Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws

Course Details

The law double degree programs permit students to undertake multi-skilling, and offer diverse career paths providing high marketability in multiple areas of expertise. It provides students with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles; an understanding of the relationship between law and society; the skills to analyse and solve non-legal problems and specialised study into the Australian legal system.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: 400 credit points. Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students are required to complete four core units plus one of the eight unit majors and one of the four unit sub-majors or the 12 unit Psychology key program in the Arts degree (16 units) together with the LLB key program (24 units).

Students must choose either Campbelltown or Parramatta as their home campus, however the BA degree is only taught at Penrith, Parramatta and Bankstown campuses. Honours in Law is awarded on the basis of superior performance in the law component including an honours dissertation.