C10338v2 Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
University of Technology Sydney
About
The Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is an innovative UTS degree with a focus on creating new value through transdisciplinary problem solving.By combining these courses, students learn to solve complex challenges, work collaboratively across and between disciplines, and apply their conceptual and problem-solving expertise beyond traditional professional boundaries.Both degrees are practice-oriented in their design.
In the BCII, students use design processes to engage with industry experiences, real-world projects and self-initiated proposals.
The law component of this degree offers fieldwork, leadership, mooting and mentoring opportunities, and meets the academic requirements for admission to practise law in NSW.
Students can also enrol in the Legal Futures and Technology major, which provides a future-focused look at the technologies shaping the legal profession.By the end of the course, students have the skills to engage in critical and creative thinking, invention, complexity, innovation, future scenario building and entrepreneurship, and the ability to work on their own across disciplines.Graduates have the capacity to take a contemporary and solutions-focused approach to a career in law, or to use their legal expertise as a solid foundation for entrepreneurial, collaborative, strategic or analytical positions across a range of professional sectors.
Structure
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
- 30 credit points of law options, including either:
- 30 credit points of law options, or
- 30 credit points of legal futures and technology options
- a 6-credit-point legal theory option.
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
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| STM90691 Law stream | 144cp |
| STM90839 Core subjects (Creative Intelligence and Innovation) | 96cp |
| Total | 240cp |
Course diagram
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 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.
Year 1
Autumn session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 70102 Foundations of Law | 8cp |
| 70103 Ethics Law and Justice | 6cp |
| 70114 Criminal Law and Procedure | 8cp |
July session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81511 Problems to Possibilities | 8cp |
Spring session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 70211 Contracts | 8cp |
| 70311 Torts | 8cp |
| 70616 Australian Constitutional Law | 8cp |
Summer session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81512 Creative Practice and Methods | 8cp |
Year 2
Autumn session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 70327 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law | 6cp |
| 70104 Civil Practice | 6cp |
| 70109 Evidence | 6cp |
July session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81513 Past, Present, Future of Innovation | 8cp |
Spring session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp |
| 70517 Equity and Trusts | 8cp |
| 70617 Administrative Law | 8cp |
| 70108 Public International Law | 6cp |
Summer session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81514 Creativity and Complexity | 8cp |
Year 3
Autumn session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 71116 Remedies | 6cp |
| 70417 Corporate Law | 8cp |
| Select 12 credit points from the following: | 12cp |
| CBK90922 Options (Law UG) | |
July session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81515 Leading Innovation | 8cp |
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 | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp |
| CBK90922 Options (Law UG) | |
Summer session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81516 Initiatives and Entrepreneurship | 8cp |
Year 4
Autumn session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81531 Industry Innovation Project | 12cp |
| 81522 Innovation Internship A | 6cp |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp |
| 81521 Envisioning Futures | |
| 81528 New Knowledge-making Lab | |
Spring session
| course | credit |
|---|---|
| 81524 Professional Practice at the Cutting Edge | 6cp |
| 81532 Creative Intelligence Capstone | 12cp |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp |
| 81525 Innovation Internship B | |
| 81523 Speculative Start-up | |
Entry requirements
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
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
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