CB94 Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure
  2. Complete 2 majors
  3. Complete 1 minor

Core Structure

Number of units: 24 Total credit points: 144

The 40 units in the double degree are made up of 24 Law units, of which 16 law units are core, plus an additional 8 law units (one 8 pack or two 4 packs) AND 16 Arts units of which 3 Arts units are core, plus 13 units made up of an Arts major (8 units), an Arts minor (4 units) and any Level 1 unit from any Arts major or Arts minor that is not already selected.

Sixteen core Law plus three core Arts are the 19 core units in total. The remaining 21 units are made up of 8 Law units (one eight pack or two four packs) and 13 Arts (one major, one minor and one other Level 1 unit).

In order to complete this course, you must:

- Complete the core structure

- Complete one Law 8 pack which can be selected from Liberal Law or Legal Practice OR two Law 4 packs which can be selected from Liberal Law, Legal Practice or Commercial Law.

- Complete one Arts major which can be selected from:

Creative Writing

English and Cultural Studies

Geography

History and Politics

Journalism

Liberal Arts

Public Relations

Theatre Studies

Visual Arts

Complete one Arts minor which can be selected from:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Digital Storytelling

Discovering Theatre

Environmental Management

Essential Geography

Liberal Arts

Literary Studies

Strategic communication

Visual Art Practices

Working with the media

World History

Writing Stories

Compulsory Law Units

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LAWS11057 Introduction to Law
LAWS11059 Statutory Interpretation
LAWS11066 Contracts
LAWS11069 Torts
LAWS11060 Criminal Law
LAWS11065 Constitutional Law
LAWS12072 Legal Research
LAWS12073 Legal Practicum
LAWS12061 Administrative Law
LAWS12065 Foundations of Property Law
LAWS12066 Land Law
LAWS12078 Equity and Trusts
LAWS13009 Corporations Law
LAWS13010 Evidence and Proof
LAWS13013 Legal Professional Conduct
LAWS13017 Civil Procedure
COMM11108 Communicating for Social Change
BUSN13004 Professional Practice and Experience
SUST11001 The Changing World and Sustainability

Creative Writing Major

Number of units: 6 Total credit points: 48

Do you have a passion for writing? Are you a budding poet or writer? Do you love writing short stories and poems? Our Creative Writing major offers you the chance to develop the skills and knowledge you'll need as a writer in the digital age. You will develop a tool kit of writing styles and genres, including traditional fiction, non-fiction, poetry and scriptwriting, as well as experimental and hybrid genres such as speculative fiction, flash fiction, lyric essays, docufiction, and concrete poetry, among others. This major also encourages you to explore the vast array of opportunities that technology provides the creative writer in creating 'born digital' works.

A standout feature of the Creative Writing major is that it provides you with the chance to write a sustained creative writing dissertation of any genre in your final year. This feature makes the Creative Writing major an invaluable pathway into the Master of Letters where, as a prospective Master of Letters student, you could acquire some credit.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
WRIT11023 Beginning Creative Writing
WRIT11025 Creative Nonfiction
WRIT12010 Creative Writing: Adventures in Craft
WRIT13013 Writing Project
WRIT13014 Creative Writing Artefact
WRIT28001 Creative Writing Exegesis

English and Cultural Studies Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The English and Cultural Studies major brings together two distinct but complementary disciplinary approaches: literary studies, where literature is read for its own sake and for the values it reveals in stories, poems and plays about our lived and imaginary experiences; and cultural studies, where ideas and concepts derived from a broad study of culture are explored through a variety of texts including film, media, television, advertising and the like. You will be able to demonstrate advanced reading and writing skills while applying critical thinking and advanced modes of textual analysis to a broad range of texts, genres and media. You will communicate using cogent, discipline-based and context-relevant research and participate, both self-reflexively and ethically, in discipline critical debates.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LITR11056 Introduction to Literature
LITR11043 The Short Story
LITR19049 Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19056 Shakespeare Today
LITR19051 Literary Theory
CULT19015 Explorations in the Gothic
LITR19052 The Modern Novel
LITR19057 Contemporary Australian Literature

Geography Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

This major offers a diverse set of units in geography, the environment and related discipline areas such as Geographic Information Systems. You will be exposed to an integrated humanities and social sciences approach that provides excellent foundational discipline knowledge as well as industry-specific knowledge and skills. You will explore contemporary environmental issues that will improve approaches to managing the environment. You will develop a unique set of knowledge and skills that are useful in a wide range of careers.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
GEOG11023 Physical Geography of Australia
GEOH11001 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG19021 Geographic Information Systems
GEOG12020 Australian Weather and Climate
GEOG19029 Applied Demography
GEOG12021 Remote Sensing of Environment
EVST19022 Climate Change: Risk and Assessments
GEOG13013 Sustainable Regions and Cities

