Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Law

Bachelor of Computer Science/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 3351 + Course abbreviation: BCompSc/LLB + Total points required: 264 + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law + Not offered in 2005

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree program allows students to complete the requirements for the individual Bachelor of Computer Science and Bachelor of Laws programs in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The computer science component requires that students complete 108 credit points of study, including 12 compulsory units and six elective units. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Systems degree after three years of study, provided they have completed a minimum of 144 credit points of study including the 108 credit points of computer science units.
The law component requires that students complete 156 credit points of study including 16 compulsory units and a further 12 elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 51 points

• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1102 Law in society
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• LAW1003 Skills, ethics and research A
• CSE1301 Computer programming
• CSE1303 Computer science
• MAT1841 Mathematics for computer science I
• MAT1830 Mathematics for computer science II

Second year - 57 points

• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
• CSE2303 Formal methods I
• CSE2302 Operating systems
• CSE2304 Algorithms and data structures
• CSE2305 Object-oriented software engineering
• 18 points elective units from the Faculty of Information Technology

Third year - 54 points

• LAW3401 Property A
• LAW3402 Property B
• CSE3308 Software engineering: analysis and design
• CSE3301 Project, OR
  CSE 3302 Software project engineering

Any two of the following:

• CSE3305 Formal methods II
• CSE3322 Programming languages and implementation
• CSE3323 The computer industry: historical, social and professional issues

plus:

• 18 points elective units from the Faculty of Information Technology

Fourth year - 51 points

• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• 12 points elective law units

Fifth year - 51 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW4003 Skills, ethics and research D
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5159 Evidence
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• 24 points elective law units

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

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