Course

Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

Approved Abbreviation: BEc/LLB

Western Sydney University Course Code: 2526.1

CRICOS Code: 041124D

Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year is 2001-2007.

Commencement Year 2009 or later - 2526.3 Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

Commencement Year 2008 - 2526.2 Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

The law double degree programs permit students to undertake multi-skilling, and offer diverse career paths providing high marketability in multiple areas of expertise. The LLB provides students with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles; an understanding of the relationship between law and society; the skills to analyse and solve non-legal problems and specialised study into the Australian legal system.

For information about Honours please see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.1 or any later version of course 2501.

Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

Study Mode
Five years full-time. Law units are available at Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses. Economics units are also available at Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses.

Accreditation
Graduates from the Bachelor of Laws are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training.

Admission

UAI or mature-age entry through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).

International applicants should contact International Office for details on admission. Contact information for the International Office is available via the UWS website.

http://uws.edu.au/international

Course Structure

Qualification for a double degree in Law requires the successful completion of 400 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence for the relevant double degree programs.

Students are eligible to graduate in the associated degree at the end of three years of full-time study, only when they have completed all non-law units plus the eight law units specified in the study sequence as being in the first three years of the relevant double degree.

Alternate Units

LLB alternate units are to be chosen from the list of LLB alternate units found in Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Year 1

Autumn session

200046

Microeconomics

200047

Australia and the Global Economy

200006

Introduction to Law