Master Telecommunications with Law (Networks Pathway)
Entry requirementsYou should have a first or upper-second class degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline; some programming experience (preferably an objectorientated language) such as C or C++, and a basic knowledge of telecommunications networks. Applicants with unrelated degrees will be considered if there is evidence of significant industrial experience. Applicants with lower-second class degrees may be considered if the undergraduate degree specialised in relevant subjects.
Academic titleMSc Telecommunications with Law (Networks Pathway)
Course descriptionMSc
Programme description
Fifteen months full-time
The Telecommunications with Law programme is a joint collaboration between Electronic Engineering and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). The programme consists of eight taught module units; five of these are technical and three concentrate on legal issues. In addition students also undertake a compulsory law orientation weekend and a preparatory law module, before starting the three legal modules.
This programme is aimed at graduates planning to work in telecoms and telecommunications
applications, for example integration of voice and data applications. This programme combines indepth coverage of the main technical aspects of telecoms plus advanced law modules. At the end of the programme you will be equipped with the skills needed for a wide range of jobs in the expanding telecoms industry, with particular emphasis on those that also require knowledge of the legal sector.
Programme outline
Our Telecommunications with Law programmes are taken over 15 months. The first two semesters run from September to April where you would study the five technical modules of the programme and start your project. The written examination for the technical modules takes place in May and June of each year. The three optional law modules begin the following September and conclude in December, with the examinations in January.
Semester 1
* Either: Java Programming or Advanced Software Technologies*
* Digital Broadcasting
* Internet Infrastructure
* Law Orientation Weekend (compulsory but not assessed as part of the degree).
*As determined by the Department to suit the applicants' academic and professional profile.
Semester 2
* Satellite Communications
* Wireless Networks
In addition to the above modules students will be expected to undertake a short Law Preparatory module. This will be compulsory but not assessed as part of the degree.
Semester 3
A choice of three Law courses* taught by the Centre for Commercial Law Studies from the following list of options:
* Computer Crime
* IT Outsourcing
* Internet Content Regulation
* Intellectual Property Foundation
* European Telecommunications Law
* International Telecommunications Law
* Privacy and Data Protection Law
* Trade Marks and Domain Names.
* e-Commerce
*Subject to availability
Assessment
All students are required to take written examinations in May/June. To obtain an MSc, students must gain passes in six of the eight modules taken with an overall average of 50 per cent.
In addition to the above, the MSc requires that a satisfactory individual project should be completed. MSc students who do not pass the written examinations are only allowed to attempt the project after passing resit examinations the following May.