Program Overview

Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws is a combined degree program that allows students to pursue two distinct fields of study. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in both science and law, preparing them for a wide range of career opportunities.

Course Resolutions

The course resolutions for the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws are as follows:

1. Course Codes

• Code: BPSCILAW-02
• Course title: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws

2. Attendance Pattern

The attendance pattern for this course is full-time only.

3. Streams

The Bachelor of Science in this combined degree is available in the following streams:

• Dalyell

4. Admission to Candidature

Admission to this course is available on the basis of a secondary school leaving qualification, tertiary study, or an approved preparation program.

• English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English.
• Special admission pathways are open for educationally disadvantaged applicants and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.
• Applicants are ranked by merit, and offers for available places are issued according to the ranking.

5. Cross-Faculty Management

Students in this course will be under the general supervision of the Faculty of Science until the end of the semester in which they successfully complete requirements for the Bachelor of Science. They will then be under the general supervision of the University of Sydney Law School.

6. Requirements for Award

To qualify for the award of the combined degree, a student must complete 240 credit points of units of study, comprising:

• A major (48 credit points of units of study) from Table A for the Bachelor of Science.
• Science Degree Core: 12 credit points of units of study as set out in Table A Degree Core.
• 12 credit points of 1000-level units of study as set out in Table A (excluding units present in Table A Degree Core).
• For students not enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.
• For students enrolled in the Dalyell Stream: a minimum of 12 credit points of Dalyell units of study as specified in Table D.
• A minimum of 24 credit points of Elective units or units taken towards a program from Table A, Table S, Table O, or for students enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, Table D.
• If enrolled in a stream, the requirements for the stream as specified in Table A or Table D.
• 144 credit points of Law units of study as specified in the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table.

7. Majors and Programs

Completion of a major from Table A for the Bachelor of Science is a requirement for this combined degree.

• Students have the option of completing a program with an embedded major from Table A for the Bachelor of Science of up to 72 credit points.
• The majors and programs for the Bachelor of Science are as specified in the Learning and Teaching Policy and in the degree resolutions and Table A for the Bachelor of Science.

8. Satisfactory Progress

Students must:

• Successfully complete LAWS1025 Foundations of Law before enrolling in any other Bachelor of Laws unit of study.
• Successfully complete Bachelor of Laws units in the order listed in the Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table.
• Except with the permission of the Sydney Law School, successfully complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Science before proceeding to Year Four of the combined degree with the Bachelor of Laws.

9. Requirements for Award with Honours

Honours is available to meritorious students in the Bachelor of Laws and in an area of study in the Bachelor of Science.

• Students who qualify to undertake the Bachelor of Science (Honours) may elect to enrol in the Honours component by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Laws degree for one year, with the permission of the University of Sydney Law School, and enrolling in the Bachelor of Science (Honours).
• Alternatively, students may enrol in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) and undertake an appended Honours component after completion of both degrees in the combined program.

10. Award of the Degrees

The Bachelor of Laws is awarded in the grades of either Pass or Honours.

• The Bachelor of Science is awarded in the grades of either Pass or Honours.
• Honours in Science is taken by enrolling in the Bachelor of Science (Honours) and completing an appended Honours component.

11. Cross-Institutional Study

Cross-institutional study is available in this course subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the Faculty of Science during the first 144 credit points of the Combined degree and subsequently subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the University of Sydney Law School.

12. International Mobility

The Faculty of Science encourages students in this course to participate in international exchange and global mobility programs as set out in the Resolutions of the Faculty of Science, provided that the progression requirements and timelines of the course Resolutions can be met.

13. Course Transfer

A student may withdraw from the combined degree program and elect to transfer to the Bachelor of Science by written application to the Faculty of Science, and complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions governing that degree at the time of transfer.

• A candidate may apply to transfer from a different combined law degree program to the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws combined degree.

14. Credit for Previous Study

Credit transfer is subject to the relevant provisions of the Coursework Policy and the Resolutions of the Faculty of Science and the University of Sydney Law School.

15. Transitional Provisions

These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January 2025.

• Students who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January 2025 must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Laws component of their course under the course resolutions which applied at the time their candidature commenced.