Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Law

Bachelor of Laws/Diploma of Psychology

Course code: 3352 + Course abbreviation: LLB/DipPsych + Total points required: 216 + 4.5 years full-time, 9 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This program allows students to complete the requirements for the individual Bachelor of Laws and Diploma of Psychology programs in a minimum of 4.5 years of study.

Course structure

The psychology component requires students to complete 60 credit points of study, including nine compulsory units and one elective unit in psychology.
The law component requires students to complete 156 credit points of study, including 16 compulsory units and a further 12 elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 54 points

• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1102 Law in society
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• LAW2101 Contract law A
• LAW2102 Contract law B
• LAW1003 Skills, ethics and research A
• LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Second year - 48 points

• LAW3401 Property law A
• LAW3402 Property law B
• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
• PSY2051 Research design and analysis

plus one of the following:

• PSY2112 Organisational psychology
• PSY3071 Human neurophysiology and its evolutionary perspectives
• PSY3102 Advanced psychobiology: brain and behaviour
• PSY3122 Introduction to counselling
• PSY3131 Health psychology
• PSY3151 Contemporary social psychology
• PSY3162 Psychology of language
• PSY3172 Decision making in professional settings

Third year - 57 points

• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C
• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
• 18 points elective law

Fourth year - 57 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• LAW4003 Skills, ethics and research D
• PSY3051 Perception and personality
• PSY3062 Research methods and theory
• 18 points elective law units

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

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