Program

Media / Law - 4781

This Program is no longer accepting new enrolments

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Contact: Faculty of Law

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 5 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 240

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Media

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Program Description

This program is not accepting new enrollments. 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.

This program combines the professional Bachelor of Laws with the Bachelor of Media.

The Bachelor of Media provides conceptual underpinnings in media studies with foundational skills and concepts that are relevant to career pathways in a broad range of media production, professional communication and journalism, audio-visual industries, and public relations and advertising.

This degree combination is relevant to students interested in becoming media lawyers, or in media industries (e.g. web design and production, gaming and interactive virtual environments, design and distribution), audio-visual production industries (e.g. multimedia or screen director, editor, sound designer, producer and other roles within video and audio production as well as areas as diverse as film criticism, arts administration, festival programming, communication research and media marketing), journalism, corporate and organisational communication, public sector communication, and public relations.

Students will be immersed in the culture and philosophy of media studies through their courses in the media core and will specialise in one of the four streams - media production, communication & journalism, screen & sound or public relations and advertising.

First and second levels cover contextual media studies, and practical and theoretical skills in the specialisations. As students proceed into the third level, the program expands and deepens knowledge and understanding of these theories and skills.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes


Program Structure

Requirements for the Bachelor of Media in Dual Mode

Total Unit Requirements
Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Media Courses - 96 UOC -please see below
Total 240 UOC


MDIAC14781 Communication and Journalism
The basic requirements for the Bachelor of Media degree in dual mode (96 uoc) are:
1. Media Core (12 UOC)
2. Prescribed Media Elective (24 UOC)
3. Communication and Journalism Core (36 UOC)
4. Prescribed Communication and Journalism Electives (24 UOC)


MDIAM14781 Media Production
The basic requirements for the degree in dual mode (96 uoc) are:
1. A Media core (30 UOC )
2. Prescribed Media elective (6 UOC)
3. A Media Production core (42 UOC)
4. Prescribed Media Production electives (18 UOC)


MDIAS14781 Screen and Sound
The basic requirements for the degree in dual mode (96 uoc) are:
1. A Media core (30 UOC )
2. Prescribed Media elective (6 UOC)
3. A Screen and Sound core (42 UOC)
4. Prescribed electives List A (12 UOC)
5. Prescribed elective List B (6 UOC)

Award with Distinction in NonLLB degree
High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at at least 72 UOC of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".



MDIAP14781 Public Relations and Advertising
The basic requirements for the degree in dual mode (96 UOC) are:
1. Media Core (12 UOC)
2. Prescribed Media Elective (24UOC)
3. PR and Advertising Core (48 UOC)
4. Prescribed Public Relations and Advertising Electives (12 UOC)

An approved sequence of study can be found here:

Stream for Media/Law 4781

For detailed stream oultines of Media major sequences please check the following links:

MDIAC14781 Communication and Journalism

MDIAM14781 Media Production

MDIAS14781 Screen and Sound

MDIAP14781 Public Relations and Advertising


General Education Requirements

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

Honours

Honours in Bachelor of Law
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 Media
After completion of 144 uoc including all of the requirements of the Bachelor of Media dual degree, high achieving students may apply for admission to the Bachelor Media (Honours) program 4510. A minimum WAM of 70 in the Bachelor of Media (PR & Advertising) component of the dual degree is required for entry into Honours.

Bachelor of Media (Honours) program 4510.

Academic Rules

To qualify for the award of the degree at Pass level, a student must:
  1. enrol in the Bachelor of Media (Screen and Sound) and complete 96 units of credit;
  2. complete the requirements for the cores
  3. complete the requirements for prescribed electives
  4. complete at least 30 units of credit of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II courses
  5. complete at least 48 units of credit overall before enrolling in Level III courses
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Media
Please see further detail on each Program Structure above.

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