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Monash University

Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering/Bachelor of Laws

Course code: 3355 ~ Course abbreviation: BAeroEng/LLB ~ Total credit points required: 300 ~ 6.5 years full-time, 12 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree program allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and the Bachelor of Laws degree in a minimum of six to six-and-a-half years of study. The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. It also promotes ethical thinking and a focus on justice and fairness. It enhances students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts, leading to employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment. The study of aerospace engineering will focus on aerodynamics, aerospace materials, aerospace structures, propulsion and aerospace instrumentation and control. This will be complemented by a major emphasis on design, which will be taught with a project-based focus. Current industry practice and guidance on professional issues such as ethics, legal, environmental and safety issues will also be covered along with an understanding of the role of the aerospace industry in a wider, global context.

Course objectives

The objectives of the LLB program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities. The successful completion of the engineering component aims to produce graduates with a foundation in general engineering and a detailed knowledge of a specialisation in one of the offered branches of engineering.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Laws course consists of 12 compulsory units which must be completed by all students enrolled in an LLB program plus a further six 'quasi-compulsory' units which must be completed by students who wish to be qualified for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor in Victoria. The remainder of the program consists of law elective units chosen by the student. The aerospace engineering component requires that students complete 144 points of study made up of 24 compulsory units.

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

Foundation units

Students who have not completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4 Chemistry or Physics and/or Specialist Mathematics (or equivalents) select one appropriate foundation unit from:

Students not needing a foundation unit take both the following units. Students needing a foundation unit select one of the following units:

Second year - 48 points

Third year - 48 points

Fourth year - 48 points

Fifth year - 54 points

Sixth year - 54 points

Course progression requirements

Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering at the end of four years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering program and completed a minimum of 192 points of total study.

Contact details

Undergraduate student services, telephone +61 3 9905 3300, visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/undergraduate/courses.html or email enquiries@law.monash.edu.au