This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry. Medicinal Chemistry is an exciting, rapidly-expanding area within the broad discipline of Chemistry that has seen enormous growth recently both within Australia and globally. It includes the development of new pharmaceutical agents, from Concept to Clinic. Many different stages are involved; from the design and synthesis of novel drug candidates, to their biochemical effects, testing regimes and regulatory and ethical considerations. The Medicinal Chemistry program had been designed to ensure that graduates will have a strong background in contemporary biology, biochemistry and pharmacology, based upon a solid foundation of essential chemistry. Combining this with a Bachelor of Laws also equips students with an understanding of the law, important in this industry, and provides graduates with a degree that is recognized as satisfying the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW.

Duration
The program is a six and a half year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry and Bachelor of Laws.

Award
The degree of Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry/Bachelor of Laws is not awarded until the completion of the full six and a half year program, but students unable to complete the full program may apply to transfer to the four year Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry 3992 with advanced standing where appropriate.

At the completion of this program, students will have obtained a sound knowledge base in the disciplines of both Medicinal Chemistry and Law. Please refer to the program objectives and learning outcomes as listed:

Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
Law Prescribed Elective - 6 UOC
Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Medicinal Chemistry core program (including Honours) - 168 UOC
Total 312 UOC

Students must study Medicinal Chemistry courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Science and Law courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Law. A typical structure of a combined Medicinal Chemistry/Law program is set out below. An approved sequence can be found here:

Plan for Medicinal Chemistry/Law 4755

Students enrolled in combined law degrees (with exception to Jurisprudence/Law) are not required to complete general education courses.

Students must complete a 48 UOC Honours sequence as part of the Medicinal Chemistry program. Progression to Honours is subject to academic performance, and requires completion of all the requirements of the first three years of the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry program, including level I, core and elective courses. Students are expected to have attained an overall WAM of 65 or higher to be eligible to continue to Honours. Admission is subject to appropriate research and supervision resources being available and quotas may be imposed for entry in any year, in which case admission will be determined on academic merit. Students who are ineligible to progress to Honours, will be required to transfer to the Bachelor of Science program (3970) (or 4770 Bachelor of Science / Law) and graduate with the Bachelor of Science award at pass level.

Students completing Honours will be considered for the award of honours according to the following scale (based on performance in stage 4):

Honours Class 1: mark of 85 or greater
Honours Class 2 Division 1: mark from 75 to 84
Honours Class 2 Division 2: mark from 65 to 74
Honours Class 3 or Pass: mark below 65

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry program who wish to take out the Bachelor of Science award at pass level without proceeding to Honours, are required to transfer to the Science program (3970 or 4770 Science / Law). Applications to transfer should be lodged with the Science Student Centre no later than the census date for the semester in which the student expects to satisfy requirements. Students applying after that date may not be able to graduate in the next round of ceremonies.

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be awarded with the following levels of Honours:

Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2


To be awarded Honours in Law, students are not required to complete an additional year. Honours in Law is based on academic excellence throughout the degree. Honours in Law is based on academic excellence throughout the degree. There are three criteria relevant for awarding Honours:

Law Honours Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
Law Honours WAM will be calculated using the WAM from core courses as 60 percent of the Honours WAM and the WAM from the prescribed elective courses as 40 percent of Honours WAM.

Satisfactory performance in written research
To demonstrate satisfactory performance in written research, a student must complete one long substantial piece (i.e. research thesis) or three shorter substantial pieces of research (i.e. 3000 words or more) in their program that is awarded a credit or more.


Not been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion and not more than one failure in the law program. Satisfactory performance in written research.

For more information, please visit Honours Page on the Law website.

Where a student undertakes a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry program as part of a dual degree with another undergraduate program at UNSW, the program rules for the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry are as follows (for further information regarding each rule, please refer to the relevant rule for the single degree program as listed above).

Students who do not meet the requirement to enter Honours will be transferred to Bachelor of Science 3970 or Bachelor of Science/Law 4770 will, on successful completion of the first three stages of Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry 3992, graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Science 3970. Students who transfer to program 3970 or 4770 before successfully completing all requirements of program 3992 will be required to complete a major in 3970 as specified in the Handbook.

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to Bachelor of Law 4701. Although this program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here.

A direct link is given below:
Bachelor of Laws 4701

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html