Master of Laws in Mercantile Law
This qualification includes the various specialisations in Law. Please refer to "Notes" for details on the specialisations.
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Qualification type
Master's Degree
Credits
180
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of the Western Cape
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 08 - Law, Military Science and Security
Subfield
Justice in Society
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
Important dates
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Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
This qualification includes the various specialisations in Law. Please refer to "Notes" for details on the specialisations.
To offer a Masters Degree in Law, following upon the Bachelor of Law Degree or a qualification(s) deemed to be its equivalent for this purpose, allowing for (a) specialised coursework teaching and (b) specialised research towards a dissertation, both aimed at the enhancement of legal academic and legal professional skills.
Since the new four-year Bachelor of Law qualification has been "demoted" from Postgraduate (i.e. a minimum of five years of study) to undergraduate studies, the qualification has had to assume a new responsibility, viz of providing Bachelor of Law learners with the necessary opportunity for adding to their prior graduate-level knowledge, enlarging their skills base for rendering a variety of public and private legal services.
Entry requirements and RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The institution conducts RPL in terms of the policy and guidelines of the institution to recognise other forms of formal, informal and non-formal learning and experience. In cases where learners do not comply with the formal admission requirements, the institution applies its RPL policy.
Entry requirements
The minimum entry requirement for this qualification is
- Bachelor of Laws, NQF Level 8.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Mercantile Law, NQF Level 8.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
- Develop applied, practical and reflexive legal competences which South Africa needs as far as the public sector and the private sectors are concerned.
Associated assessment criteria
Integrated assessment
Tests, assignments and examinations are utilised for coursework. Internal and external assessors are employed in the case of both qualifications by coursework and dissertation.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
This qualification offers both possibilities of horizontal and vertical articulation.
Horizontal Articulation
- Masters of Laws, Level 9.
- Master of Laws in Constitutional Theory, Law and Litigation, Level 9.
Vertical Articulation
- Doctor of Laws in Mercantile Law, Level 10.
International comparability
This qualification compares with the following international qualifications in terms of the range of competencies in the learning content offered.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
N/A
Providers currently listed
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