COURSE INFORMATION
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INTRODUCTION The five-year Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts double degree at Edith Cowan University combines a new law degree program with an existing arts degree program. This challenging educational initiative leads to a double degree. The double degree provides students with lifelong transferable skills equipping them for employment in a wide range of professions, and for further study in a variety of disciplines.
The course is available full-time or part-time. The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be taught at Joondalup Campus. Certain Bachelor of Arts Majors (currently Philosophy and Religion, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Sciences and Social Justice and Public Advocacy) are taught internally at Joondalup with additional Arts majors available on the Mount Lawley Campus.
Honours Students who have not more than 60 credit points left to complete to qualify for a Bachelor of Laws degree and who have achieved the required minimum weighted average mark (70%) across previously completed Bachelor of Laws units may be eligible to graduate with Honours by satisfactory completion of LAW4710. Please see the 4th year LLB structure below for further details.
SPECIAL EXIT POINTS Bachelor of Laws OR Bachelor of Arts can be awarded if sufficient credit points in the relevant program are completed (LLB 480 credit points and BA 360 credit points) and subject to meeting the course structure of that award.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION The ECU Bachelor of Laws Degree satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia. As with other Bachelor of Laws degrees in Australia, before a law graduate may be admitted to the legal profession in that state or territory, certain additional requirements must be satisfied after completion of the Bachelor of Laws Degree. For law graduates seeking admission in Western Australia, refer to the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA). |
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS In accordance with the University admission requirements as determined from time to time. |
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SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS There are a number of possible entry options. Reference should be made to the ECU (Academic, Enrolment and Academic Progress Rules) and to the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) Guide. The university may control and limit the admission and enrolment of students. |
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COURSE LOCATION This course is available on Joondalup Campus. |
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MODE OF STUDY This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode. |
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MODE OF DELIVERY This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus. |
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COURSE STRUCTURE The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts program consists of 44 units. Each unit is valued at 15 credit points giving a total course value of 660 credit points. The program will include twenty-one (21) LLB core units and eleven (11) LLB elective units and a Bachelor of Arts major consisting of eight (8) units and a six (6) unit minor which will include three units for the minor credited from the LLB elective units. The normal two core unit requirement of the Bachelor of Arts will be deemed to have been met by completion of the unit PHR1102 Critical Thinking and one Law elective.
Bachelor of Arts Component A student must complete units to a total value of 180 credit points (12 units) selected from those available in the Bachelor of Arts offered by the School of Communication and Arts so as to include one of the major sequences offered in the Bachelor of Arts and the International and Cultural Studies minor. In the minor, (3) three units will be replaced by law electives (four if the student is completing a major in Japanese). Furthermore, for all students enrolled in the double degree in Arts and Law the core unit PHR1102 Critical Thinking must be completed. The requirement of two core units within the Bachelor of Arts will be deemed to have been met by the completion of this unit plus one of the law electives.
The Bachelor of Arts has been designed with great flexibility, to provide students with an excellent range of choices whist still maintaining a coherent program. The selection of units within the program is subject to availability, and normal University and Faculty Rules. This flexible approach does mean that students need to take great care in selecting an individual program of study which fulfils the course requirements. Additional notes and requirements relevant to choices are given below, but students are advised to consult with the School Student Support Officer or the relevant Course Coordinator in planning their course.
Core Units All Bachelor of Arts students must complete two core units but in the case of the double degree in Arts and Law this requirement is deemed to be met by completing PHR1102 Critical thinking and one Law elective unit.
Bachelor of Arts Major All Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least one 120 credit points (8 unit) Major as defined within the course structure for the Bachelor of Arts. Majors available at Joondalup are:
A number of other majors are available in the BA program at Mount Lawley. Students undertaking the double degree in Law and Arts may enrol in any major offered as part of the BA (for example, Asian Studies, Australian Cultural Studies, or Politics and Government) but should be aware that this will require regular travel between campuses and may be subject to greater difficulty in terms of potential timetable clashes with law units.
Bachelor of Arts Minor A Bachelor of Arts Minor comprises 90 credit points (six units) from a specified area, with at least 45 credit points (three (3) units) at upper levels. The BA minor for the LLB/BA program will be the International and Cultural Studies minor, as defined in the BA course structure. For students enrolled in the double degree in Arts and Law, Bachelor of Laws electives will substitute for three (3) of these units (four (4) if the major is Japanese).
Additional notes and requirements
Bachelor of Laws Component A student must complete units to a total value of 480 credit points comprising of 315 credit points of compulsory units and 165 credit points of elective units. |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 4/30/2009 VET: 4/30/2009