Program Overview

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Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws is a double degree program that provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the law as it applies to the social sciences. This program allows students to major in a selected social science discipline and choose from a comprehensive suite of law electives.

Course Snapshot

• Start Date: View in availability
• Duration: 5 years full-time; 10 years part-time
• Location: Students attend a compulsory on-campus workshop.
• Placements: NA
• ATAR: 89 / 6
• Inherent Requirements: NA
• Entry Requirements: View full entry requirements
• Course Abbreviation: BSocSc, LLB
• Course Code:
• Credit Points: 480
• Equivalent Units: 40
• Indicative Fee: Commonwealth supported

Overview

Students who undertake a double degree are candidates for both degrees and are able to complete the two degrees with five years of full-time study or part-time equivalent. This double degree gives students the opportunity to gain an understanding of the law as it applies to the social sciences.

Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes

The program is designed to develop the following graduate attributes:

• Intellectual Rigour: Demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research, evaluate, and synthesise relevant factual, legal, and policy issues.
• Creativity: Apply legal reasoning, critical analysis, and research to generate appropriate responses to legal problems.
• Ethical Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of approaches to ethical decision-making and an ability to recognise, reflect upon, and respond to ethical issues likely to arise in professional contexts.
• Knowledge of a Discipline: Demonstrate an understanding of a broad and coherent body of knowledge that includes the fundamental areas of law, the Australian legal system, and underlying principles and concepts.
• Lifelong Learning: Learn and work independently, and reflect on and assess their own capabilities and performance.
• Communication and Social Skills: Communicate in ways that are effective, appropriate, and persuasive for legal and non-legal audiences.
• Cultural Competence: Apply an understanding of Australian Indigenous perspectives to all aspects of legal professional practice.

Placements, Work Experience, and Study Hours

Law students can undertake voluntary legal experience and professional placement with legal firms or offices to complement their practical legal skills and become familiar with the issues facing working lawyers.

Specialisations, Majors, and Minors

There are no majors in the Bachelor of Laws degree; however, a diverse range of law-based elective units is available. Students can choose a major from the Bachelor of Social Science.

Availability

The program is available at the following locations:

• Gold Coast: Session 1
• Lismore: Session 1
• Online: Session 1

Career Outcomes

Professional Accreditation

The Bachelor of Laws fulfils the academic requirements for admission to the legal profession, but professional admission authorities also require law graduates of all universities to complete practical legal training or similar to be eligible to practise as a lawyer.

Requirements

Applicants for admission to candidature shall have qualified for any Bachelor degree approved by the School Board, School of Law and Justice, and have a level of achievement acceptable to the School Board.

Course Requirements

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws, a candidate shall successfully complete forty (40) units (480 credit points), comprising:

1. All units from Part A.
2. One (1) eight (8) unit Social Science Major from Part B.
3. Five (5) Law Elective units from Part B.
4. Two (2) Social Science Electives from Part B of the Schedule of Units for the Bachelor of Social Science.

Course Structure

The course structure consists of:

• Part A: Core units
• Part B: Social Science Major, Law Electives, and Social Science Electives

Full-time Course Progression

The full-time course progression is outlined in the recommended order students should complete their course.

Note 1

Attendance at a compulsory workshop is required for certain units.

Part A

Unit Code	Unit Title	Level of Learning	Notes
LAW00051	Legal Research and Writing	Introductory
LAW00111	Legal Process	Introductory
COM10001	Effective Communication	Introductory
SOC00118	Introduction to Sociology	Introductory
...	...	...	...

Part B

Sociology

Unit Code	Unit Title	Level of Learning	Notes
SOC01123	Deviance in Society	Introductory
SOC10274	Non-Standard Lives: Work and Family in Australia	Intermediate
...	...	...	...

Policy and Governance

Unit Code	Unit Title	Level of Learning	Notes
SOC00112	Social Policy	Introductory
POL00005	Ideas and Ideals in Politics	Intermediate
...	...	...	...

Law Electives

Unit Code	Unit Title	Level of Learning	Notes
ACC00132	Taxation	Advanced
ACC00134	Advanced Taxation	Advanced
...	...	...	...

Social Science Part B Electives

Unit Code	Unit Title	Level of Learning	Notes
SOC01123	Deviance in Society	Introductory
SOC10274	Non-Standard Lives: Work and Family in Australia	Intermediate
...	...	...	...