Program

International Studies / Law - 4765

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 6 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 288

UAC Code: 426000

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of International Studies (Major)

Bachelor of Laws (Major)

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Program Description

This program is for new 2015 commencing students. If you are a continuing student please refer to the Online Handbook in the year you started your Dual Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice.

International Students: please note that there is no mid-year intake for this program.

This dual program, Bachelor of International Studies (UNSW BInst) and Bachelor of Laws provides an opportunity to obtain two degrees of professional importance to the public sector, community service, business and law practice. The Law courses satisfy the requirements for the award of the professional LLB degree. The UNSW BInst program satisfies a growing demand in Australia and globally for graduates who are highly skilled, well informed and professionally equipped to meet the challenges of work in a rapidly changing global environment.

The UNSW BInst program examines the interactions of nations, economies, institutions, peoples, cultures, technologies and ideas against a background of increasing international integration and changing modernity. The program challenges students to: examine the dynamics of global and regional change; explore key issues and challenges in global change, evaluate the importance of globalisation, and debate key questions centred on nationalism, sovereignty, social change, development, and transnational interaction. Students specialize in an area of study, complete language study and a one-year Overseas Study Program (OSP) at one of the more than 180 approved partner universities around the world.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The aims of UNSW BInSt are:
1. To satisfy a growing demand, in Australia and abroad, for graduates who are highly skilled, well informed and professionally equipped to meet the challenges of work in a rapidly changing global environment.
2. To give students a thorough preparation for further study and employment in areas vital to Australia’s increasing participation in the international arena.
3. To examine and develop a better understanding of the interactions of nations, economies, institutions, peoples, cultures, technologies and ideas against a background of increasing international integration and changing modernity.
4. To promote competence in a major language or languages relevant and useful for the global economy in which we live in (viz. French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian).
5. To provide students with the invaluable experience of other cultures, languages and peoples - experience greatly valued by employers internationally – through the completion of a one-year Overseas Study Program.

Learning Outcomes
The Graduate Attributes for the UNSW BInst are as follows:
1. Research, Inquiry and Analytic Abilities
2. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
3. Ethical, Social and Professional Understanding
4. Communication Skills
5. Information Literacy
6. Professional and Intellectual Development
7. Global Outlook


Program Structure

Total Unit Requirements
  • Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
  • Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
  • Law elective courses - 42 UOC
  • International Studies course - 144UOC - please see below for details
  • Total 288 UOC
Requirements for the Bachelor of International Studies in Dual Mode

The basic requirements for the degree in dual mode (144 uoc) are:
1. International Studies core (18 UOC)
2. Language Study core (24 UOC )
3. A major stream (54 UOC)
4. Overseas Exchange (48 UOC)

Core

International Studies
Compulsory International Studies courses (18 UOC) made up of:
Level 1
ARTS1810 Introduction to International Relations
Level 2*
ARTS2240 Environment, Sustainability and Development
(Different requirement for dual Law students, please see below.)
Level 3
INST3900 Advanced Seminars in International Relations (to be completed in the last semester of study, after returning from the OSP Year Abroad)

Note 1: Dual degree students must do 6 UOC from a Prescribed International Studies Elective in the International Studies component of their program. A Prescribed International Studies Elective is any of the level one gateway courses from International Relations, Asian Studies, European Studies and Development Studies. However, students can only take gateway courses from other major streams, not their own.

Note 2: Students in the Asian Studies Major or the European Studies Major must complete a sequence of 24 UOC in an Asian or European language stream as appropriate.

The Prescribed International Studies Elective list consists of:

* Students in the dual degree do not do ARTS2240 in the core program. Instead they are required to do one law elective from the following list, which will be counted towards both law and a level 2 course in the International Studies degree program:

Language
Compulsory Language courses (24 UOC) in one of the following Languages:

  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies

Streams
54 units of credit from any of the "Internal Stream" or "External Stream" listed below:

  • Asian Studies
  • Chinese Studies
  • Development Studies
  • Globalisation Studies (This stream is no longer accepting new enrolments.)
  • European Studies
  • French Studies
  • German Studies
  • Spanish and Latin American Studies
  • International Business (External Stream 48UOC)
  • International Relations
  • Japanese Studies
  • Korean Studies

External Stream UOC Requirement — International Business
The External Stream requirement for the award of the major stream in International Business is 48 UOC. Students completing this program, however, will undertake one (6 UOC) Arts & Social Sciences Prescribed Elective to meet the depth requirements.

Core Language Study and Language Stream
Students choosing to complete a Stream in a Language must complete that study in a Language other than the Language which they chose for the Core requirement.

Overseas Study Program
Students undertake two semesters of approved study at an overseas university. The Overseas Study Program (OSP) provides invaluable experience of other cultures, languages and peoples – experience greatly valued by employers internationally. UNSW manages a large and active exchange program with more than 200 different student exchange opportunities at prestigious partner universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Overseas Study Program and Dual Mode
Overseas Study Program is full-time overseas for two semesters. Students enrolled in the program in Dual Mode would suspend study in their other degree program during this period of overseas study.
Award with Distinction in NonLLB Degree
High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at least 48 uoc of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".

Approved Sequence of Study

An approved general sequence of study can be found here:

Stream for International Studies/Law 4765

For detailed outlines of International Studies major stream sequences please check the following links:

Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
Development Studies
European Studies
French Studies
German Studies
Globalisation Studies (This stream is no longer accepting new enrolments.)
Spanish and Latin American Studies
International Business
International Relations
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies


General Education Requirements

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

Honours

Honours in Laws
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. There are three criteria relevant for awarding Honours:

Honours Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
The Honours WAM weighting for core/electives for the Honours WAM is currently under review.
Satisfactory performance in written research
The Research Requirement for Honours is under review.
Not been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion and not more than one failure in the law program

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

Honours in Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences

After completion of 144 uoc including all of the requirements of the Bachelor of International Studies dual degree, high achieving students may apply for admission to the Bachelor Arts & Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504. A minimum WAM of 70 in the Bachelor of International Studies component of the dual degree is required for entry into Honours.

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504

Academic Rules

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of International Studies
To qualify for the award of the degree at pass a student must:
1. enrol in the Bachelor of International Studies and complete 144 units of credit;
2. complete the requirements for the core
3. complete the requirements for one stream
4. complete the requirements for overseas exchange
5. complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II courses
6. specify their major stream at the time of enrolment into the program
7. complete at least 24 UOC in their stream before enrolling in Level III courses
8. complete at least 120 UOC overall before enrolling in their stream Capstone course

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 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


Fees

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

Area(s) of Specialisation