L3007 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science

Double degree courses include the features of the component degree courses, except that electives may be reduced.

Law

L3001 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) course is a specialist course that develops through themes: legal methodology and legal practice; public law; and private law. The specialised knowledge and advanced skills are imparted in later year elective units, including a final year project involving intensive research and writing. In this double degree you complete:

Part A. Core studies

Core studies covers three interrelated themes: Legal methodology and legal practice, Public law and Private law. 

Legal methodology and legal practice and legal practice includes the nature of law, and particularly statute law enacted by parliaments and common law developed by courts. It also includes the key concepts, principles and methods of research and reasoning that enable lawyers to identify and interpret law and apply it to relevant facts in order to provide legal advice. It covers the law of procedure and evidence that governs judicial proceedings, alternative methods of resolving legal disputes, and the code of ethics that regulates the professional conduct of legal practitioners.

Public law includes constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law. It concerns the powers and procedures of the legislative, executive and judicial organs of government, and how they are regulated and controlled by 'the rule of law'. It also concerns the legal relationship between government and individuals, including the protection of individual rights.

Private law deals with legal relationships between legal persons, including corporations as well as individuals. It includes the study of property rights, contractual rights and obligations, wrongs (called 'torts') such as trespass and the negligent infliction of injury, and the law of equity and trusts.

Part B. Specified electives

In later years of the course, you will be able to choose from a broad range of elective law units. High achieving students may also include one or two master's units in their final year of study. Elective law units enable you to develop specialised knowledge and advanced skills in areas of law that suit your own interests, skills and career goals. In addition to public and private law, these include international law, commercial law and human rights law. You will have opportunities to study overseas, and to undertake work-based learning, for example, in our legal clinical program and in local and international clinical placements.

Science

S2000 Bachelor of Science is a comprehensive course designed to give you a broad, general science education, as well as specialist training in one or more science disciplines. In this double degree you complete:

Part A. Major studies

This part offers a coherent and in-depth program of study that allows you to develop expertise within one or more science disciplines. It supports both depth and breadth in your scientific education, enabling you to engage deeply with at least one chosen discipline while also gaining exposure to other areas of science. Through this flexible structure, you will explore different fields before refining your focus and build a strong disciplinary identity. You will develop advanced understanding of the core concepts and theoretical frameworks that underpin your discipline and learn to apply and communicate this knowledge effectively in scientific contexts.

Part B. Specified studies

This includes core requirements in mathematics, statistics or coding, ensuring you develop the quantitative foundations essential for scientific study, alongside a communication unit that supports the development of effective scientific communication skills. Together, these elements help build key capabilities that are highly valued across the workforce. 

Course progression maps

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete 252 credit points, of which 156 points are from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (including all the requirements in Part A and 72 points from Part B as described in the single degree) and 96 points are from the Bachelor of Science (including all the requirements in Part A and B for the single degree).

Science students:

You must ensure that you complete the following:
- 36 credit points of science listed units at level 1, and
- 60 credit points of science listed units at levels 2 and 3, of which at least 24 credit points must be at level 3.

Note 1: You must complete the mathematics and statistics unit requirement within the first 72 credit points of this double degree course.
Note 2: The psychology extended major is not available in this double degree course.