Overview

This Handbook is for commencing students. If you commenced in a prior year please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law and Justice for advice.This program provides students with an opportunity to obtain two degrees of professional importance … For more content click the Read More button below.

Stand Alone Programs

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Double Degree Structure

Students must complete 240 UOC.

1. Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
2. Prescribed law elective - 6 UOC
3. Law elective courses - 42 UOC
4. Criminology Core - 42 UOC*
5. Social Science Core - 36 UOC
6. Prescribed Criminology Electives - 18 UOC*

* Note: students will not take CRIM2020 and CRIM2021 in the Criminology Core as part of this double-degree program. The content of these courses is covered by LAWS1021 and LAWS1022 taken as part of the Bachelor of Laws program. Instead of CRIM2020 and CRIM2021, students should enrol in additional Criminology electives to meet the requirement of 240 units of credit, ie students will complete 30 UOC for the Criminology Core, and 30 UOC of Prescribed Criminology electives. 

Disciplinary Component - 3422 Criminology & Criminal Justice96 Units of Credit:
Disciplinary Component - 4701 Law144 Units of Credit:

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please read the Double Degree Program rules as some specific rules apply to particular Double Degree combinations.

You are responsible for ensuring you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and advice from your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program.

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

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