Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 1497 * Course abbreviation: BMus/LLB * Total credit points required: 258 * 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 individual Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Laws programs in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The music component requires that students complete 102 points of study, including 15 compulsory units and two elective units. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Music degree after three years of study, provided they have completed a minimum of 144 points of study including the 102 points of music units.

The law component requires that students complete 156 points of study including 12 compulsory units and a further 14 elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
LAW1102 Law in society
MUS1100 Exploring music I
MUS1110 Exploring music II
MUS1980 Chief practical study I
MUS1990 Chief practical study II
Either MUS1120 Ensemble studies I and MUS 1130 Ensemble studies II, or MUS1040 American music and popular culture and MUS 1060 Gamelan performing arts

Second year - 48 points

LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
LAW3302 Criminal law B
MUS2020 Professional practice 1
MUS2030 Professional practice 2
MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
MUS2980 Chief practical study III
MUS2990 Chief practical study IV

Third year - 54 points

LAW2101 Contract A
LAW2102 Contract B
LAW2201 Torts A
LAW2202 Torts B
MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
MUS3980 Chief practical study V
MUS3990 Chief practical study VI
12 points of third-year-level music electives in approved combinations of music performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology

Fourth year - 54 points

LAW3401 Property law A
LAW3402 Property law B
LAW3201 Constitutional law
LAW5104 Civil procedure
LAW5159 Evidence
24 points elective law units

Fifth year - 54 points

LAW3101 Administrative law
LAW4169 Equity
LAW4170 Trusts
LAW4171 Corporations law
LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
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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