C10262v1 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
CRICOS code: 040703D
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Location: City campus
Overview
Career options
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Levels of award
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is offered jointly by UTS: Law and UTS: Communication. The course aims to assist students to develop advanced writing skills for general and specific writing across a range of genres, while gaining a strong critical awareness of new media, contemporary culture and law.
The program provides full-time study for students wising to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer together with the study of writing as a professional practice.
UTS is renowned for the high calibre and award-winning success of its writing graduates, and maintains strong links to the literary community, publishing industry and cultural sector.
Career options
Career options include lawyer in the publishing industry, cultural administration or any position that calls for a broad knowledge of contemporary society and highly-developed writing skills, e.g. creative writing, editing, scriptwriting or web producer.
Assumed knowledge
HSC English and computer literacy.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a five-year, full-time basis. Students are required to attend approximately 17 hours of seminars and lectures per week and may be required to attend evening classes in the law component.
Course structure
The course comprises 240 credit points. The study components for course completion are as follows.
The Law component of 144 credit points is made up of:
- 102 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (14 subjects)
- 18 credit points of law options (three subjects), and
- either 24 credit points of practical legal training (PLT) subjects (five subjects) or an additional 24 credit points of law options (four subjects).
The Communication component of 96 credit points is made up of:
- 48 credit points of compulsory subjects (six subjects), and
- 48 credit points of subjects from the Writing and Cultural Studies major (six subjects)
Refer to the course entry in the UTS: Handbook 2007 for the pre-2008 course structure.
For a current listing of subjects in each course, refer to the study package directory. In particular, refer to the correct structure of the PLT options in CBK90437.
Industrial training/professional practice
To practise as a lawyer in NSW students must successfully complete an accredited legal qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training, such as the UTS PLT program.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws or combined Bachelor of Laws degrees have the option of completing the PLT program within their undergraduate law degree. Alternatively, students can complete their Bachelor of Laws by including further law electives and undertake a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (C07075).
Course completion requirements
| STM90691 Law stream | 144cp | |
| STM90550 Core subjects | 48cp | |
| MAJ10022 Writing and Cultural Studies | 48cp | |
| Total | 240cp |
Course diagram
Course program
The standard program shown is for a full-time student who has elected to undertake PLT within the Bachelor of Laws. Students have the choice of completing PLT within the Bachelor of Laws in the final semesters of study or attempting an additional 24 credit points of law options. All options shown are law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK90592.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| STM90550 | ||
| 58101 Understanding Communication | 8cp | |
| 58102 Language and Discourse | 8cp | |
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58119 Text and Context | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70115 Perspectives on Law | 8cp | |
| 70120 Legal Method and Research | 6cp | |
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58120 Creativity and Culture | 8cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70311 Torts | 8cp | |
| 70218 Criminal Law | 8cp | |
| STM90550 | ||
| 58103 Ideas in History | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70211 Contracts | 8cp | |
| 70616 Australian Constitutional Law | 8cp | |
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58121 Fictional Forms | 8cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70327 Commercial Law | 6cp | |
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp | |
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58216 Imagining the Real | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70617 Administrative Law | 8cp | |
| 70517 Equity and Trusts | 8cp | |
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58217 Experiments in Culture | 8cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| STM90688 | ||
| 70417 Corporate Law | 8cp | |
| 70717 Evidence and Criminal Procedure | 6cp | |
| STM90550 | ||
| 58201 Communication and Cultural Industries and Practices | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| MAJ10022 | ||
| 58313 Writing Laboratory | 8cp | |
| STM90550 | ||
| 58202 Regulating Communication - Law, Ethics, Politics | 8cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| STM90550 | ||
| 58301 Communication Practice Project | 8cp | |
| STM90688 | ||
| 75421 Civil Litigation | 6cp | |
| 75420 Ethics and Professional Conduct | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| STM90687 | ||
| 75412 Legal Skills | 6cp | |
| 75413 Advocacy | 6cp | |
| 75403 Commercial and Estate Practice | 6cp | |
| 75402 Property Transactions | 6cp | |
| 75411 Practical Experience | 0cp | |
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 lawyer, provided students undertake the optional PLT in the final semesters.
Other information
Further information on the Communication component is available from:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
Further information on the Law component is available from:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
