British Awards For Training and Higher Education

BATHE Level 7 Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law

Specifications

Qualification title:

BATHE Level 7 Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law

Qualification type:

Vocational Related Qualification (Higher Education)

Level:

7

Accreditation status:

Accredited

Credit Equivalency:

120

Progression routes:

 LLM with the associated partner University, or directly into employment in an associated profession

Availability:

UK and international

Modes of Delivery:

Full Time/ Part Time

Study Mode:

On Campus/ Distance learning/ Blended learning

Course Overview

The LLM in Intellectual Property can be achieved through a year-long programme that has been developed for both UK and international students. On this course you will be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry.

Required subjects:

Law, Accounting, Management, Business or Marketing (if you intend to select the Trade Mark Attorney Route); Law, Sciences or Engineering (if you intend to select the Patent Attorney Route)

Units

  • Principles of International Law
  • International Organisations
  • World Trade Organisation
  • Corporate Law – Theory & Practice
  • International Dispute Resolution
  • Contemporary issues: Work-based learning

Entry requirements

A Bachelor Honours Degree with 2:2 in a required subject, or equivalent. 

English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English language competency.

Duration and delivery

The qualification is designed to be delivered over one academic year for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery in order to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

Assessment and verification

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by BATHE. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.

The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.