This degree addresses the increasing need for scientific expertise among lawyers.With the Bachelor of Laws, students explore the common law and the broader Australian legal system before building specialist expertise through electives and majors.
These include biomedical law, bioethics, and intellectual property law, or the Legal Futures and Technology major, which provides an intensive exploration of emerging technologies that are shaping the legal sector.
With the Bachelor of Science, students study the fundamentals of science before choosing a major in either nanotechnology, medical science, biotechnology or mathematics, or using their electives to build a degree that reflects their personal interests.This course meets the academic requirements for admission to practise law in NSW.
Graduates possess an understanding of the law in the context of research and industrial and commercial enterprise, making them ready for specialist legal careers in areas such as patent, environmental or medical law.
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:
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108 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
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30 credit points of law options, including either:
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30 credit points of law options, or
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30 credit points of legal futures and technology options
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a 6-credit-point legal theory option.
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
|
|
STM90691 Law stream
|
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 CBK90922.
Students wishing to study the new major MAJ09443 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
|
Summer session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
65212 Chemistry 2
|
6cp
|
Year 2
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70211 Contracts
|
8cp
|
|
68101 Foundations of Physics
|
6cp
|
|
65306 Analytical Chemistry 1
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70104 Civil Practice
|
6cp
|
|
70616 Australian Constitutional Law
|
8cp
|
|
65409 Analytical Chemistry 2
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
65307 Physical Chemistry 1
|
6cp
|
|
65202 Organic Chemistry 1
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
8cp
|
|
68201 Physics in Action
|
6cp
|
|
65508 Organic Chemistry 2
|
6cp
|
|
70517 Equity and Trusts
|
8cp
|
Year 4
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
70417 Corporate Law
|
8cp
|
|
65606 Analytical Chemistry 3
|
6cp
|
|
Select 6 credit points of options
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
65411 Inorganic Chemistry 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
|
|
|
70108 Public International Law
|
6cp
|
Year 5
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
65410 Skills for the Professional Chemist
|
6cp
|
|
65509 Inorganic Chemistry 2
|
6cp
|
|
Select 12 credit points of options
|
12cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
65607 Physical Chemistry 2
|
6cp
|
|
Select 12 credit points of options
|
12cp
|
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
|
|
68201 Physics in Action
|
6cp
|
|
68070 Introduction to Materials
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
70108 Public International Law
|
6cp
|
|
33360 Mathematics for Physical Science
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
8cp
|
|
70417 Corporate Law
|
8cp
|
|
70517 Equity and Trusts
|
8cp
|
Year 4
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
68075 Nanomaterials
|
6cp
|
|
68412 Energy Science and Technology
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
68315 Imaging Science
|
6cp
|
|
68413 Quantum Physics
|
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 one of the following:
|
6cp
|
|
68316 Applied Electronics and Interfacing
|
|
|
68416 Computational Physics
|
|
|
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
|
|
CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
|
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
Select 24 credit points of options
|
24cp
|
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
|
|
91330 Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology
|
6cp
|
|
91401 Immunology 1
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
91563 Haematology 1
|
6cp
|
|
91320 Metabolic Biochemistry
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
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 of options
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
CBK90811 Electives B (Biomedical Science)
|
12cp
|
|
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
|
|
Year 5
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70108 Public International Law
|
6cp
|
|
Select 18 credit points of options
|
18cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
Select 12 credit points from the following:
|
12cp
|
|
91177 Haematological Diagnostics
|
|
|
91338 Clinical Bacteriology
|
|
|
91180 Immunology and Human Health
|
|
|
Select 6 credit points of options
|
6cp
|
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
|
|
91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology
|
6cp
|
|
91401 Immunology 1
|
6cp
|
|
70108 Public International Law
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
91314 General Microbiology
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
|
68041 Physical Aspects of Nature
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
8cp
|
|
70417 Corporate Law
|
8cp
|
|
70517 Equity and Trusts
|
8cp
|
Year 4
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
|
91142 Biotechnology
|
6cp
|
|
91703 Physiological Systems
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
91368 Bioreactors and Bioprocessing
|
6cp
|
|
91369 Biobusiness
|
6cp
|
|
Select 6 credit points from the following:
|
6cp
|
|
CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
|
|
|
91132 Molecular Biology 1
|
6cp
|
Year 5
Autumn 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
|
|
|
91707 Pharmacology 1
|
6cp
|
|
91320 Metabolic Biochemistry
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
Select 24 credit points from the following:
|
24cp
|
|
CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
|
|
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
|
|
91363 Animal Behaviour and Physiology
|
6cp
|
|
91270 Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
33116 Statistical Design and Analysis
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
8cp
|
|
70417 Corporate Law
|
8cp
|
|
70517 Equity and Trusts
|
8cp
|
Year 4
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
91154 Ecology
|
6cp
|
|
91168 Ecological Genetics
|
6cp
|
|
Select 6 credit points from the following:
|
6cp
|
|
CBK90923 Options (Legal Theory UG)
|
|
|
91121 Aquatic Ecosystems
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
91155 Stream and Lake Assessment
|
6cp
|
|
Select 6 credit points from the following:
|
6cp
|
|
CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
|
|
|
91159 Environmental Remediation
|
6cp
|
Year 5
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70108 Public International Law
|
6cp
|
|
91309 Biodiversity Conservation
|
6cp
|
|
91145 Environmental Protection and Management
|
