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Master of Customs Administration Articulated Set

includes:

Master of Customs Administration
Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration
Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

  • Award Names
  • Availability
  • Duration
  • Admission
  • Credit
  • Articulation
  • Graduation
  • Course Structure
  • Enrolment Pattern
  • Accreditation

The course includes the following awards:

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration GradCertCustAdmin

Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration GradDipCustAdmin

Master of Customs Administration MCustAdmin

Course Study Modes and Locations

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration (1314CU)

Distance Education - Canberra

Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration (1616CA)

Distance Education - Canberra

Master of Customs Administration (1715CU)

Distance Education - Canberra

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Master of Customs Administration

Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)

Part-time 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)

Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Part-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Part-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

Admission criteria

CSU Admission Policy

Master of Customs Administration

Applicants for the Master of Customs Administration should hold:

  1. an undergraduate degree or equivalent from a recognised university or tertiary institution, or
  2. a Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration from Charles Sturt University or an equivalent postgraduate award, or
  3. a Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration from Charles Sturt University or an equivalent postgraduate award.
Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

Applicants for the Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration should hold:

  1. an undergraduate degree or equivalent from a recognised university or tertiary institution, or
  2. a Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration from Charles Sturt University or an equivalent postgraduate award.
Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

An undergraduate degree or equivalent from a recognised university or tertiary institution.  Students without a tertiary qualification may be admitted to the course if they can demonstrate they have a minimum of three years' appropriate work experience in Customs or a related private/public sector area.  Applicants must have English language proficiency to the minimum requirements set by the University.

Credit

CSU Credit Policy

Master of Customs Administration

Students may receive credit for the completion of subjects in accordance with the CSU Credit Policy.

Graduates of the existing Graduate Certificate of Customs Administration and teh Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration will receive full credit for those programs within the Masters of Customs Administration.

Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

Students may receive credit for the completion of subjects in accordance with the CSU Credit Policy.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of Customs Administration will receive full credit for that program within the Graduate Diploma in Customs Administration.

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

Students may receive credit for the completion of subjects in accordance with the CSU Credit Policy.

Articulation

The Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.

Graduation requirements

Master of Customs Administration

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course Structure

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
The course comprises two core subjects. Students must satisfactorily complete 32 points to graduate.

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)


GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN CUSTOMS ADMINSTRATION
The course comprises two core subjects (32) and either:

two Restricted Electives (32), or
one Restricted Elective (16), CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8) and an Open Elective (8).

Students must satisfactorily complete 64 points to graduate.

Core Subjects

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)

and a further 32 credit points made up of either two restricted electives (32); or CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8), one restricted elective (16), and one open elective (8)

Elective Subjects (32)

Option 1:

Choose two of the following Restricted Electives (32):

CUS503 International Trade Policy and Practice (16)
CUS504 Border Revenue (16)
CUS505 International Air and Maritime Law (16)

Option 2:

CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8)

and one Restricted Elective (16) chosen from:

CUS503 International Trade Policy and Practice (16)
CUS504 Border Revenue (16)
CUS505 International Air and Maritime Law (16)

and one Open Elective chosen from the following five subjects, or a subject chosen from other CSU postgraduate offerings with the agreement of the Course Director:

CUS423 Environment Taxation (8)
CUS520 Excise (8)
CUS521 Customs Reform and Modernisation (8)
CUS522 International Supply Chain Management (8)
CUS523 International Trade Transactions (8)

Note: Students who wish to progress to the Master of Customs Administration must complete CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8)


MASTER OF CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
The course comprises four core subjects (56), two restricted electives (32) and one open elective (8). Students must satisfactorily complete 96 points to graduate.

Core Subjects (56)

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)
CUS550 Customs Research Project (16)
CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8)

Non-Core Subjects (40)

Restricted Electives (32)

Choose two of the following restricted electives

CUS503 International Trade Policy and Practice (16)
CUS504 Border Revenue (16)
CUS505 International Air and Maritime Law (16)

Open Electives (8)

Choose one of the following open electives, or a subject chosen from other CSU postgraduate offerings with the agreement of the Course Director:

CUS423 Environment Taxation (8)
CUS520 Excise (8)
CUS521 Customs Reform and Modernisation (8)
CUS522 International Supply Chain Management (8)

Enrolment Pattern

FULL TIME ENROLMENT PATTERN

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)


Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16) and CUS402 (16)

Session 2

Electives (32) from Option 1 or Option 2


Master of Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)
CUS402 International Customs Law (16)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16) and CUS402 (16)

Session 2

CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8)
1 x Restricted Elective (16)
1 x Open Elective (8)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16), CUS402 (16), CUS551 (8), 1 x Restricted Elective (16) and 1 x Open Elective (8)

Session 3

1 x Restricted Elective (16)
CUS550 Customs Research Project (16)


PART TIME ENROLMENT PATTERN

Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)

Session 2

CUS402 International Customs Law (16)


Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)

Session 2

CUS402 International Customs Law (16)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16) and CUS402 (16)

Session 3

Electives (16) chosen from Option 1 or Option 2

Session 4

Electives (16) chosen from Option 1 or Option 2


Master of Customs Administration

Session 1

CUS401 Customs Management Theory and Practice (16)

Session 2

CUS402 International Customs Law (16)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16) and CUS402 (16)

Session 3

CUS551 Customs Research Methods (8)
1 x Open Elective (8)

Session 4

1 x Restricted Elective (16)

Students may choose to exit with the Graduate Diploma of Customs Administration following the completion of CUS401 (16), CUS402 (16), CUS551 (8), 1 x Restricted Elective (16) and 1 x Open Elective (8)

Session 5

1 x Restricted Elective (16)

Session 6

CUS550 Customs Research Project (16)

Accreditation

This course will be accredited by the World Customs Organisation.

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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