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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

This double-degree 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 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 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 points of study, including 16 compulsory units and a further 72 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 points of total study.

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
  • 24 points of first-year units from the Faculty of Arts consisting of two units each from two different arts disciplines
Second year -- 57 points
  • LAW2101 Contract A
  • LAW2102 Contract B
  • LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
  • 12 points of first-year units from Faculty of Arts, consisting of two units of study in one arts discipline
  • 12 points of second-year units from the Faculty of Arts, consisting of two units in the minor sequence
  • 12 points of second-year units from the Faculty of Arts, consisting of two units in the major discipline
  • 6 points of any year-level units from any Faculty of Arts discipline
Third year -- 54 points
  • LAW2201 Torts A
  • LAW2202 Torts B
  • LAW3401 Property A
  • LAW3402 Property B
  • 24 points of third-year units, or
    18 points of third-year and 6 points of second-year units from the Faculty of Arts, consisting of four units in the major area of study
  • 6 points of any year-level units from any Faculty of Arts discipline
Fourth year -- 45 points
Fifth year -- 45 points
  • LAW3101 Administrative law
  • LAW 5104 Civil procedure
  • LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
  • LAW5159 Evidence
  • LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C
  • 18 points of 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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