QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants):
This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the double degree program Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
| On-campus | External | |
| Campus: | Toowoomba | Toowoomba |
| Fees: | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
| Standard duration: | 5 years full-time, up to 10 years part-time | |
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Professional accreditation
The Bachelor of Laws has been accredited by the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board, Queensland, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland as an approved academic qualification under the Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004 (Qld). This will partially satisfy the requirements to practise as a solicitor or barrister in Queensland, or as a legal practitioner elsewhere in Australia. Intending solicitors and barristers must also complete an approved practical legal training course in order to become admitted to practise law. UniSQ does not offer practical legal training, but advice on practical legal training programs can be obtained through Ask UniSQ.
Program aims
The program aims to produce graduates who meet the aims and objectives of both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Laws degree programs. This combined degree offers students the benefit of exposure to multiple disciplines.
Admission requirements
To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
Admission to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws is in accordance with University's admissions policy for undergraduate programs.
All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.
If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedules.
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedule
Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called FEE-HELP provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for FEE-Help.
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, external or online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Schedules.
Program structure
The program comprises 40 units as follows:
| Area of study | Number of courses |
| Arts courses | 15 courses (1 core course; plus 2 x 7 course majors) |
| Law courses | 25 courses (22 core courses; plus 3 law elective courses) |
Note: Entry to the Music History, Music Practice, and Visual Arts Practice majors are subject to Bachelor of Arts .
The structure is set out in the following table:
| All majors | ||
| Arts Core | 1 course | CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship |
| Arts Major 1 | 7 courses | for example, History |
| Arts Major 2 | 7 courses | for example, International Relations |
| Laws Core | 22 courses | |
| Laws Electives | 3 courses |
Arts component
The Arts component shall comprise:
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one core course - CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
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two seven-course discipline-based majors from the majors available under the Bachelor of Arts with at least two units at third-year level in each major.
Laws component
The Laws component shall comprise:
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22 core Law courses listed below
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3 Law electives from the list below.
Core courses
| Course | Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus | Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus |
| Law Core Courses: | ||
| LAW1111 Australian Legal System | S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC), S2 (ONC) |
| LAW1114 Law in Context | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW2201 Contract A | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW1123 | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW1124 | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW2204 Torts B | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW1121 Criminal Law and Procedure | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW1122 Dispute Management | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW3311 Company Law | S1 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW2211 Constitutional Law | S1 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW2221 Administrative Law | S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW3461 Principles of Public Law | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW2213 | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW3204 Property Law B | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW2212 | S1 (ONC, EXT), | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW2223 Property and Trusts B | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW3321 Evidence | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW3322 Civil Procedure | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW2224 Theories of Law | S1 (ONC, EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics | S1 (ONC, EXT), (S3 EXT) | S1 (ONC) |
| LAW4401 Capstone Research Project * | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| Footnotes | |
| * | Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401 . It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program. |
Electives/Approved courses
| Course |
Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
| ECO3033 Law and Economics | 3 | ||
| ENL3007 Law and Literature | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW2107 Environmental Law | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW2222 Public International Law | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| LAW3110 Insolvency and Restructuring Law | 2 | ||
| LAW3130 | 1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 |
| LAW3131 Revenue Law and Practice B | 2 | ||
| LAW3404 Banking, Finance and Insurance Law | 1 | ||
| LAW3405 Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Law | 3 | ||
| LAW3406 Intellectual Property Law | 3 | ||
| LAW3421 Family Law | 2 | 2 | |
| LAW3422 Succession Law | 3 | ||
| LAW3424 Property Conveyancing | 2 | ||
| LAW3441 Energy and Resources Law | 2 | ||
| LAW3442 Employment Law | |||
| LAW3444 Competition and Consumer Law | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW3463 Private International Law | 2 | ||
| LAW3464 International Trade Law | 1 | ||
| LAW3465 Comparative Law | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW3466 Advocacy | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW3467 Health Law | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW3468 Regional and Rural Legal Practice | 2 | 2 | |
| LAW3469 Australian Criminal Codes | 1 | 1 | |
| LAW3470 Principles of Public Law | 2 | 2 | |
| LAW3471 Criminology | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAW3473 Construction Law | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAW3476 Privacy and Data Protection Law | 1 | ||
| PWE3000 ~ ^ | 2, 3 |
| Footnotes | |
| ~ | this course is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students. |
| ^ | A student must have completed 16 units before requesting enrolment in PWE3000 . |
IT requirements
For information technology requirements please refer to the minimum computing standards.
