C09098v2 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation

This course is for enterprising individuals who wish to develop the ability to turn ideas into action.

It gives students the skills, perspectives and strategies to bring ideas to reality.

Within this course, creativity is viewed as the driver of innovation, realised through the processes of design.

Students are able to generate and test ideas within diverse disciplinary contexts and gauge the value of those ideas through hands-on experimental practice, rigorous processes of interpretation and analysis.Taking a transdisciplinary approach, the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation utilises multiple perspectives from diverse fields, integrating a range of industry experiences, real-world projects and self-initiated proposals, equipping graduates to address the wicked problems, complex challenges and untapped opportunities in today's world.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.Students gain an in-depth understanding of legal challenges and concerns.

This combined degree equips graduates to provide innovative and thoughtful solutions to complex challenges, needed to bring a great idea to fruition.By focusing on the high-level conceptual thinking and problem-solving practices that lead to the development of innovative, creative and entrepreneurial outcomes, students of the combined degree also gain leading edge capabilities that are highly valued in the globalised world, including dealing with critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship, and the ability to work on their own across disciplines.

These creative intelligence competencies enable graduates to navigate in a rapidly changing world.Students have the opportunity to engage in deeper study of the law through the subjects 76090 Research Methodology and 76040 Research Thesis.

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

The course comprises a total of 240 credit points. 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
• 30 credit points of law options, which includes either:
• 18 credit points of law options, a 6-credit-point research methodology subject, and 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, an 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 creative intelligence and innovation component consists of 96 credit points. The creative intelligence and innovation subjects are undertaken in accelerated form within July and Summer sessions during the first three years of study, and through one full year of study after completion of the professional degree. The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the professional degree program.

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 (eg 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).

In the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, students can undertake between 6 and 12 credit points of internship (work experience) that relates to innovation within their research, career development or core degree specialisations. For students undertaking 12 credit points of internship, international internships may be negotiated.

This course involves significant industry engagement as part of the learning process. Students may be required to relinquish intellectual property when they opt in to certain industry-related experiences, particularly relating to internships and capstone projects.

Course completion requirements

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Course program

The standard program shown is for a full-time student with 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.

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