Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice, Bachelor of Criminology (Honours)

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice, Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) requires the completion of a minimum of 216 units of study and a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) a minimum of 198 units.

• Admission requirements
• Program of study

Admission requirements

For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice 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 Criminology (Honours).

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Criminology may be eligible to transfer to the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) combined degree if they have achieved a GPA of at least 5.25 after completion of 36 or 72 units of the degree. Under exceptional circumstances and subject to specific conditions, the Faculty Board may invite other students to transfer.

Program of study

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice, Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) 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 (which consists of 90 units of core topics, 22.5 units of Legal Practice Training and 22.5 units of option topics) or 117 units for the Bachelor of Laws (which consists of 90 units of core topics and 27 units of option topics) [see Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice or Bachelor of Laws entry for further information];

• a Criminology (Honours) component of 81 units for the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours), as specified below.

Students must normally have completed a minimum of 108 units in the combined degrees, including 45 units in the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) component as specified in years 1 to 3 below, and have achieved a GPA of 5.25 or higher in the 108 units to enter the fourth year of the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours). Those who do not meet this requirement will exit with the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice, Bachelor of Criminology on completion of 135 units as specified in the course rule for the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and 45 units in the Criminology component as specified in years 1 to 3 of the programs of study below.

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 Criminology (Honours), Bachelor of Criminology or Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice programs and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) component

To qualify for the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) a student must complete 81 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:

Core - Year 1 topics

18 units comprising

 CRIM1101 Crime and Criminology (4.5 units)
 CRIM1102 Criminal Justice System (4.5 units)
 LEGL1201  Law in Australian Society  (4.5 units)
 SOCI1001  Issues in Sociology  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

13.5 units comprising:

 CRIM2201  Punishment and Society  (4.5 units)
 CRIM2202  Policing and Society  (4.5 units)
 SOCI2025  Sociological Research: Design, Methods and Ethics  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

9 units comprising:

 CRIM3401  Criminology in Practice  (4.5 units)
 CRIM3402  Advanced Research Methods and Analysis  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 3 topics

Select 4.5 units from:

  AUST2612  Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges  (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)
  CRIM3303  Psychology, Crime and the Law (4.5 units)
  CRIM3304  Criminal Networks  (4.5 units)
  CRIM3305  Borders, Migration, Security  (4.5 units)
  ITAL3215  The Italian Mafia: Origin and Representations  (4.5 units)
  SOCI3049  Sociology of Law  (4.5 units)