The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours), Bachelor of Law and Society requires the completion of a minimum of 171 units of study and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Law and Society a minimum of 171 units.
For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) combined degrees through SATAC.
Eligible students who decide to take up the combined degrees program in a subsequent year will be required to apply via university internal transfer, for admission to the Bachelor of Law and Society.
Students enrolled in a combined degree program must complete the full program specified within the combined program for each degree before they can graduate with either award.
Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) or Bachelor of Law and Society programs and to receive credit for some, or all, of the topics already completed.
Program of study
To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours), Bachelor of Law and Society a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:
- a Law component of 135 units for the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) which consists of 90 units of core topics, 22.5 units of Legal Practice Training, 9 units of option topics and 13.5 units of dissertation or 135 units for the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) which consists of 90 units of core topics, 9 units of Year 3 Option topics, 22.5 units of Year 4 Option topics and 13.5 units of dissertation [see Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) or Bachelor of Laws (Honours) entry for further information];
- a Law and Society component of 36 units, consisting of:
Core - Year 1 topics
13.5 units comprising:
CRIM1102 Criminal Justice System (4.5 units)
LEGL1201 Law in Australian Society (4.5 units)
PHIL1060 Critical Reasoning (4.5 units)
Option - Year 2 topics
Choose 13.5 units from:
CRIM2201 Punishment and Society (4.5 units)
CRIM2202 Policing and Society (4.5 units)
LEGL2117 Crimes Against Populations (4.5 units)
PHIL2601 Ethics for Professionals (4.5 units)
SOCI2025 Sociological Research: Design Methods and Ethics (4.5 units)
Option - Year 3 topics
Choose 9 units from:
CRIM2201 Punishment and Society (4.5 units)
CRIM2202 Policing and Society (4.5 units)
CRIM3011 Current Issues in Criminal Justice (4.5 units)
CRIM3203 Corporate Crime (4.5 units)
CRIM3301 Crime, Law and Trauma (4.5 units)
CRIM3302 International Criminal Justice (4.5 units)
CRIM3304 Criminal Networks (4.5 units)
CRIM3305 Borders, Migration, Security (4.5 units)
CRIM3402 Advanced Research Methods and Analysis (4.5 units)
PHIL2608 Freedom, Law and Society (4.5 units)
SOCI3049 Sociology of Law (4.5 units)
WMST3013 Gendering Politics and Policy: Justice, Rights and Representation (4.5 units)