History and Politics Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

History is both a body of knowledge and a method of inquiry, a way of understanding ourselves and the world around us. It strives to comprehend complex processes of continuity and change and provides insights into how the past influences the present and the future. Historians draw on the largest storehouse of information that exists about how human beings actually behave: the past. Studying History, you will learn to identify, evaluate and interpret evidence, make informed judgements about its significance, debate your findings, and clearly and cogently communicate your informed opinions.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HIST11037 Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038 The Modern World Emerges: An Overview
HIST19038 20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
EVST19015 Australian Environmental History
HIST19031 Australia on the World Stage: History and Politics
HIST19035 Modern South East Asia
HIST19029 Modern Japan
HIST19032 War and Australian Society

Journalism Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The Journalism major will prepare you for a career in journalism and/or media relations. You will be introduced to journalism within the broader contextual framework of media industries, and will engage in debates about journalistic practice. You will learn to write news and narrative in a range of journalism genres, employing the associated requirements of research and analysis. You will apply legal and ethical frameworks associated with journalistic practice.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
JOUR11005 Introduction to Journalism
COMM11007 Media Writing
JOUR12040 Narrative Journalism
JOUR12010 Feature Writing
COMM12033 Speech and Script
JOUR13001 Public Relations and the Media
JOUR12039 News Writing and Reporting
COMM13110 Journalism Project

Liberal Arts Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Liberal Arts provides you with an opportunity to design your own major by selecting 8 units (48 units of credit), including no less than four advanced level (Level 2 and 3) units, from the following majors and minors: English and Cultural Studies; Geography; History and Politics; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This will allow you the flexibility to pursue a study stream that suits your interests. You must meet the usual pre-requisites and co-requisites for these units.

Public Relations Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Organisations depend on communication professionals to devise and implement strategies to create and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders. Public Relations roles are diverse. You may be employed in the areas of: employee relations, reputation and crisis management, media, content management, event management, communication strategy, and product development, as examples. Public Relations professionals work in community, non-profit, government and corporate sectors. In this major, you will learn to communicate effectively within an organisational environment. You will work on real-world scenarios and with real clients.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
COMM11110 Introduction to Public Relations
COMM11112 The Internet Never Lies?: Social Media and Society
COMM12018 Advanced Public Relations
COMM12016 Media Industries
COMM12022 Communication and Global Technologies
COMM20110 Crisis Communication
COMM13111 Public Relations Project
COMM28001 Celebrity Public Relations: Profile, Personality and Positioning

Theatre Studies Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

The Theatre Studies major involves the study of theatre through the ages. Study areas include medieval theatre, commedia dell'arte, Shakespeare and modernism as well as a range of contemporary Australian and international theatre plays and practice. You will learn about traditions and methods, while developing your own creative practice and understanding of the power of theatre. The skills sets that you can develop from Theatre Studies include the ability to identify, analyse, contextualise and synthesise the dramatic form within its time specific context.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
THTR11125 Theatre: Stage, Screen and Musicals
THTR11126 Origins of Theatre
THTR12124 Australian Theatre: Stage and Screen
THTR12125 Comedy and Theatre
THTR12126 Elizabethan Drama: Jonson, Marlowe and Shakespeare
THTR13128 Theatre for Social Change: Brecht, Boal and Artaud
THTR13129 Theatrical Realism: Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov
THTR13130 Post-modern Theatre

Visual Arts Major

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Creating visual art enables self-expression and self-exploration, but it also has an important social function. As crafted acts of public communication, visual artworks help us all to understand ourselves and our relationship with the world. Contemporary visual art practices are often motivated by forms of social engagement. Through studying the visual arts, you will learn to shape creative thinking skills into a unique process to create engaging and relevant artworks for public display. You will also hone your critical thinking skills to analyse how culture impacts us as individuals, whilst developing skills to professionally interact with arts infrastructure.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
CART11016 Modernism and the New
CART11017 Visual Art Materials and Processes
CART12011 Semiotics and Design for Visual Artists
CART12010 Visual Arts Studio Investigation
CART12009 Contemporary Visual Art Practices
CART13011 Drawing Practices for Visual Artists
CART13009 Visual Arts Studio Refinement
CART13010 Visual Arts Studio: Exhibition Protocols and Procedures.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

In this minor, you will engage with colonialism taking you into the national context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and perspectives in interface with non-Indigenous power and authority. You are enabled to make connections to the international global and colonial context. You will develop skill sets to critically investigate, argue and interpret issues around identity, nationalism and power, and to question issues and approaches that purport to be about ‘reconciliation’. You develop into a critical and ethical thinker enabled to be a transformative citizen skilled in the struggle for social justice.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
INDG11015 Contemporary Indigenous Issues
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface
INDG19015 Aboriginal Cultures and Country
INDG11006 Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface

Digital Storytelling Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

The Digital Storytelling minor needs to be studied over two successive years.

