Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research

Overview

This degree program consists entirely of an end-on year honours year for LLB students. The Faculty of Law aims to provide a legal education which equips students with a critical and questioning attitude, offers a broad perspective and provides the foundation for a career in an extensive range of legal work. This program enables students to apply this knowledge in the context of a major legal research project.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

Students must have completed all requirements for their LLB degree, or their combined LLB degree, with a WAM of 70% or more calculated by Method 4 in the University's General Course Rules (8.37) in their LLB subjects in order to be eligible to apply for entry into this course. Entry must be approved by the Sub Dean of the Faculty of Law, in consultation with the LLB Honours Coordinator. The Sub Dean of the Faculty of Law shall not approve entry into this course unless the LLB Honours Coordinator, the student's proposed supervisor and the student have agreed on the program of study that will form the basis of the course curriculum for this degree.

Credit Transfer

No credit transfer is available for this course.

Course Requirements

Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research must complete the subject LLB448 Research Honours in Law (48 credit points).

The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 1 in the University's General Course Rules (8.37), ie. based entirely on performance in 400 level subjects.

Course Program

Other Information

Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: law-enquiries@uow.edu.au