C10262v2 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
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Levels of award
Honours
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.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

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 a week, and may be required to attend evening classes for 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, and
42 credit points of law options.

The communication component of 96 credit points is made up of:

48 credit points of compulsory subjects, and
48 credit points of subjects from the Writing and Cultural Studies major.

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.

Industrial training/professional practice

To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal academic qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its PLT program.

Students enrolled in this course may complete their practical legal training by undertaking a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).

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 with law options.

All options shown are law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK90383.

Students who commenced before 2012 should follow the course program in the archived handbook from their commencing year.


Year 1
Autumn semester
Select one of the following:		8cp
58101 Understanding Communication	8cp
58103 Ideas in History	8cp
58102 Language and Discourse		8cp
58119 Text and Context		8cp
Spring semester
70115 Perspectives on Law		8cp
70120 Legal Method and Research		6cp
58121 Fictional Forms		8cp
Year 2
Autumn semester
58120 Creativity and Culture		8cp
70211 Contracts		8cp
Select one of the following:		8cp
58103 Ideas in History	8cp
58101 Understanding Communication	8cp
Spring semester
58216 Imagining the Real		8cp
70218 Criminal Law		8cp
70311 Torts		8cp
Year 3
Autumn semester
70616 Australian Constitutional Law		8cp
70317 Real Property		8cp
58217 Experiments in Culture		8cp
Spring semester
70327 Commercial Law		6cp
58313 Writing Laboratory		8cp
Select 12 credit points of options		12cp
Year 4
Autumn semester
70417 Corporate Law		8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts		8cp
58201 Communication and Cultural Industries and Practices		8cp
Spring semester
70617 Administrative Law		8cp
58202 Regulating Communication: Law, Ethics, Politics		8cp
70717 Evidence and Criminal Procedure		6cp
Year 5
Autumn semester
58301 Communication Practice Project		8cp
75421 Civil Litigation		6cp
75420 Ethics and Professional Conduct		6cp
Select 6 credit points of options		6cp
Spring semester
Select 24 credit points of options		24cp