INTRODUCTION

The five-year Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts double degree at Edith Cowan University combines the 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.

Honours

Students who have not more than 120 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 Bachelor of Laws degree satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia.  Professional recognition has also been extended to the off-campus mode of delivery from 2010.  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.  Law graduates seeking admission in Western Australia should refer to the Legal Profession Act 2008 (WA).

Standard University admission requirements apply.

Applications will not be accepted into this course through ECU portfolio pathway.

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts (BA) program consists of 720 credit points (48 units) and requires five years of full time study or the part time equivalent. 

Bachelor of Arts Component

Student must complete 240 credit points (16 units) comprising the following:

• Foundation program of 30 credit points (2 core units)
• 120 credit points Arts Major (8 units)
• 75 credit points Arts Minor (5 units)
• 15 credit points final semester capstone unit

The Bachelor of Arts has been designed with great flexibility, to provide students with an excellent range of choices whilst 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.

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. The majority of units in the Bachelor of Arts are only offered on the Mount Lawley campus. Details are published in the University timetable for the appropriate semester. A double degree student is able to complete any of the majors offered within the Bachelor of Arts within timetabling constraints.  
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. 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.
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 (32 units) comprising of 330 credit points (22 units) of compulsory core units and 150 credit points (10 units) of elective units.