Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate handbook 2005: Units indexed by faculty
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Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Law

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 0080 + Course abbreviation: BA/LLB + Total credit points required: 252 + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws program allows students to complete the requirements for the two individual programs in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The arts component requires that students complete 96 credit points of arts units consisting of three first-year sequences of study, a major sequence in an arts discipline, a minor sequence in another arts discipline and two additional arts elective units. Refer to the Faculty of Arts website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas/ for a list of the arts disciplines available.
The law component requires that students complete 156 credit points of study including 16 compulsory units and a further 72 credit points of elective law units.
Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Arts, or undertake honours in arts at the end of three years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts program and completed a minimum of 144 credit points of total study.

Course requirements
First year - 51 points
Second year - 57 points
Third year - 54 points
Fourth year - 45 points
Fifth year - 45 points

Students have a maximum time limit of 10 years to complete the course from the date of commencement.

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