C10129v3 Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BA)
UAC code: 609070 (CSP), 619070 (DFEE)
CRICOS code: 026195C
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Faculty/institute responsible: Law
Collaborating faculty/institute: Institute for International Studies
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is currently being revised and new course completion requirements will be in place for 2008. Current students should check the Faculty of Law website for further information.
Overview
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Additional assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Industrial training/professional practice
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Arts in International Studies is offered jointly by the Faculty of Law and the Institute for International Studies. The course is designed for students who wish to obtain an international perspective and expertise to enable them to work overseas, provide specialised legal services to Australian ethnic communities, and satisfy the demand for legal practitioners who can act for foreign investors.
Career prospects are enhanced by international experience, making students more marketable to prospective employers both locally and internationally.
Career options
Career options include legal practitioner or legal policy adviser within a government department, private law firm, commercial or corporate sector with international links. Graduates can work in law reform, negotiate treaties with international organisations like the United Nations, or work in a government's Foreign Affairs Department.
Additional admission requirements
There is a range of entry levels to the various Language and Culture programs. Students are admitted to the International Studies program with no guarantee of entry to a specific major, although every effort is made to meet students' preferences.
Additional assumed knowledge
Proficiency in English is assumed. There are no prior language requirements, except for programs within the Heritage major.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is five years of full-time study. The Law component requires attendance of 10–15 hours of lectures per week and timetable constraints may require attendance at daytime and evening classes. Students spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 240 credit points. The study components for course completion are as follows:
The Law component of 144 credit points is made up of:
- 96 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (14 subjects)
- 24 credit points of law options (four subjects), and
- either 24 credit points of practical legal training subjects (five subjects) or an additional 24 credit points of law options (four subjects).
The International Studies component comprises 96 credit points of International Studies subjects.
The International Studies component requires students to study a major – a region or country – over a minimum of three years. Students spend their fourth year of study at a university overseas.
Industrial training/professional practice
To practice as a legal practitioner in NSW students must successfully complete an accredited legal qualification (i.e. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training, such as the UTS Practical Legal Training (PLT) program.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws or combined Bachelor of Laws degrees have the option of completing five of the eight PLT subjects within their undergraduate degree and the other three PLT subjects concurrently within the Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice (C11128).
Further details about the PLT program can be found online at:
Course completion requirements
| STM90378 Core subjects (Law) UG | 96cp | |
| CBK90005 Country major choice | 96cp | |
| CBK90042 Options | 24cp | |
| CBK90437 Options/PLT | 24cp | |
| Total | 240cp |
Course diagram
Course program
The standard program shown is for a full-time student who has chosen the Germany major in the International Studies component and has elected to undertake practical legal training within the LLB. Students have the choice of commencing practical legal training within the LLB in the final semester of study or attempting an additional 24 credit points of Law options. Students who elect to undertake practical legal training within the LLB must concurrently enrol in the Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice (C11128). All options shown are Law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK90042.
Other countries may be chosen from the list of majors in CBK90005; the program has the same structure but with subjects specific to the chosen country major.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70217 Criminal Law | 6cp | |
| 70105 Legal Research | 4cp | |
| 70113 Legal Process and History | 10cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70211 Law of Contract | 8cp | |
| 70311 Law of Torts | 8cp | |
| 70616 Federal Constitutional Law | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 76600 International Legal Studies | 8cp | |
| 97601 German Language and Culture 1 | 8cp | |
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 97602 German Language and Culture 2 | 8cp | |
| 70318 Personal Property | 4cp | |
| 70417 Corporate Law | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 97603 German Language and Culture 3 | 8cp | |
| 70617 Administrative Law | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 976421 Contemporary Germany | 8cp | |
| 97604 German Language and Culture 4 | 8cp | |
| 70516 Equity and Trusts | 8cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 977420 In-country Study 1: Germany | 24cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 978420 In-country Study 2: Germany | 24cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 71005 Practice and Procedure | 4cp | |
| 71116 Remedies | 6cp | |
| 71216 Law of Evidence | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points of options | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 75401 Litigation | 6cp | |
| 75402 Property Transactions | 6cp | |
| 75403 Commercial and Estate Practice | 6cp | |
| 75415 Professional Conduct 1 | 3cp | |
| 75416 Professional Conduct 2 | 3cp | |
Levels of award
The Bachelor of Laws may be awarded with First or Second Class Honours, which does not require an additional Honours year. Honours candidates must complete the Research Thesis within the law option component. The rules concerning the Bachelor of Laws with Honours can be found in Undergraduate course information.
Professional recognition
Supreme Court of NSW
This course satisfies the requirements for admission as a legal practitioner, provided students undertake the optional Practical Legal Training in the final semester.
Other information
Further information is available from the Law Information Office on:
email law@uts.edu.au
Further information on the International Studies program is available from the Institute of International Studies on:
(CRICOS Provider No: 00099F)
Authorised by Director, Governance Support Unit
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