This program is for new 2016 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.

This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours). Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) 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 (Honours) 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 (Honours) and Bachelor of Laws.

Award
The degree of Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours)/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 (Honours) 3999 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 (Honours) 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 (Honours) /Law program is set out below. An approved sequence can be found here:

Plan for Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) /Law 4755

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

For details regarding honours in the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours), please refer to the information under ‘Honours’ on the 3999 Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) program page.

High achieving students may be eligible to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Please visit the Honours in law website for further information about the current Honours policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB in 2014 or earlier) and the new policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB from 2015 onwards).

Where a student undertakes a Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) program as part of a dual degree with another undergraduate program at UNSW, the program rules for the Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours) are as follows:

Progression to Stages 3 and 4 is subject to academic performance. Students will be required to maintain a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 65% for progression to Stage 3, and Stage 4.

Students who do not meet the requirement to enter Honours will be transferred to 3970 Bachelor of Science or 4770 Bachelor of Science/Law will, on successful completion of the first three stages of 3999 Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Honours), graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Science 3970. Students who transfer to program 3970 or 4770 before successfully completing all requirements of program 3999 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:  UNSW Fee Website.