This program is for new 2018 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 dual degree program provides an opportunity to obtain two degrees of professional importance to the public sector, community service, business and law practice. In addition, the student has the option to work towards a research career in a variety of disciplines.

The Bachelor of Social Research and Policy (UNSW BSRP) degree combines a core program of skills in policy analysis and research methods with in-depth study in one or more social science disciplines. The degree requires one stream of study in an approved social science discipline and a minimum level of electives. You will have the opportunity to further develop your professional and workplace skills through an internship and career-orientated focus. The LLB component provides students with the fundamentals of law and the opportunity to complete a professional legal degree.

The UNSW School of Law instills in students the understandings, values, skills and qualities necessary to become highly qualified professionals with a strong sense of citizenship, community and social justice. A legal education at the UNSW Law School, therefore, develops graduates who have:

Please refer to the program objectives and learning outcomes as listed for the Bachelor of Social Research and Policy 3420

* Students do not complete SRAP3000 Social Theory and Policy in the Social Research & Policy core. Instead, students double count the prescribed law elective LAWS2820 Law and Social Theory, thus freeing 6 UOC for use as a Prescribed Arts and Social Sciences elective at level one.

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.

An approved sequence of study can be found here:

Plan for Social Research Policy/LLB 4771

Participation and Enrolment Requirements

A Working with Children and National Criminal Record Check may be required. Please refer to Bachelor of Social Research and Policy program 3420 for further details.

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

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).

After completion of 144 uoc including all of the requirements of the Bachelor of Social Research and Policy dual degree, high achieving students may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504 or the Bachelor of Social Research and Policy (Honours) 4507 if undertaking the Social Research and Policy honours stream. Entry to Honours requires a WAM of 70 or higher in the stream(s) seeking to be further studied."

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504.
Bachelor of Social Research and Policy (Honours) program 4507.

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Social Research & Policy
For the Social Research & Policy component of this degree, please refer to Program 3420.

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

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

The Academic Rules for the UNSW BSRP/LLB and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their dual degree program.

Contact Faculty of Law Student Services for advice on the LLB component.

Tel: +61 (2) 9385 2264
Location: 2nd Floor, Law Building, Kensington Campus


Contact the Student Centre in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences for advice on the BSRP component.

Tel: +61 (2) 9385 2289
Location: Room G1, Morven Brown Building, Kensington Campus