Course

Bachelor of Information Systems/Bachelor of Laws

Approved Abbreviation: BIS/LLB

Western Sydney University Course Code: 2800.1

AQF Level: 7

CRICOS Code: 095799C

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 2017 or later.

This combined course enables multi-skilling into two diverse career paths - information systems and law, providing increased marketability to multiple areas of expertise. The Bachelor of Laws equips students with the professional legal skills and knowledge which are required by the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in New South Wales and to solve legal and non-legal problems. Students can undertake specialised study in topical local and international law. The Bachelor of Information Systems integrates the applications of computing and information systems in the context of a global business environment. Students collaborate with an organisation in its industry based setting, on a project to solve a real community-based problem. The project involves the design, development, deployment and further management of the information system.

Study Mode
Five years full-time or ten years part-time. Information systems units are offered at the Parramatta campus and Law units are offered at Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses. Students may be required to travel between campuses in order to complete their units.

Accreditation
Graduates from this program are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training. The Bachelor of Information Systems is accredited with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) at Professional Level

Admission

Assumed Knowledge: HSC Mathematics and any two units of HSC English.

Applications from Australian and New Zealand citizens and holders of permanent resident visas must be made via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Use the links below to apply via UAC or Western Sydney University.  Applications made directly to Western Sydney do not have an application fee.

Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Local and International applicants who are applying through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) will find details of minimum English proficiency requirements and acceptable proof on the UAC website. Local applicants applying directly to the University should also use the information provided on the UAC website.

http://www.uac.edu.au/

https://westernsydney.uac.edu.au/ws/

Exceptional Merit Admission Pathways apply:

  • Debating Challenge
  • Kirby Cup High Schools Mooting Competition

Overseas qualifications must be deemed by the Australian Education International - National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (AEI-NOOSR) to be equivalent to Australian qualifications in order to be considered by UAC and Western Sydney University.

Course Structure

Qualification for the double Bachelors degree in Information Systems / Law requires the successful completion of 400 credit points consisting of the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

  • 160 credit points of specified Laws core units
  • 80 credit points of units chosen from the pool of Bachelor of Laws Alternate Units
  • 160 credit points of specified Information Systems units

Early exit - Students are eligible to graduate in the Bachelor of Information Systems on completion of the 16 specified information systems units plus the eight law units specified:specified: 200977, 200978, 200008, 200811, 200010, 200011, 200013 and 200020 in lieu of course 3688 electives and/ or ‘Major’.

Planning study - It may be possible to vary the sequence of units so that students study a greater concentration of either law or information systems study each semester, to minimise travel between campuses and to overcome timetabling problems. Students should speak to their Academic Course Advisor as needed.

Recommended Sequence

Year 1

Autumn session

200977Fundamentals of Australian Law
200010Criminal Law
300573Information Systems in Context
300585Systems Analysis and Design

Spring session

200978Legal Analysis and Critique
200008Torts Law
300580Programming Fundamentals
300104Database Design and Development

Year 2

Autumn session

200011Contracts
200032Statistics for Business
300582Technologies for Web Applications
100483Principles of Professional Communication 1

Spring session

200811Alternative Dispute Resolution
300960Mobile Applications Development
300572Information Systems Deployment and Management
300565Computer Networking

Year 3

Autumn session

200020Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics
300584Emerging Trends in Information Systems
300570Human-Computer Interaction
300578Professional Development

Spring session

200013Administrative Law
300579Professional Experience
300569Computer Security
300961Social Computing

Year 4

Autumn session

200757Equity & Trusts
200012Property Law

And two LLB Alternate units

Spring session

200814Commercial Transactions Law
200018Law of Associations

And two LLB Alternate units

Year 5

Autumn session

200009Constitutional Law
200015Criminal Procedure and Evidence

And two LLB Alternate units

Spring session

200756Remedies
200813Civil Procedure and Arbitration

And two LLB Alternate units

LLB Alternate Units

Students must complete 80 credit points of units from the list of Bachelor of Laws alternate units. The most recent version of course 2501 indicates which units are offered in the course.

200019Revenue Law
200021Land Transactions Law
200186Advanced Taxation Law
200220International Criminal Law
200271Financial Services Law
200294Mediation
200295Bioethics
200296Law Economics and Business Ethics
200297Law of Employment
200298Immigration and Refugee Law
200529Comparative Law: Legal Systems of the World
200629Advanced Family Law
200632Elder Law
200633Family Law
200635Human Rights Law
200637Intellectual Property
200638International Business Transactions Law
200639International Trade Law
200641Wills and Succession
200646Advocacy
200647Planning and Environment Law
200649Jurisprudence
200650Advanced Torts and Civil Wrongs
200652Space Law - Commercial Aspects
200653Public International Law
200654Anti-Discrimination Law
200656Conflict of Laws
200657Corporate Governance
200659Insolvency Law and Policy
200661Media Law
200663International Moot Court
200697Banking and Securities Law
200699Clinical Legal Placement
200700Law Honours Dissertation
200702Public Health Law
200701Issues in the Criminal Justice System
200704Independent Study (Law)
200755Advanced Constitutional Law
200758Transactional Law
200759Foundations of Chinese Law
200772Family Dispute Resolution
200773Moot Court
200799Work Health and Safety Law
200800International Climate Law
200801International Environmental Law
200802Law and Public Policy (Development and Implementation)
200803Law of International Organisations
200804Law of the Sea
200856Medical Law
200858Australian Consumer Law
200905Australian Competition Law
200908Human Rights and the Asia Pacific
200943Practising in the Public Interest
200944First Peoples and the Australian Legal System
200955Information and Data Governance Law and Regulation
200956Islam, International Law and Human Rights
200982Mental Health Law
200983Foundations of Indian Law

Please note that the availability of Bachelor of Laws Alternate Units may vary from session to session. New units may become available and some discontinued. The School will publish information on which units are available in a session.

Honours

A Law Honours program is offered - Criteria for admission and for the award of honours levels can be found in the School of Law Honours Award level Guidelines, published with the Honours in Bachelor Awards Policy at:

Policies Website

Students in the Law Honours program must satisfactorily complete the 20 credit point unit 200700 Law Honours Dissertation as one of their LLB alternate units.



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