Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences / Bachelor of Laws

There is no new intake for this degree.

5 years full-time
6 years full-time with Honours

The Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences/Bachelor of Laws offers students the opportunity to combine their interest in the social and political environment in which economic activity takes place with an interest in law and the legal profession. Majors in areas such as Political Economy, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management or Government and International Relations provide outstanding opportunities in personnel management and policy development.

In the first three years of candidature, you study both Economic and Social Sciences components and Law components and, in this way, meet the requirements for the Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences degree. This leaves you the final two years to complete the remaining Law components, and to graduate with a Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Laws degree.

Please note that the requirements given below refer in detail only to Years 1, 2 and 3 of the degree program. You can consult the Faculty of Law Handbook, in print or online, to find out more about the requirements for Years 4 and 5.

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Requirements

1. 144 credit points including
2. A major or an extended major from one column in the Majors Table below AND at least 12 senior credit points in a subject area from the other column in the table below and
3. No more than 48 junior credit points from Economics and Business and
4. 48 credit points of core Law units of study

Majors Table

Compulsory Law Units of Study

These units of study are worth 6 credit points unless otherwise stated. They are compulsory and so you may only take 36 junior credit points from the Arts and Social Sciences Units of Study table. You can take the remaining 12 junior credit points in Arts and Social Sciences in later years if you want to.

Most full time students in programs combined with Law will start to take senior units of study in their second year, and continue in the third year. At this stage many students narrow down the range of subject areas in which they are studying, perhaps taking units of study from just two or three subject areas, rather than three or four as in the first year.

Please note, the number of compulsory Law units can be subject to change.

Pathways

						Credit Points
First Year	S1	Compulsory Major Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics & Business Junior Unit Choice	LAWS1006 Foundations of Law	24
					LAWS1013 Legal Research 1
	S2	Compulsory Major Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Junior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Economics & Business Junior Unit Choice	LAWS1012 Torts	24
Second Year	S1	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure	LAWS1015 Contracts	24
	S2	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Econ & Bus. or Extended Major Senior Unit Choice	LAWS1016 Criminal Law	24
Third Year	S1	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Other Compulsory Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Arts or Econ & Bus. or Extended Major Senior Unit Choice	LAWS1018 International Law	24
					LAWS1019 Legal Research 2
	S2	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	Compulsory Major Senior Unit ECOP/ECON* or GOVT/WORK	LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II	LAWS1021 Public Law	24
					Total=	144
		Full-time Law Studies				48
		Full-time Law Studies				48
					Total=	240
		* Junior co-requisites from ECMT may be required if taking ECON. See handbook for details.
		Compulsory major to be chosen from either column I or column II. Other compulsory units must be taken in one subject area from the other column.
		Column I		Column II
		Economics (ECON)		Government and International Relations (GOVT)
		Political Economy (ECOP)		Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management (WORK)

Arts and Social Sciences Component Degree Director