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V73 Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts

INTRODUCTION

The five-year Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts double degree at Edith Cowan University combines a new law degree program (subject to recognition by the Legal Practice Board) with an existing arts degree program. This challenging educational initiative leads to a double degree which is internationally recognised in the global marketplace.  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. 

 

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 RECOGINITION

The ECU Law Degree is an approved degree for the purposes of S 27(2)(a)(i) of the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA).  Specific recognition has been granted by the Legal Practice Board of years one, two and three.  Year 4 approval will be sought in due course.

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with the University admission requirements as determined from time to time.

 
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.

 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.
 
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 International, Cultural and Community Studies 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.

 

Component

Requirements

BA units

credit points

Major

One Major from the list offered within the BA. Most Majors are eight (8) unit Majors. (Japanese majors are nine (9) units)

8 (9)

 

120 (135)

 

Minor

The International and Cultural Studies minor. The minor consists of (6) six units, but LLB/BA students will substitute three (3) law electives within the minor (four (4) if Japanese is selected as the major).

3 (2)

 

45 (30)

Core

PHR1102 Critical Thinking

1

15

Total

 

12

180

 

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:

  • Philosophy and Religion
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Justice and Public Advocacy
  • Sociology/Anthropology

 

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

  1. When a unit is found in two different major or minor lists and a student wishes to complete both majors/minors, the double-listed unit may be credited in only one major or minor.  An alternative unit must be completed to meet the requirement of the other major/minor, with the approval of the course coordinator.
  2. Not all units are offered each year and, where applicable, choice must be made from those timetabled in a given semester.  Most upper level units are offered in a two year rotation but some individual units may be offered less frequently at the discretion of the School.
  3. Some units in the Arts degree are offered at Joondalup and a wider range at Mount Lawley.  Details are published in the University timetable for the appropriate semester.  A number of majors are available at one campus or the other but not both.  While a double degree student is able to complete any of the majors offered within the Bachelor of Arts within timetabling constraints, in practice for most students the most appropriate majors will be those offered on the Joondalup Campus: Philosophy and Religion, Sociology/Anthropology, Social Justice and Public Advocacy, Social Sciences.  The last two of these are interdisciplinary majors.
  4. The University’s timetable is developed on a three-year grid to ensure avoidance of clashes over the course of a three year degree. Philosophy and Religion is timetabled as a Group C major, Sociology/Anthropology as a Group B major and the remaining two majors potentially combine units from all three groups.  Given the five year span of the double degree and the range of choice available in all the Arts majors offered, students will have no problem enrolling in sufficient units to complete their chosen major if they choose one of the majors offered at Joondalup. Once it is decided how the Law units are to be timetabled, the School of International, Cultural and Community Studies will negotiate with the School of Justice and Business Law to ensure that the needs of double degree students are met in terms of unit availability on the timetable at Joondalup.
  5. The double degree requires enrolled students to undertake an overload of one unit in each of four semesters. The overload represents standard and accepted practice in similar double degrees offered by Western Australian universities

 

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.

 
CORE UNITS
The following units are compulsory units (each unit is 15 credit points unless otherwise indicated) having a total value of 315 credit points. Students should take care in ensuring that they satisfy the pre-requisites for any unit.
 
LAW1116 Legal Process 15
LAW1111 Contract Law I 15
LAW1212 Contract Law II 15
LAW1113 Criminal Law I 15
LAW1214 Criminal Law II 15
LAW1117 Torts I 15
LAW1218 Torts II 15
LAW2102 Property Law I 15
LAW2312 Property Law II 15
LAW2104 Constitutional Law I 15
LAW2314 Constitutional Law II 15
LAW3103 Equity 15
LAW3107 Law of Trusts 15
LAW2103 Administrative Law I 15
LAW2313 Administrative Law II 15
LAW3106 Evidence 15
LAW3102 Corporations Law 15
LAW4104 Civil Procedures I 15
LAW4514 Civil Procedures II 15
LAW4105 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing&Drafting I 15
LAW4515 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing&Drafting II 15
AND:
 
ELECTIVE UNITS
It is the intention of the School of Law and Justice and Justice to introduce further electives allowing students some degree of choice in the units undertaken to complete the law degree. At this time, the following units are elective units. Each unit is 15 credit points unless otherwise indicated and a total of 165 credit points must be completed. Students should check with the School of Law and Justice to determine which elective units are offered by the University in any semester and any pre-requisites before enrolling.
 
LAW1115 Criminology 15
LAW2106 Intellectual Property Law 15
LAW3109 Taxation Law 15
LAW2105 Employment Law 15
LAW3104 Town Planning Law 15
LAW3105 Alternative Dispute Resolution 15
LAW4109 Remedies 15
LAW4206 Advanced Criminal Law 15
LAW4108 International Law 15
LAW4107 Family Law 15
LAW3108 Local Government Law 15
LAW3260 Asian Legal and Political Systems III 15
LAW2600 Terrorism and the Law 15
LAW3201 Law of Banking and Credit III 15
CRI3101 Professional Ethics 15
LAW2601 Planning and Development Law I 15
LAW3601 Planning and Development Law II 15
LAW2602 Environmental Law and Administration 15
 
 
MAASIAAsian Studies Major
MAAUSTAustralian Cultural Studies Major
MAENGEnglish Major
MAFREBFrench Major
MAFREPFrench Major
MAGEOGeography Major
MAHISHistory Major
MAJPSBJapanese Major
MAJPSPJapanese Major
MAPHRPhilosophy and Religion Major
MAPOLGPolitics and Government Major
MASJPASocial Justice and Public Advocacy Major
MASOCSocial Sciences Major
MASOANSociology, Anthropology Major
MAWRITWriting Major
 
Bachelor of Arts Minors

 

MIICSInternational and Cultural Studies Minor
 

NOTE: Apart from the majors listed above, the BA lists minors and electives in the following areas (see BA handbook entry for details):

Minors

  • Children’s Literature
  • Editing
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/09/2006 VET: 30/09/2006