University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

C10139v4 Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Writing and Cultural Studies) Bachelor of Laws

Award(s): Bachelor of Arts in Communication (BA)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

UAC code: 609006 (CSP), 619006 (DFEE)
CRICOS code: 040703D
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 244
Course EFTSL: 5.08
Faculty/institute responsible: Law
Collaborating faculty/institute: Humanities and Social Sciences
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 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 Arts in Communication (Writing and Cultural Studies) Bachelor of Laws is offered jointly by the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The course aims to assist students to develop advanced writing skills for both general and specific writing across a range of genres while gaining a strong critical awareness of new media, contemporary culture, and law.

Career options

Career options include legal practitioner in the publishing industry or any position that calls for a broad knowledge of contemporary society and highly developed writing skills, e.g. creative writing, editing, scriptwriting.

Additional assumed knowledge

HSC English and computer literacy.

Course duration and attendance

The course is offered on a five-year, full-time basis in which the Arts degree studies are integrated with studies in Law. Students are required to attend approximately 17 hours of seminars and lectures per week, and may be required to attend evening classes.

Course structure

The course comprises 244 credit points. It allows students to graduate with the separate degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Writing and Cultural Studies) and Bachelor of Laws. 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 Arts component of 100 credit points is made up of:

  • 36 credit points of compulsory first-year (100-level) subjects (six subjects)
  • 56 credit points of subjects from Disciplinary and/or Professional Strands where specified (seven subjects), and
  • 8 credit points of Elective Studies (one subject).

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

STM90451 Humanities stream 100cp
STM90401 Law stream 144cp
Total 244cp

Course diagram



Course program

The standard program shown is for a full-time student who 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.

 
Year 1
Autumn semester
STM90450  
      50105 Communication and Information Environments 6cp
      50107 Rethinking Culture 6cp
      50109 Power and Change in Australia 6cp
STM90385  
      50122 Writing: Style and Structure 6cp
Spring semester
STM90450  
      50108 Contemporary Cultures 6cp
STM90385  
      50123 Narrative Writing 6cp
STM90401  
      70105 Legal Research 4cp
      70113 Legal Process and History 10cp
Year 2
Autumn semester
STM90401  
      70217 Criminal Law 6cp
      70211 Law of Contract 8cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90034: 8cp
50168 Writing for Performance: Screen, Sound and Stage8cp 
50169 Writing and New Media8cp 
50307 Ficto-Critical Writing8cp 
50308 Creative Non-Fiction8cp 
50359 Screenwriting8cp 
50002 Introduction to Short Fiction8cp 
Spring semester
STM90401  
      70311 Law of Torts 8cp
      70616 Federal Constitutional Law 8cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90014: 8cp
50133 Music and Popular Culture8cp 
50134 Culture, Writing and Textuality8cp 
50135 Television and Popular Culture8cp 
50136 Cinematic Cultures8cp 
Year 3
Autumn semester
STM90401  
      70317 Real Property 8cp
      70318 Personal Property 4cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90034: 8cp
50168 Writing for Performance: Screen, Sound and Stage8cp 
50169 Writing and New Media8cp 
50307 Ficto-Critical Writing8cp 
50308 Creative Non-Fiction8cp 
50359 Screenwriting8cp 
50002 Introduction to Short Fiction8cp 
Select 6 credit points of options 6cp
Spring semester
STM90401  
      70417 Corporate Law 8cp
      70617 Administrative Law 8cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90015: 8cp
50180 Culture and Poetics8cp 
50252 Culture and Technology8cp 
50253 Culture and Sound8cp 
50254 Contemporary Cinema8cp 
50255 Documentary Study8cp 
50256 Genre Study8cp 
Year 4
Autumn semester
STM90401  
      70516 Equity and Trusts 8cp
      71005 Practice and Procedure 4cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90035: 8cp
50224 Poetry Workshop8cp 
50225 Independent Writing Project8cp 
50306 Genre Writing Workshop8cp 
50309 Advanced Screenwriting8cp 
50003 Introduction to Novel Writing8cp 
50004 Writing for Television8cp 
Select 6 credit points of options 6cp
Spring semester
STM90401  
      71116 Remedies 6cp
      71216 Law of Evidence 6cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90745: 8cp
50133 Music and Popular Culture8cp 
50134 Culture, Writing and Textuality8cp 
50135 Television and Popular Culture8cp 
50136 Cinematic Cultures8cp 
50180 Culture and Poetics8cp 
50252 Culture and Technology8cp 
50253 Culture and Sound8cp 
50254 Contemporary Cinema8cp 
50255 Documentary Study8cp 
50256 Genre Study8cp 
Select 6 credit points of options 6cp
Year 5
Autumn semester
CBK90317 Electives (Writing and Cultural Studies) 8cp
Select one subject from the following in CBK90035: 8cp
50224 Poetry Workshop8cp 
50225 Independent Writing Project8cp 
50306 Genre Writing Workshop8cp 
50309 Advanced Screenwriting8cp 
50003 Introduction to Novel Writing8cp 
50004 Writing for Television8cp 
Select 6 credit points of options 6cp
Spring semester
STM90102  
      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

Information on the Law component is available from the Faculty of Law on:

Information on the Communication component is available from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on:

telephone +61 2 9514 2300
email hss.studentcentre@uts.edu.au