LLM Corporate Governance: The University of Manchester

Course description

This programme examines corporate governance from a variety of perspectives. It examines the major theories concerning the nature of corporations and their place in society; the major concerns driving corporate governance law and practice and reform proposals. In addition the programme looks at theories of the firm and their implications for corporate governance and aims to evaluate the effectiveness of corporation governance norms and institutions in achieving their goals. It also considers the evidence for European and global convergence of corporate governance practices and the ways in which this might evolve. The programme puts the study of the major corporate governance issues into a comparative and global perspective.

Module details

The following course units are compulsory for students undertaking this programme:

• The Principles and Practice of Corporate Governance (semester one);
• and Legal Issues in Emerging Markets and Comparative Corporate Governance (semester two).

These compulsory course units constitute 60 credits from the total of 120 credits of taught course units for the programme.

In addition to the compulsory course units, you will be required to study other course units, selected from a range of options, that either cover specialist or peripheral areas of corporate governance or that complement the study of corporate governance. Course units available in any given year will not be confirmed until perhaps May or June preceding the start of the academic year. However, the LLM in Corporate Governance will typically offer course units in Corporations and International Business Law; Regulating Corporate Social & Environmental Behaviour; and Law, Governance & Development (along with several other more generic optional course units).

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: A minimum upper second class honours degree, or the equivalent, in law.

English language:

Students whose first language is not English are required to hold IELTS 7.0 with a minimum writing score of 7, or TOEFL 106 internet-based, or Cambridge Certificate Grade C.

It is also recommended that applicants attend pre-sessional English language courses at the University.