See the educational objectives for the BSc and LLB degrees.
Course structure
Science studies may be combined with studies in law either as part of the combined Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws degree course, or within the BSc degree alone.
For students in the latter category, entry to the legal studies sequence is restricted by a quota in the compulsory first-year subject LAW1100 (Legal process). The administration of this quota is a matter for the Faculty of Law. Applicants wishing to pursue the combined BSc/LLB should satisfy the prerequisites for both the BSc and LLB courses.
The Faculty of Law may also approve entry into the combined course at later stages in the BSc course.
The combined course consists of a five-year study program, the first three years of which are pursued subject to the BSc regulations. Students graduate with a BSc after three years and proceed to complete the LLB degree in a further two years of study within the Faculty of Law. It is also possible to pursue the fourth-year BSc Honours course before undertaking the final two years of law studies.
The first three years of study comprise a mixture of science and law subjects. The normal sequence of law subjects is LAW1100 (Legal process) in first year followed at second year by LAW2100 (Contract) and LAW2200 (Torts) and at third-year level by LAW3400 (Property I) and either LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure) or LAW3200 (Constitutional law). It is also possible to study LAW1100 (Legal process) and LAW2100 (Contract) in second year followed at third-year level by LAW2200 (Torts) and either LAW3200 (Constitutional law), LAW3400 (Property I) or LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure). Some variation from these sequences may be approved in special circumstances, after consultation with the subdean of Law and the academic adviser in Science.
In terms of the science subjects the same choice is available to the combined course students as to other BSc students.
Candidates for the BSc degree alone may include all or part of the sequences mentioned above in their studies only if the law subjects are credited to or acquired for the BSc degree.
For details of course content and reference books for these subjects, students should consult the Faculty of Law handbook.