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Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 2317 + Course abbreviation: BPA/LLB + Total credit points required: 252 + 5.25 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 individual Bachelor of Performing Arts and Bachelor of Laws programs in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The performing arts component requires that students complete 96 points of study, including eight compulsory units and eight elective units. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Performing Arts degree after three years of study, provided they have completed a minimum of 144 points of study including the 96 points of performing arts units. For details on the unit requirements of the drama and theatre studies major, refer to the 'Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at www.arts.monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas.

The law component requires that students complete 156 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
• DTS1060 The language of performance
• DTS1160 The places of performance
• PER1040 Interdisciplinary performance project
• PER1260 Production practice

Second year -- 51 points

• LAW2101 Contract A
• LAW2102 Contract B
• LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
• 18 points of second-year drama and theatre studies approved by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
• PER2040 Making performance: theory and practice
• PER2000 The aesthetics of performance

Third year -- 48 points

• LAW3401 Property law A
• LAW3402 Property law B
• 18 points of third-year drama and theatre studies approved by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
• PER3040 Writing/performance
• PER3000 Contemporary performance culture
• PER3050 Performance project

Fourth year -- 51 points

• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporations law
• LAW4003 Skills, ethics and research D
• 12 points of elective law units

Fifth year -- 51 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C
• 24 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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