L3012 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Criminology

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 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.

Criminology

A2008 Bachelor of Criminology is a specialist course that develops through three themes that combine to underpin criminology studies In this double degree you complete:

Part A. Core studies 

The core studies develop across the following themes that combine to underpin criminology studies.

Expert Knowledge

These studies will provide you with an understanding of crime as a complex phenomenon, its social, economic and political impact, and the advantages and limitations associated with different strategies to address it. You will gain an advanced understanding and develop critical thinking skills to reflect on important social issues such as inequality, vulnerability, and risk that have significant implications for the way we think about and deliver responses to crime, social justice, and security both in Australia and internationally.

Global reach and focus

You will learn about national and international criminal threats and develop the capacity to think critically about the role of states in creating crime and social harm. From a comparative standpoint, you will study the ways that crime manifests in different jurisdictions and how different societies define, govern and respond to crime. You will gain practical and theoretical knowledge. 

Collaboration and innovation

You will develop a suite of transferable professional skills to respond effectively to pressing criminal concerns. You will learn the skills to engage necessary stakeholders to allow them to effectively formulate, influence and evaluate crime and justice policies and practices in a variety of professional contexts. You will develop a critical understanding and develop advanced communication skills for collaborative problem solving and be competent in working in teams to address the problem of crime. 

Part B. Specified elective studies

Through these studies you will have the opportunity to expand and consolidate your knowledge and understanding of crime.  You may choose units from one particular area or across a broad range of areas to tailor your degree. 

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 Criminology (including all the requirements in Part A and B for the single degree).