Year 1
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio (no prereq)
MMST11003 Visual Design Fundamentals (no prereq)

Year 2
DGTL12014 Documentary Filmmaking (prereq MMST11009)
DGTL13008 Visual Storytelling (prereq MMST11009)

The initial units of study in this minor introduce you to fundamental skills in visual design and digital video production. Subsequent units cover narrative and documentary film-making techniques. By engaging with activities that integrate practical skills and conceptual understanding, you will learn how to produce visual content for a range of contexts within the digital media industries.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio
MMST11003 Visual Design Fundamentals
DGTL12014 Documentary Filmmaking
DGTL13008 Visual Storytelling

Discovering Theatre Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Theatre Studies major.

The Discovering Theatre minor provides a broad scope exploration of theatre connected to the contemporary context. Study areas include musical theatre and Australian drama. Additionally there is an exploration of the origins of theatre through a study of ancient drama. The minor is rounded out with a study of comedy in theatre looking at its evolution in contemporary forms of theatre. You will learn about traditions and methods of styles of theatre and develop an understanding of the power of theatre.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
THTR11125 Theatre: Stage, Screen and Musicals
THTR11126 Origins of Theatre
THTR12124 Australian Theatre: Stage and Screen
THTR12125 Comedy and Theatre

Environmental Management Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

The Environmental Management minor provides you with employable skills. You will learn the big picture around why an organisation needs an environmental conscience. You will debate the key issues of the Anthropocene and the international context to Australian Government environmental legislation. You will then go on and develop essential skills to help any organisation live up to its environmental license to operate – finding your way around environmental policy, environmental management systems and impact assessment.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EVST11001 Development and Environmental Policy
ENVR11011 Modern Environmental Issues
EVST19020 Environmental Management Systems
EVST19007 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Essential Geography Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Geography major.

The heart of geography is earth system exploration at the intersection of place, space and people. With geography, you ponder this new age of the Anthropocene and how population impacts the circulatory systems of the earth that make life possible. The Essential Geography minor provides you with the context for critical thinking wherever employment opportunities take you. You will gain an appreciation of key questions for urban environments, rural landscapes and natural hazards within the architecture of the earth system.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
GEOG11023 Physical Geography of Australia
GEOH11001 Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG19021 Geographic Information Systems
GEOG12020 Australian Weather and Climate

Liberal Arts Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

The Liberal Arts minor requires the Head of Course's approval in terms of what units can fit in this minor. The purpose of this minor is for inclusion of credit transfer from elsewhere or from an overseas exchange.

Literary Studies Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the English and Cultural Studies major.

The Literary Studies minor provides you with an opportunity to explore a selection of literature for the ideas explored, and the values revealed about our lived and imaginary experiences. You will be introduced to discipline critical debates and you will learn how to analyse texts across a range of genres. You will develop advanced reading skills by writing about what you are reading. 

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
LITR11056 Introduction to Literature
LITR11043 The Short Story
LITR19049 Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19056 Shakespeare Today

Strategic Communication Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Public Relations major.

Strategic communication is about using communication techniques with purpose. This minor shows you how to craft a message for a specific audience to ensure the message is received as intended and can be acted upon. Techniques in this minor are drawn from the public relations discipline and combined with fundamental writing skills.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
COMM11110 Introduction to Public Relations
COMM11112 The Internet Never Lies?: Social Media and Society
COMM12022 Communication and Global Technologies
COMM20110 Crisis Communication

Visual Art Practices Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Visual Arts major.

Creating visual art enables self-expression and self-exploration, but it also has an important social function. As crafted acts of public communication, visual artworks help us all to understand ourselves and our relationship with the world. Through studying the Visual Art Practices minor, you will learn a combination of traditional skills and contemporary ways of thinking relevant to the design and manufacture of contemporary visual artworks. In this minor you will work in an online studio, think critically and engage creative processes to develop a portfolio of your own contemporary artworks.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
CART11016 Modernism and the New
CART11017 Visual Art Materials and Processes
CART12009 Contemporary Visual Art Practices
CART12010 Visual Arts Studio Investigation

Working with the Media Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Journalism major.

