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 for advice.
This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Arts and Business. The Bachelor … For more content click the Read More button below.
Duration/Award
The program is a six year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Business and Bachelor of Laws (BA&Bus LLB).
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 for advice.
This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Arts and Business. The Bachelor of Arts and Business (BA&Bus) is designed to provide students with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts PLUS study in Business. The program provides students with not only the depth (Major and Minor streams) of the Bachelor of Arts but a specially-designed Business Studies component that will introduce you to key concepts and approaches in Business and Management.
Duration/Award
The program is a six year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Business and Bachelor of Laws (BA&Bus LLB).
This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Arts and Business. The Bachelor of Arts and Business (BA&Bus) is designed to provide students with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts PLUS study in Business. The program provides students with not only the depth (Major and Minor streams) of the Bachelor of Arts but a specially-designed Business Studies component that will introduce you to key concepts and approaches in Business and Management.
Duration/Award
The program is a six year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Business and Bachelor of Laws (BA&Bus LLB).
Stand Alone Programs
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Double Degree Structure
Students must complete 288 UOC.
1. Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
2. Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
3. Law elective courses - 42 UOC
4. Arts and Business major stream - 60 UOC
5. Arts and Business minor stream- 24 UOC
6. Arts and Social Sciences prescribed electives - 12 UOC
7. Arts and Business business studies component - 48 UOC
Disciplinary Component - 3444 Arts and Business144 Units of Credit:
Students must complete 144 UOC of the following to satisfy the core requirements of this degree
Majors
You must complete a home major of 60 UOC (10 courses) from the list below:
Minors
You must complete one minor of 24 UOC (four courses) from the list below:
Business Foundation Core Courses24 Units of Credit:
You must complete 24 UOC of the following courses in your first 48 UOC of study.
Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives12 Units of Credit:
You must complete 12 UOC of any courses offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences. Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) cannot be studied as Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives.
Level 2 Business Electives
You must complete a total of 24 UOC of Level 2 and Level 3 Business electives, with at least 12 UOC at Level 3.
This means you must complete between 0-12 UOC of the following Level 2 courses depending on the number of Level 3 electives chosen.
This means you must complete between 0-12 UOC of the following Level 2 courses depending on the number of Level 3 electives chosen.
Level 3 Business Electives
You must complete at least 12 UOC and up to 24 UOC of the following courses.
Disciplinary Component - 4701 Law144 Units of Credit:
Students must complete 144 UOC of the following to satisfy the core requirements of this degree.
Core Courses96 Units of Credit:
Students must take 96 UOC of the following courses.
Prescribed Theory Electives6 Units of Credit:
Students must take 6 UOC of the following courses
Law Elective Courses42 Units of Credit:
Students must complete 42 UOC of Law Electives.
Note: With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course teacher, undergraduate students may enrol in one or more Postgraduate courses, in a select list of approved Postgraduate Electives. Not more than half the students' total elective courses may be taken from the postgraduate offerings.
Note: With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the course teacher, undergraduate students may enrol in one or more Postgraduate courses, in a select list of approved Postgraduate Electives. Not more than half the students' total elective courses may be taken from the postgraduate offerings.
Nura-Gili Pre-Law Program
Indigenous students who have entered the Bachelor of Law program through the Nura Gili Pre-Law program must complete the following two courses (6 UOC):
- LAWS1213 Foundations Enrichment 1 (3 UOC)
- LAWS1214 Foundations Enrichment 2 (3 UOC)
These courses are taken in place of 6 UOC of electives and are not available to other students.
- LAWS1213 Foundations Enrichment 1 (3 UOC)
- LAWS1214 Foundations Enrichment 2 (3 UOC)
These courses are taken in place of 6 UOC of electives and are not available to other students.
4783 - Criminology major/minor
If you choose Criminology as your major or minor, you are excluded from enrolling in the two core courses CRIM2020 Criminal Law and Justice 1 and CRIM2021 Criminal Law and Justice 2 as these are based on the compulsory core Law courses LAWS1021 Crime and Criminal Process and LAWS1022 Criminal Laws. You should instead enrol in substitute Criminology electives at Level 2.
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
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