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 12 compulsory units and a further 14elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

DTS1060 The language of performance
DTS1160 The places of performance
LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
LAW1102 Law in society
LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
LAW3302 Criminal law B
PER1040 Interdisciplinary performance project
PER1260 Production practice

Second year - 48 points

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

Third year - 48 points

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

Fourth year - 54 points

LAW2201 Torts A
LAW2202 Torts B
LAW3201 Constitutional law
LAW4169 Equity
LAW4170 Trusts
LAW4171 Corporations law
18 points of elective law units

Fifth year - 54 points

LAW3101 Administrative law
LAW5104 Civil procedure
LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
LAW5159 Evidence
30 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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