Department of Law
The Law department offers a wide range of courses designed to provide students with the intellectual and analytical tools to intervene critically and effectively in the global policy debates confronting their societies as policy makers, practicing lawyers, judges, academics, activists and international civil servants. These courses are incorporated in flexible curricula, allowing students to pursue advanced studies in specialized areas on the basis of their own academic and professional interests including international human rights law, Islamic law and Middle Eastern legal systems, gender studies, law and development, international economic law and business regulation. The curricula are also flexible in that they allow alternative admission options to accommodate students’ preferences and constraints. Accordingly, students interested in pursuing graduate studies in law can choose among the following options corresponding to different levels of commitment in time and money:
| |
Estimated Duration |
Academic Requirements |
Cost |
| Course Certificate |
One semester |
Up to three courses |
Pay tuition equivalent to the number of credit hours taken |
| Graduate Diploma |
Two semesters |
18 credit hours
No thesis requirement |
Pay tuition equivalent to 18 credit hours |
| Master's Degree |
Four semesters |
27 credit hours in addition to a thesis reqirement |
Pay tuition equivalent to 27 credit hours in addition to a three-credit thesis
Scholarships are available |