAWS11337    Compassionate Care and the Law   20  
    LAWS11163    Information Technology Law   20  
    LAWS11341    International law, human rights and corporate accountability   20  
    LAWS11180    Information: Control and Power   20  
    LAWS11347    International and European Media Law   20  

     



    Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

  • Notes: On this route of study, students take 80 credits in Year 1 and 40 credits in Year 2. Students studying part-time must take at least one module per semester. 120 taught credits must be completed before embarking on the dissertation stage.

    Please note that 80 credits (four modules) must be selected from the core module group (Group A) for this programme. These core modules can be spread over the duration of the programme. For further information on the core modules for this programme see: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/llmintellectualpropertylaw/

    40 credits (two modules) must be taken from the optional group of modules (Group B) in this programme.

    The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken in the student's final year on completion of the taught element of the programme (ie 120 credits/six modules).

    More information is available at: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/information/modeofstudy/


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS11183 Dissertation LLM Intellectual Property Law Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11179    International Intellectual Property System   20  
    LAWS11258    Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
    LAWS11257    Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property   20  
    LAWS11339    Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property   20  

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11181    Biotechnology, Law & Society   20  
    LAWS11260    Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamentals in Consent and Negligence   20  
    LAWS11259    Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues   20  
    LAWS11256    European Health Care Law   20  
    LAWS11268    Contract Law in Europe   20  
    LAWS11273    Corporate Compliance: Case Studies in Law & Ethics   20  
    LAWS11269    International Commercial Arbitration   20  
    LAWS11300    Communications Law   20  
    LAWS11306    Comparative and International Corporate Governance   20  
    LAWS11304    International Oil and Gas Law   20  
    LAWS11307    Principles of International Taxation   20  
    LAWS11302    Health Research & Commercialisation   20  
    LAWS11313    Electronic Commerce Law   20  
    LAWS11338    Regulation of autonomous systems: the law of robotics   20  
    LAWS11174    Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence   20  
    LAWS11340    International public health law & ethics   20  
    LAWS11301    Law of Climate Change   20  
    LAWS11270    Dispute Resolution Methods   20  
    LAWS11337    Compassionate Care and the Law   20  
    LAWS11163    Information Technology Law   20  
    LAWS11341    International law, human rights and corporate accountability   20  
    LAWS11180    Information: Control and Power   20  
    LAWS11347    International and European Media Law   20  

     



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