Knowledge Bytes Online PhD in Air And Space Law Admission 2024-25, Check Eligibility, Result, Entrance Exams

ONLINE PHD IN AIR AND SPACE LAW 

Program Admission

With the online option, a candidate can take courses anytime and anywhere in the United States without the time and geographical constraints required to attend on-campus courses. If you are located outside of the United States, please inquire as to online access prior to submitting an application for admission.

Admission requirements to the online program are the same as those for the on-campus program.

Following admission, a change in the status (i.e., online to on-campus) requires the approval of the Director or Associate Director.                   

Course Requirements

Online candidates must satisfy the same course requirements as the on-campus students in order to receive an LL.M. degree or a Graduate Certificate. All students must successfully complete a minimum of 26 credit hours.

The course materials, deadlines, and grading standards will be the same for the online and on-campus students. The only difference between the two is where the applicant is located.

Graduate Certificate in the Air and Space Law Curriculum

Candidates may be awarded a Graduate Certificate by earning 12 credit hours in air and or space law courses: 2 core courses (6 credit hours); and 2 elective courses (6 credit hours). The Graduate Certificate Program can be tailored to address aviation law, space law or both, in the following manner:

Core Courses (applicants select two)

• International Space Law
• Public International Air Law
• U.S. Domestic Space Law
• U.S. National Aviation Law

Elective Courses (candidates select two)

• Aerospace Business and Law
• Aerospace Technology, Security and Privacy
• Astra Politica
• Comparative National Space Law
• Cybersecurity Law
• International Aviation Financing and Leasing Law
• International Space Law
• International Telecommunication Law
• Private International Air Law
• Public International Air Law
• Space Security Law
• U.S. National Aviation Law
• U.S. Domestic Space Law

Online Student Experience

The online requirements are identical to the on-campus requirements. Online applicants can attend all of the LL.M. and Graduate Certificate lectures live (synchronous), if the online student connects at the time the courses are being offered. When online students are able to attend live, they online students will be able to participate in the classroom experience with on-campus students and other online students live.  All the students and professors will be able to see and hear the online students, and vice-a-versa.

Alternatively, if the online candidate cannot attend the live classes, the online student will attend at his or her own convenience by downloading the lectures or PowerPoint slides online (on the computer or mobile phone), and participating in classroom assignments, and discussion forums, and exams or papers.

All applicants, regardless of whether they are on-campus or online, will be able to access the courses anytime and anyplace with a computer or phone with an Internet connection. Professors also have the option to use the Blackboard, which will allow them to post course information such as their syllabi, PowerPoint, lecture materials, notes, assignments, tests, announcements, and discussion forums. The discussion forums will enable all the students and professors to post questions, answers, and comments 24/7 and from any location around the globe.

Air and Space Law Program Advantages:

• Unique emphasis in U.S. air and space law.
• Extensive air law expertise and over 45 years in space law.
• On-campus or online, full-time or part-time.
• Participate, if qualified, in the Journal of the Space Law.
• Comprehensive air and space law collection.
• American Bar Association accredited law school.

TOP UNIVERSITIES:

• Leiden University
• University of Mississippi School of Law
• The University of Luxembourg, Faculty of law
• University of Nebraska
• McGill University