6cp
|
|
91110 Experimental Design and Sampling
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
Select 24 credit points of options
|
24cp
|
Mathematics major
Year 1
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70102 Foundations of Law
|
8cp
|
|
70103 Ethics Law and Justice
|
6cp
|
|
37141 Introduction to Quantitative Management
|
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
|
|
37151 Introduction to Statistics
|
6cp
|
Year 2
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70211 Contracts
|
8cp
|
|
70616 Australian Constitutional Law
|
8cp
|
|
37242 Optimisation in Quantitative Management
|
6cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70104 Civil Practice
|
6cp
|
|
37181 Discrete Mathematics
|
6cp
|
|
37161 Probability and Random Variables
|
6cp
|
|
70109 Evidence
|
6cp
|
Year 3
Autumn session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
|
6cp
|
|
37233 Linear Algebra
|
6cp
|
|
37252 Regression Analysis
|
6cp
|
|
70617 Administrative Law
|
8cp
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
70317 Real Property
|
8cp
|
|
70517 Equity and Trusts
|
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
|
|
71116 Remedies
|
6cp
|
|
37234 Advanced Calculus
|
6cp
|
|
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
|
|
70417 Corporate Law
|
8cp
|
|
37335 Differential Equations
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
|
Select 6 credit points from the following:
|
6cp
|
|
CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
|
|
Spring session
|
course
|
credit
|
|
Select 24 credit points of options
|
24cp
|
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
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6cp
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Spring session
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course
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credit
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70104 Civil Practice
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6cp
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68041 Physical Aspects of Nature
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6cp
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91239 Human Pathophysiology
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6cp
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70109 Evidence
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6cp
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Year 3
Autumn session
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course
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credit
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70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
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6cp
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91703 Physiological Systems
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6cp
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Select 6 credit points from the following:
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6cp
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CBK90922 Options (Law UG)
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70617 Administrative Law
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8cp
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Spring session
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course
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credit
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70317 Real Property
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8cp
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70417 Corporate Law
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8cp
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70517 Equity and Trusts
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8cp
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Year 4
Autumn session
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course
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credit
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91707 Pharmacology 1
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6cp
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Select 6 credit points from the following:
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6cp
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91563 Haematology 1
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91500 Histology
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Spring session
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course
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credit
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71116 Remedies
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6cp
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91708 Medical and Applied Physiology
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6cp
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91709 Pharmacology 2
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6cp
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91705 Medical Devices and Diagnostics
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6cp
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Year 5
Autumn session
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course
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credit
|
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70108 Public International Law
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6cp
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91706 Neuroscience
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6cp
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91403 Medical Imaging
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6cp
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Select 6 credit points from the following:
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6cp
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76008 Jurisprudence
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76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia
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76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law
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76081 Gender and Law
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78039 Wickedness and Vice
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76902 Law and Literature
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76012 Criminology
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76092 Advanced Property
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76068 Indigenous Peoples and the Law
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91403 Medical Imaging
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Spring session
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course
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credit
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Select 24 credit points of options
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24cp
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Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
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