Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of LawsApproved Abbreviation: BA/LLB
Western Sydney University Course Code: 2537.2
CRICOS Code: 041113G
Course Status: INACTIVE
This version of the course is no longer offered. Please use the course search to find courses currently available.
Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year for this course is 2005 or 2006.
Units may be revised or replaced to ensure students are provided with up to date curriculum throughout their studies, and this may result in a new course version. Refer to the Check My Course Progress page in MySR for the most up to date information for your course.
The law double degree programs permit students to undertake multi-skilling, and offer diverse career paths providing high marketability in multiple areas of expertise. The LLB provides students with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles; an understanding of the relationship between law and society; the skills to analyse and solve non-legal problems and specialised study into the Australian legal system.
For information about Honours please see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.1 or any later version of course 2501.
Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)
Study Mode
Five years full-time. Law units are available at Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses, or for the first three years at Blacktown campus. Arts units are available at various campuses, depending on the units chosen.
Course Advice
Location
Campus | Attendance | Mode | Course Advice | Parramatta Campus - Victoria Road | Full Time | Internal | Margaret Hyland |
Accreditation
Graduates from the Bachelor of Laws are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training.
Inherent requirements
There are inherent requirements for this course that you must meet in order to complete your course and graduate. Make sure you read and understand the requirements for this course online.
Inherent requirements
Admission
UAI or mature-age entry through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).
International applicants should contact International Office for details on admission. Contact information for the International Office is available via their website.
International Office
Course Structure
Qualification for a double degree in law requries the successful completion of 400 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequences for the relevant double degree programs.
Students are eligible to graduate in the associated degree at the end of three years of full-time study, only when they have completed all non-law units plus the eight law units specified in the study sequence as being in the first three years of the relevant double degree.
Alternate Units
Please note that the availability of Bachelor of Laws Alternate Units may vary from year to year. New units may become available and some others discontinued. The most recent version of course 2501 indicates which units are offered in the course. The School will publish information on which units are available in a session.
It may be possible to vary the sequence of units so that students study a greater concentration of either law or their second discipline of study each semester, to minimise travel between campuses and to overcome timetabling problems. Students should speak with their academic advisor as needed.
For details of the relevant arts units, refer to the current listing of Bachelor of Arts, course code 1604. Continuing students should refer to the earlier versions of 1604.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws students are required to complete the following arts units.
- 40 credit points BArts core units
- 120 credit point key program
Note: Instead of the 80 credit points of elective units required to be completed by Bachelor of Arts students enrolled in course 1604.1 or course 1604.2, students in Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, course code 2537.2 are required to complete the eight law units listed in the first three years of the recommended sequence below.
Recommended Sequence
Full-time
Year 1
Autumn session
Two core arts units
Plus the following:
Parramatta students
Campbelltown students
Spring session
Two core arts units
Plus the following:
Parramatta students
Campbelltown students
Year 2
Autumn session
And three units in the relevant BA key program
Spring session
And three units in the relevant BA key program
Year 3
Autumn session
Three units in the relevant BA key program
Plus the following:
Parramatta students
Campbelltown students
Spring session
And three units in the relevant BA key program
Year 4
Autumn session
200016 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 1 |
And two LLB alternate units
Spring session
200200 | Equity Trusts and Remedies 2 |
And two LLB alternate units
Year 5
Autumn session
And two LLB alternate units
Campbelltown Students:
200015 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence |
Parramatta Students:
200017 | Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure |
Spring session
200020 | Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics |
And two LLB alternate units
Campbelltown Students:
200017 | Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure |
Parramatta Students:
200015 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence |