Oxford part-distance Masters in human rights law

http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/humanrightslaw/index2.html

The is a part-time, post-graduate (Masters of Studies) degree in Human Righrs Law. It is conducted over the Internet during Fall, Winter, and Spring for two years, but the student is resident at Oxford for 4 weeks during each of two Summers. For historical reasons, the degree has this strange name, MSt, but it is equivelent to an LLM surely.

The TOTAL course fee for students starting the course in 2004/5 is £12,640.00. This includes the cost of accommodation and meals during both residential sessions, and all printed materials

This seems to be the only degree Oxford offers through DL although there are two undergraduate diplomas offered. http://www.online.ox.ac.uk/courses.htm

Fees for a resident YEAR of Arts graduate study (for a US student) are £8,170 plus college fees of about 2000 quid. Business school and medicine are much, much higher (MBA £25,750 a year, yikes!)

 

I was thrilled when I ran across this Mst program 'til I realized that it requires regular stays at Oxford.

It WOULD be the last word in "cool", though, wouldn't it?

 

Looks good, except for the law degree requirement part!

"Applicants should have:

completed a law degree to a high standard. The degree must be at a level at least equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Law awarded in the United Kingdom. In limited cases, applications from persons with other degrees who have extensive human rights-related experience will be considered;"

 

Yes, as an advanced law degree it does have limited appeal, and the fact that there are two, short (one-month each) residency periods limits it to those who can get July off two years in a row.

Still, it is interesting to see Oxford develop a distance learning program at all!