C09085v2 Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

University of Technology Sydney

About

The Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is offered jointly by UTS Law and UTS Science.

The law is of special importance in many areas of science, including research, industrial and commercial enterprise.Honours relates to the law component only and students must successfully complete both of the research subjects:

76090 Research Methodology and 76040 Research Thesis.

Strong research skills are valued highly in contemporary professional practice.The program provides full-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the academic requirements only for admission as a lawyer together with a science specialisation.The course addresses the increasing need for scientific expertise among lawyers.

Graduates develop critical and analytical skills necessary when making decisions as they understand the complex links between science and law, increasing their employment prospects and career opportunities in both fields.Students have the opportunity to engage in deeper study of the law by studying 76090 Research Methodology and undertaking 76040 Research Thesis.

This course can be a pathway to higher degree research programs.

Structure

The course comprises a total of 240 credit points and allows students to graduate with the separate degrees of Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB). The study components for course completion are as follows.

The law component of 144 credit points is made up of:

  • 108 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
  • a 6-credit-point legal theory option
  • a 30-credit-point law option, which includes either:
  • 18 credit points of law options, a 6-credit-point research methodology subject, a 6-credit-point research thesis subject, or
  • a 6-credit-point technology law, policy and ethics (Capstone 1) subject, a 6-credit-point applied project in law, innovation and technology (Capstone 2) subject, a 6-credit-point research methodology subject, a 6-credit-point research thesis subject, and either a disruptive technologies and the law subject or a local internship.

The science component comprises 96 credit points of core science subjects taken from one of 10 specified majors representing different science disciplines.

Students graduate from the BSc independently from the LLB. However, to be eligible for graduation from the BSc students must complete one of the 96-credit-point UTS: Science majors plus at least 96 credit points of Bachelor of Law subjects.

Graduation from the science component of the combined degree is not possible prior to completion of all components of the combined degree. Students wishing to graduate with a Bachelor of Science prior to completion of the law component of the combined degree must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Science (C10242) single degree program where they must complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree version.

Similarly, a student can graduate from the law component of the combined degree prior to completion of the science component, but if they wish to continue with the science component, they must apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Science (C10242) single degree program where they need to complete all requirements for the stand-alone single degree version.

For a current listing of subjects in each course refer to the study package directory.

Industrial training/professional practice

To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal academic qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its PLT program.

Students enrolled in this course may complete their practical legal training by undertaking a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).

Course completion requirements

course credit
STM91052 Law stream (Honours) 144cp
CBK90585 Major choice (Science) 96cp
Total 240cp

Course diagram

Course program

The program shown is for a full-time student who has chosen one of the science majors and law options.

All options shown are law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK91100.

Students wishing to study the new major MAJ09444 Legal Futures and Technology need to study 76106 Technology Law, Policy and Ethics (Capstone 1) in the Autumn session of their final year and 76107 Applied Project in Law, Innovation and Technology (Capstone 2) in their final Spring session.

List of majors

course credit
MAJ01079 Chemistry 96cp
MAJ01080 Applied Physics 96cp
MAJ01085 Nanotechnology 96cp
MAJ01081 Biomedical Science 96cp
MAJ01114 Medical Science 96cp
MAJ01117 Biotechnology 96cp
MAJ01082 Environmental Biology 96cp
MAJ01112 Marine Biology 96cp
MAJ01116 Mathematics 96cp

Chemistry major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
33190 Mathematical Modelling for Science 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
33290 Statistics and Mathematics for Science 6cp
65212 Chemistry 2 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
65306 Analytical Chemistry 1 6cp
68101 Foundations of Physics 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
68201 Physics in Action 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
65202 Organic Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70617 Administrative Law 8cp
65409 Analytical Chemistry 2 6cp
65508 Organic Chemistry 2 6cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
65307 Physical Chemistry 1 6cp
65606 Analytical Chemistry 3 6cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70109 Evidence 6cp

Spring session

course credit
65411 Inorganic Chemistry 1 6cp
65607 Physical Chemistry 2 6cp
70108 Public International Law 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
65410 Skills for the Professional Chemist 6cp
65509 Inorganic Chemistry 2 6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Spring session

course credit
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Applied Physics major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
33190 Mathematical Modelling for Science 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
33290 Statistics and Mathematics for Science 6cp
65212 Chemistry 2 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
68101 Foundations of Physics 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
68201 Physics in Action 6cp
68070 Introduction to Materials 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
68315 Imaging Science 6cp
33360 Mathematics for Physical Science 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70617 Administrative Law 8cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
68413 Quantum Physics 6cp
68075 Nanomaterials 6cp
68412 Energy Science and Technology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
70108 Public International Law 6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
68320 Scanning Probe and Electron Microscopy  
68414 Advanced Mechanics  
68415 Measurement and Analysis of Physical Processes  
68513 Nanophotonics  

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
68606 Solid-state Science and Nanodevices 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
68416 Computational Physics  
68316 Applied Electronics and Interfacing  
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
76090 Research Methodology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
Select 18 credit points from the following: 18cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  
76040 Research Thesis 6cp

Biomedical Science major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
91161 Cell Biology and Genetics 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology 6cp
65212 Chemistry 2 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
91314 General Microbiology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
91330 Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology 6cp
91401 Immunology 1 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
91563 Haematology 1 6cp
91320 Metabolic Biochemistry 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70617 Administrative Law 8cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
91703 Physiological Systems 6cp
91500 Histology 6cp
91142 Biotechnology 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp
CBK90811 Electives B (Biomedical Science) 12cp

