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Bachelor of International Studies - Bachelor of Laws

Testamur Title of Degree:	Bachelor of International Studies - Bachelor of Laws
Abbreviation:	BIS-LLB
UOW Course Code:	1827
CRICOS Code:	069060G
Study Area / Disciplines / My University Key Words:	Comparative Indigenous Studies; Culture and Identities, English Literatures, English Language & Linguistics, Ethics, French, Gender Studies, Global Development and the Environment, History, Human Security, Indonesian, International Communication, International Relations, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Peace and Security Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Postcolonial, Resource & Environmental, Science & Technology, Sociology, Spanish, Transcultural, Communication, Law, Legal
Total Credit Points:	282*
Duration:	5 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Home Faculty:	Law, Humanities and the Arts
Intake Session(s):	Autumn
Delivery Mode:	On-campus
Delivery Campus/UAC Code:	Wollongong/751212
ATAR:	92
Additional Information:	Course Finder

* This is a minimum figure and may vary depending on the selected major.

course description

Combining International Studies with the Bachelor of Laws allows students to recognise how law functions in different social, historical, political and economic texts. The program is for students interested in the analysis, appreciation and study of the diversity of the global community, and how this diversity might affect our systems of law.

For the first year of the double degree, students enrol in subjects as prescribed in the table below. The first year of the LLB must be completed full-time, except where approval is given on equity grounds. In the following four years of the degree, students enrol in subjects from the Law and Arts schedules.

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder.

Course structure

Students who enrol in the Bachelor of International Studies - Bachelor of Laws, must complete each of the following:

a) all compulsory Law subjects in the sequence prescribed in the relevant Course Program;

b) elective subjects to the value of 40 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws Elective Law Schedule;

c) all compulsory (core) subject requirements for the major in the Bachelor of International Studies, the language minor plus one language subject, and one specialist strand offered by the degree;

d) complete not more than 90 credit points at 100 level;

e) complete a minimum of 282 credit points.

Subjects (by year) - full-time program		Session	Credit Points
First Year
LLB 100	Foundations of Law A	Autumn	8
LLB 110	Legal Research and Writing	Autumn	4
LLB 120	Law of Contract A	Autumn	8
LLB 130	Criminal Law and Process A	Autumn	8
LLB 150	Communication Skills	Autumn	2
LLB 140	Advocacy Skills	Spring	2
LLB 160	Foundations of Law B	Spring	8
LLB 170	Law of Contracts B	Spring	8
LLB 180	Criminal Law and Process B	Spring	8
LLB 197	Lawyers and Australian Society	Spring	6
Second Year
LLB 220	Property and Trusts A	Autumn	8
LLB 230	Administrative Law	Autumn	8
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Autumn
LLB 270	Property and Trusts B	Spring	8
LLB 280	Constitutional Law	Spring	8
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Spring
Third Year
LLB 240	Law of Torts	Autumn	8
LLB 260	Dispute Management Skills	Autumn	2
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Autumn
LLB 250	Drafting Skills	Spring	2
LLB 290	Legal Theory	Spring	8
LLB 397	Legal Internship	Autumn/Spring	2
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Spring
Fourth Year
LLB 300	Remedies and Procedure	Autumn	8
LLB 302	Law of Business Organisations	Autumn	8
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Autumn
LLB 301	Evidence	Spring	8
2 LLB Electives		Spring	16
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Spring
Fifth Year
2 LLB Electives		Autumn	16
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Autumn
1 LLB Elective		Spring	8
Subjects from Bachelor of International Studies schedule		Spring

Majors

Majors are NOT available in the Bachelor of Laws degree. Refer to the course schedules for Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences for majors available in the Bachelor of Arts course. It is necessary for students to seek appropriate advice from Arts on their options for Majors and subject sequences.

Electives

Students must successfully complete elective subjects to the value of 40 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws Elective Law Schedule - see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

The subjects SOC222 Crime, Criminality and Criminalisation, SOC244 Punishment: Purpose, Practice, Policy STS250 Social Aspects of Genetics and Biotechnology, STS300 The Environmental Context: Imagining a Zero Carbon Future and STS309 Future Tense: Politics and Regulations of Technoscience may be completed as electives for the Bachelor of Laws course. However, the credit points may not be counted towards the Bachelor of International Studies component of the double degree if they are being used as electives in Law.

Honours

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Laws (Honours), a candidate must complete the elective LLB313 Legal Research Project as part of the above Course Requirements. The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 4. Refer to the University's General Course Rules (8.37), for information on the methods of calculating Honours.

As an alternative to the WAM-based Honours system, eligible students may complete an additional year of study towards the award of a Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree or the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree.

In order to be eligible for the Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree (an 'end-on' full year honours), students must have completed all LLB degree requirements with a WAM calculated by Method 4 of 70% or more. To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research, a candidate must complete LLB448 Research Honours in Law in addition to the above Course Requirements. The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 1. Refer to the University's General Course Rules (8.37), for information on the methods of calculating Honours. See the Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree entry for further details.

In order to be eligible for the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree (an 'end-on' full year honours), students must have completed all requirements for their double degree with a WAM calculated by Method 4 in the University's General Course Rules (8.37) of 70% or more* in their LLB subjects and overall in order to be eligible to apply. Entry must be approved by the School of Law, in consultation with the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other discipline. The School of Law shall not approve entry into this course unless the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other discipline have agreed, in consultation with the student, on the program of study that will form the basis of the course curriculum for the degree. See the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree for further details.

* The other discipline may specify other minimum entry requirements.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 28 August, 2018