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 double degree combines the professional Bachelor of Laws with the Bachelor of Media. The B Media component equips you with expertise to make a difference in the exciting, challenging, and constantly evolving field of media. Media at UNSW pushes you to develop confidence in a diverse and flexible mix of creative, critical, and practical knowledge. You will gain essential skills for navigating media in the 21st century so that you can collaborate effectively, and drive and respond to innovation.
This double degree combination is relevant to students interested in becoming media lawyers, or in public sector communication, and public relations.
Stand Alone Programs
Double Degree Structure
You must complete 240 UOC.
Bachelor of Law (144 UOC)
- Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
- Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
- Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Bachelor of Media (96 UOC)
- Foundation courses (24 UOC)
- Specialisation (48 UOC)
- Expansion courses (24 UOC)
Focus Courses
Grounding Courses
You must select courses from lists other than your specialisation. You may opt to use this to establish a sub-specialisation in a second focus area, or opt to select courses from multiple lists. Please note: prerequisite rules for courses will apply, which you must take into consideration when planning your course selections.
Note: Level 1 course codes start with a 1 (e.g. MDIA1###), Level 2 with a 2 (e.g. MDIA2###) and level 3 with a 3 (e.g. MDIA3###).
Media Studies
Cinema Studies
Communication and Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Screen Production
In the first term of enrolment, students must enrol in both LAWS1052 Introducing Law & Justice and LAWS1055 Legal Research & Writing.
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
- 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.
Enrolment Disclaimer
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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