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
70108 Public International Law 6cp
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  

Spring session

course credit
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
91338 Clinical Bacteriology  
91177 Haematological Diagnostics  
91180 Immunology and Human Health  
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Biotechnology major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
60001 Principles of Scientific Practice 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
91161 Cell Biology and Genetics 6cp
65212 Chemistry 2 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
33116 Statistical Design and Analysis 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology 6cp
91401 Immunology 1 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
91314 General Microbiology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70617 Administrative Law 8cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
68041 Physical Aspects of Nature 6cp
91703 Physiological Systems 6cp
91142 Biotechnology 6cp
70108 Public International Law 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing 6cp
91132 Molecular Biology 1 6cp
91369 Biobusiness 6cp

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
91320 Metabolic Biochemistry 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp
91707 Pharmacology 1 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  

Spring session

course credit
Select 18 credit points from the following: 18cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  
76040 Research Thesis 6cp

Environmental Biology major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
91107 The Biosphere 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
91123 Biocomplexity 6cp
65621 Environmental Chemistry 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
91161 Cell Biology and Genetics 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
91363 Animal Behaviour and Physiology 6cp
91270 Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
33116 Statistical Design and Analysis 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp
70617 Administrative Law 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
91154 Ecology 6cp
91168 Ecological Genetics 6cp
91121 Aquatic Ecosystems 6cp
91110 Experimental Design and Sampling 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
91159 Environmental Remediation 6cp
91155 Stream and Lake Assessment 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
70108 Public International Law 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp
91145 Environmental Protection and Management 6cp
91309 Biodiversity Conservation 6cp

Spring session

course credit
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Marine Biology major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
91107 The Biosphere 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
91123 Biocomplexity 6cp
65621 Environmental Chemistry 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
91154 Ecology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
91157 Marine Phycology 6cp
91270 Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
71116 Remedies 6cp
70317 Real Property 8cp
33116 Statistical Design and Analysis 6cp
91120 GIS and Remote Sensing 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp
70617 Administrative Law 8cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
91126 Coral Reef Ecosystems 6cp
91110 Experimental Design and Sampling 6cp
91161 Cell Biology and Genetics 6cp
91121 Aquatic Ecosystems 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
91170 Microbial Ecology 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
70108 Public International Law 6cp
91118 Fish Biology and Fisheries 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp
91156 Marine Productivity and Climate Change 6cp

Spring session

course credit
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Mathematics major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
37151 Introduction to Statistics 6cp
37131 Introduction to Linear Dynamical Systems 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
37132 Introduction to Mathematical Analysis and Modelling 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
70211 Contracts 8cp
37242 Optimisation in Quantitative Management 6cp
37141 Introduction to Quantitative Management 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
37161 Probability and Random Variables 6cp
37181 Discrete Mathematics 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
70317 Real Property 8cp
71116 Remedies 6cp
37233 Linear Algebra 6cp
37252 Regression Analysis 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
37171 Introduction to Programming for Mathematics 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
37253 Sample Surveys  
37343 Nonlinear Methods in Quantitative Management  
37344 Network and Combinatorial Optimisation  
37357 Advanced Statistical Modelling  

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
37234 Advanced Calculus 6cp
70617 Administrative Law 8cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
37262 Simulation Modelling  
37356 Design and Analysis of Experiments  
37345 Quantitative Management Practice  
37373 Programming for Data Analysis  

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
37253 Sample Surveys  
37336 Mathematical Methods  
37343 Nonlinear Methods in Quantitative Management  
37344 Network and Combinatorial Optimisation  
37357 Advanced Statistical Modelling  
37363 Stochastic Processes  
37335 Differential Equations 6cp

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
70108 Public International Law 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
76090 Research Methodology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 18 credit points from the following: 18cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

Medical Science major

Year 1

Autumn session

course credit
70102 Foundations of Law 8cp
70103 Ethics Law and Justice 6cp
91161 Cell Biology and Genetics 6cp
65111 Chemistry 1 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70311 Torts 8cp
70114 Criminal Law and Procedure 8cp
91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology 6cp
65212 Chemistry 2 6cp

Year 2

Autumn session

course credit
70211 Contracts 8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
91314 General Microbiology 6cp

Spring session

course credit
70104 Civil Practice 6cp
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6cp
68041 Physical Aspects of Nature 6cp
91239 Human Pathophysiology 6cp

Year 3

Autumn session

course credit
70317 Real Property 8cp
71116 Remedies 6cp
91703 Physiological Systems 6cp
70617 Administrative Law 8cp

Spring session

course credit
70517 Equity and Trusts 8cp
70417 Corporate Law 8cp
91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics 6cp

Year 4

Autumn session

course credit
91707 Pharmacology 1 6cp
91320 Metabolic Biochemistry 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
91563 Haematology 1  
91500 Histology  

Spring session

course credit
70109 Evidence 6cp
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  
91708 Medical and Applied Physiology 6cp
91709 Pharmacology 2 6cp

Year 5

Autumn session

course credit
70108 Public International Law 6cp
91706 Neuroscience 6cp
76090 Research Methodology 6cp
91403 Medical Imaging 6cp

Spring session

course credit
Select 6 credit points from the following: 6cp
76008 Jurisprudence  
76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia  
76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law  
76081 Gender and Law  
78039 Wickedness and Vice  
76902 Law and Literature  
76012 Criminology  
76092 Advanced Property  
76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law  
76040 Research Thesis 6cp
Select 12 credit points from the following: 12cp
CBK91100 Options (Honours)  

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