Arts and Business / Law - 4783
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
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 Arts and Business (Major)
Bachelor of Laws
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Program Description
This program combines the professional LLB program with Bachelor of Arts and Business. The Bachelor of Arts and Business (BA&Bus) is designed to provide students with all the benefits of an education in the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative and Performing Arts PLUS study in Business. The program provides students with not only the depth (Major and Minor streams) of the Bachelor of Arts but a specially-designed Business Studies component that will introduce you to key concepts and approaches in Business and Management.
Major Sequence
(i) Students may select any major from those offered in the Bachelor of Arts and Business 3444.
(ii) Students may select any minor from those offered in the Bachelor of Arts and Business 3444.
Duration/Award
The program is a six year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Business and Bachelor of Laws (BA&Bus LLB).
Bachelor of Arts and Business/Bachelor of Laws
The degree of Bachelor of Arts and Business/Bachelor of Laws is not awarded until the completion of the full six year program, but students unable to complete the full program may apply to transfer to the three year Bachelor of Arts and Business program with advanced standing where appropriate.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
- Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
- Law prescribed elective - 6 UOC
- Law elective courses - 42 UOC
- Arts and Business major stream - 60 UOC
- Arts and Business minor stream- 24 UOC
- Arts and Social Sciences prescribed electives - 12 UOC
- Arts and Business business studies component - 48 UOC
Total 288 UOC
Award with Distinction in NonLLB degree
You are eligible for the award of your Pass Degree "with Distinction" if you achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 75 in all courses and complete at least 50% of the requirements of your award at UNSW.
General Education Requirements
Honours
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 the new policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB from 2015 onwards).
Honours in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
Once you have completed your Bachelor of Arts and Business in Dual mode and 144 UOC overall you can apply for admission to do an Honours year in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504. Entry to Honours requires a WAM of 70 or higher in the major stream in which you want to study at Honours level.
Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504.
Academic Rules
- complete 144 UOC in the Bachelor of Arts and Business
- complete the requirements for one 60 UOC home major stream
- complete the requirements for one 24 UOC minor stream
- complete a 12 UOC of UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives
- complete the requirements for the Business Studies component
- enrol in 24 UOC of Business Studies component core courses in your first 48 UOC of study
- complete at least 30 UOC of Level 1 courses before enrolling in Level 2 courses
- specify your major and minor combination at the time of enrolment in Level 2 courses
- complete at least 48 UOC, including 6 UOC at Level 1 and 6 UOC at Level 2 in your major/minor, before enrolling in Level 3 courses.
Fees
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Art History and Theory
- Arts and Social Sciences
- Asian Studies
- Australian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- English
- Environmental Humanities
- European Studies
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- History
- Indigenous Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- International Relations
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Law
- Linguistics
- Media, Culture and Technology
- Modern Greek Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Women's and Gender Studies