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Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws |
Abbreviation: |
BA-LLB |
Home Faculty: |
Faculty of Law |
Duration: |
5 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: |
270* |
Delivery Mode: |
On-campus |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn |
Location: |
Wollongong |
UOW Course Code: |
771 (Faculty of Arts majors) 771_2 (Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences majors) |
UAC Code: |
751201 |
CRICOS Code: |
004340C |
* This is a minimum figure and may vary depending on major.
Overview
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 prescribed by the Faculty of Law. The first year of the LLB must be completed full time, except where Faculty 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 / Assumed Knowledge
Assumed Knowledge: Any two units of English. Recommended Studies: English Advanced.
Credit Transfer
Students may apply for credit transfer for relevant subjects completed at approved tertiary institutions.
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 Faculty of 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 Faculty of Arts (including Aboriginal Studies) OR a major study in Psychology
c) Where subjects have the prefix LAW, the equivalent Bachelor of Laws subjects must be substituted.
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 Sub Dean of the Faculty of Law, in consultation with the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other Faculty. The Sub Dean of the Faculty of Law shall not approve entry into this course unless the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other Faculty 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.
Course Program
Subjects (by year) |
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 |
Public Law A |
Autumn |
8 |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Autumn |
||
LLB 270 |
Property and Trusts B |
Spring |
8 |
LLB 280 |
Public Law B |
Spring |
8 |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Spring |
||
Third Year | |||
LLB 240 |
Law of Torts |
Autumn |
8 |
LLB 260 |
Dispute Management Skills |
Autumn |
2 |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Autumn |
||
LLB 250 |
Drafting Skills |
Spring |
2 |
LLB 290 |
Legal Theory |
Spring |
8 |
LLB 397 |
Legal Internship |
Autumn/Spring |
2 |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Spring |
||
Fourth Year | |||
LLB 300 |
Remedies and Procedure |
Autumn |
8 |
LLB 302 |
Law of Business Organisations |
Autumn |
8 |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Autumn |
||
LLB 301 |
Evidence |
Spring |
8 |
2 LLB Electives |
Spring |
16 | |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Spring |
||
Fifth Year | |||
2 LLB Electives |
Autumn |
16 | |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Autumn |
||
1 LLB Elective |
Spring |
8 | |
Subjects from Arts or Health & Behavioural Sciences schedule |
Spring |
Majors
Majors are NOT available in the Bachelor of Laws course. Refer to the course schedules for the Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences for majors available in the Bachelor of Arts course. It is necessary for students to seek appropriate advice from the Arts Faculty 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.
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: Faculty of Law: law-enquiries@uow.edu.au; Faculty of Arts: fac-arts@uow.edu.au; Faculty of HBS: hbs_central@uow.edu.au