This minor will introduce you to the world of media, from traditional journalists who may write a story in a newspaper, to the role of the citizen journalist posting footage from their mobile device to social media. You will learn about how the media operate, what they want and what makes the news. This minor will prepare you to be at the receiving end of a media inquiry, as well as how to create your own news articles for publication.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
JOUR11005 Introduction to Journalism
COMM11007 Media Writing
JOUR12040 Narrative Journalism
JOUR12010 Feature Writing

World History Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the History and Politics major.

The World History minor uses the survey history approach to introduce you to some world histories, including ancient, medieval, modern and the twentieth century eras. You will explore major transformations of our past to gain knowledge of what motivated these changes. You will gain skills in using historical evidence to articulate well rounded and convincing arguments for key questions. This minor also includes a unit on Australia's environmental history, where you will explore the nexus between the human world and the physical environment and look at changes over time.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
HIST11037 Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038 The Modern World Emerges: An Overview
HIST19038 20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
EVST19015 Australian Environmental History

Writing Stories Minor

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

You cannot take this minor if you are taking the Creative Writing major.

Calling all storytellers .... we want you! In the Writing Stories minor you will develop and refine your skills in writing engaging works for different audiences and markets. You will learn to think critically about writing and be able to produce narratives in fiction and non-fiction. The Writing Stories minor also offers you the chance to practice the art of telling compelling tales by experimenting with various forms and genres.

Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
WRIT11023 Beginning Creative Writing
WRIT11025 Creative Nonfiction
WRIT12010 Creative Writing: Adventures in Craft
WRIT13013 Writing Project

Commercial Law 4 Unit Pack

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
LAWS12068 Innovation and Intellectual Property Law
LAWS13014 Revenue Law
LAWS13015 Principles of Commercial Law
LAWS13018 Australian Consumer Law
LAWS13022 Competition Law
LAWS12076 Law of Startups
LAWS11068 Resolving Civil Disputes (ADR)

Legal Practice 4 Unit Pack

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
LAWS11068 Resolving Civil Disputes (ADR)
LAWS12059 Conveyancing
LAWS12063 Legal Drafting
LAWS12064 Legal Advocacy
LAWS12071 Australian Employment Law
LAWS13011 Family Law
LAWS13012 Succession
LAWS13019 Legal Automation
LAWS13021 Criminal Law in Practice

Legal Practice 8 Unit Pack

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Available units
Students must complete 8 from the following units:
LAWS11068 Resolving Civil Disputes (ADR)
LAWS12059 Conveyancing
LAWS12063 Legal Drafting
LAWS12064 Legal Advocacy
LAWS12071 Australian Employment Law
LAWS13011 Family Law
LAWS13012 Succession
LAWS13019 Legal Automation
LAWS13021 Criminal Law in Practice

Liberal Law 4 Unit Pack

Number of units: 4 Total credit points: 24

Available units
Students must complete 4 from the following units:
LAWS11067 Animal Law
LAWS11068 Resolving Civil Disputes (ADR)
LAWS11070 Australian First Nations Peoples and Law
LAWS12059 Conveyancing
LAWS12063 Legal Drafting
LAWS12064 Legal Advocacy
LAWS12067 Environmental Law
LAWS12068 Innovation and Intellectual Property Law
LAWS12070 Public International and Human Rights Law
LAWS12071 Australian Employment Law
LAWS12076 Law of Startups
LAWS13011 Family Law
LAWS13012 Succession
LAWS13014 Revenue Law
LAWS13015 Principles of Commercial Law
LAWS13016 Theories of Law and Justice
LAWS13018 Australian Consumer Law
LAWS13019 Legal Automation
LAWS13021 Criminal Law in Practice
LAWS13022 Competition Law

Liberal Law 8 Unit Pack

Number of units: 8 Total credit points: 48

Available units
Students must complete 8 from the following units:
LAWS11067 Animal Law
LAWS11068 Resolving Civil Disputes (ADR)
LAWS11070 Australian First Nations Peoples and Law
LAWS12059 Conveyancing
LAWS12063 Legal Drafting
LAWS12064 Legal Advocacy
LAWS12067 Environmental Law
LAWS12068 Innovation and Intellectual Property Law
LAWS12070 Public International and Human Rights Law
LAWS12071 Australian Employment Law
LAWS12076 Law of Startups
LAWS13011 Family Law
LAWS13012 Succession
LAWS13014 Revenue Law
LAWS13015 Principles of Commercial Law
LAWS13016 Theories of Law and Justice
LAWS13018 Australian Consumer Law
LAWS13019 Legal Automation
LAWS13021 Criminal Law in Practice
LAWS13022 Competition Law