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Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws
Testamur Title of Degree: | Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws |
Abbreviation: | BA-LLB |
UOW Course Code: | 771 |
CRICOS Code: | 004340C |
My University: | Asia Pacific, Australian Studies, Comparative Indigenous Studies; Culture and Identities, English Literatures, English Language & Linguistics, Ethics, Gender Studies, Global Media, History, Human Security, International Relations, Languages, Masculinities, Peace keeping, Philosophy, Politics, Postcolonial, Resource & Environmental, Sociology, Science & Technology, Transcultural Communication, Psychology, Law, Laws, Legal |
Duration: | 5 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: | 270* |
Delivery Mode: | On-campus |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn |
Delivery Campus / UAC Code: | Wollongong / 751201 |
ATAR: | 92 |
Additional Information: | Course Finder |
* This is a minimum figure and may vary depending on major.
course description
Students commencing University study directly from school may enrol in a double degree course with the Bachelor of Laws. Study in another academic discipline allows students to recognise how law functions in social, economic, technical, environmental and scientific contexts. The Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws degree offers a range of choices to those interested in humanities and social sciences and includes modern languages.
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 Law subjects and subjects from the Arts or Health and Behavioural Sciences schedules.
Entry Requirements
Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder.
Course Requirements
Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws must complete each of the following:
a) all compulsory Law subjects as set out in the relevant Course Program;
b) elective subjects to the value of 40 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws Elective Law Schedule;
c) subjects to the value of at least 90 credit points from the Bachelor of Arts Course Program, the Health & Behavioural Sciences Course Program or the General Schedule.
Note:
a) No more than 48 credit points shall be of 100-level subjects.
b) The 90 credit points must include one major study taught by a member unit of the Arts (including Indigenous Studies) OR a major study in Psychology
c) Where subjects have the prefix LAW, the equivalent Bachelor of Laws subjects must be substituted.
Subjects (by year) | Session | Credit Points | |
First Year | |||
Foundations of Law A | Autumn | 8 | |
Legal Research and Writing | Autumn | 4 | |
Law of Contract A | Autumn | 8 | |
Criminal Law and Process A | Autumn | 8 | |
Communication Skills | Autumn | 2 | |
Advocacy Skills | Spring | 2 | |
Foundations of Law B | Spring | 8 | |
Law of Contracts B | Spring | 8 | |
Criminal Law and Process B | Spring | 8 | |
Lawyers and Australian Society | Spring | 6 | |
Second Year | |||
Property and Trusts A | Autumn | 8 | |
Administrative Law | Autumn | 8 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Autumn | ||
Property and Trusts B | Spring | 8 | |
Constitutional Law | Spring | 8 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Spring | ||
Third Year | |||
Law of Torts | Autumn | 8 | |
Dispute Management Skills | Autumn | 2 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Autumn | ||
Drafting Skills | Spring | 2 | |
Legal Theory | Spring | 8 | |
Legal Internship | Autumn/Spring | 2 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Spring | ||
Fourth Year | |||
Remedies and Procedure | Autumn | 8 | |
Law of Business Organisations | Autumn | 8 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Autumn | ||
Evidence | Spring | 8 | |
2 LLB Electives | Spring | 16 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Spring | ||
Fifth Year | |||
2 LLB Electives | Autumn | 16 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Autumn | ||
1 LLB Elective | Spring | 8 | |
Subjects from the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) schedules | Spring |
Majors
Majors are NOT available in the Bachelor of Laws course. Refer to the course schedules for the Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences for majors available in the Bachelor of Arts course. It is necessary for students to seek appropriate advice 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 Arts 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 faculty may specify other minimum entry requirements.
To be eligible for the award of Honours in Arts, a candidate must undertake a separate one-year full-time or part-time equivalent degree and must make a separate degree application.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au