Other program requirements
Students must maintain good standing in this program. Please refer to the Academic Standing, Progression and Exclusion Procedure.
Exit points
If students commence the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and wish to exit with a Bachelor of Arts , then they may do so if they have completed the Arts core course CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship , 2 Arts majors, 4 courses in Law constituting a minor study in Law and 3 electives. Students would however need to complete 2 additional Arts core courses, CSC1402 plus one core course from the list applicable to the Bachelor of Arts .
Credit
Credit may be permitted for a limited number of courses, equivalent in content and level, successfully completed recently with a recognised institution, in accordance with UniSQ policy.
Recommended enrolment patterns
In this section:
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 1 intake)
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 2 intake)
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 1 intake)
| Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
| Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
| LAW1111 Australian Legal System | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Students must be enrolled in: LLBP or BCLW or BALW or BART or BEDU or BSED Pre-req/Co-req (BART only): CMS1000 or HAC1000 Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if LAW1201 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 has been previously completed | ||
| LAW2201 Contract A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Enrolment is not permitted in CMS1000 if MGT1200 has been previously completed. | ||
| Major 1 course 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| LAW1114 Law in Context | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| LAW1123 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Major 1 course 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| LAW1124 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Major 1 course 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Major 1 course 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Major 2 course 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| LAW2204 Torts B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Major 1 course 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| LAW2211 Constitutional Law | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1111 and LAW1121 Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1115 or HIS1115 | ||
| LAW1122 Dispute Management | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1111 | ||
| Major 1 course 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Major 2 course 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| LAW2221 Administrative Law | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: LAW2211 | ||
| Major 1 course 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| LAW1121 Criminal Law and Procedure | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1111 | ||
| LAW2213 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| LAW2212 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Law elective 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| LAW3204 Property Law B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| LAW2223 Property and Trusts B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: LAW2212 and LAW2213 | ||
| LAW3461 Principles of Public Law | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
| LAW3321 Evidence | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1121 and LAW2214 Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW2223 | ||
| LAW2224 Theories of Law | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1111 and (LAW1114 or LAW1115 or HIS1115) | ||
| LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW2224 and (LAW1127 or LAW2212) | ||
| LAW3311 Company Law | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW2212 or LAW1127 | ||
| LAW3322 Civil Procedure | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: (LAW1123 or LAW1116) and (LAW1124 or LAW1126) and LAW1111 | ||
| Law elective 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Law elective 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| LAW4401 Capstone Research Project * | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Footnotes | |
| * | Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401 . It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program. |
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 2 intake)
| Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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| On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
| Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
| LAW1111 Australian Legal System | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Students must be enrolled in: LLBP or BCLW or BALW or BART or BEDU or BSED Pre-req/Co-req (BART only): CMS1000 or HAC1000 Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if LAW1201 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 has been previously completed | ||
| LAW1114 Law in Context | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Enrolment is not permitted in CMS1000 if MGT1200 has been previously completed. | ||
| Major 1 course 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| LAW2201 Contract A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| LAW1121 Criminal Law and Procedure | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1111 | ||
| Major 1 course 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Major 2 course 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| LAW1123 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Major 1 course 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Major 1 course 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| LAW1124 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| LAW2213 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Major 2 course 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Major 1 course 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| LAW2204 Torts B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| LAW3204 Property Law B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Major 2 course 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| LAW2211 Constitutional Law | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1111 and LAW1121 Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1115 or HIS1115 | ||
| LAW2212 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| LAW1122 Dispute Management | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1111 | ||
| Major 1 course 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| LAW2221 Administrative Law | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: LAW2211 | ||
| LAW3461 Principles of Public Law | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| LAW2223 Property and Trusts B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: LAW2212 and LAW2213 | ||
| Major 2 course 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
| LAW3311 Company Law | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW2212 or LAW1127 | ||
| LAW2224 Theories of Law | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1111 and (LAW1114 or LAW1115 or HIS1115) | ||
| Major 1 course 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Major 2 course 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| LAW3322 Civil Procedure | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: (LAW1123 or LAW1116) and (LAW1124 or LAW1126) and LAW1111 | ||
| Major 2 course 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Law elective 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| LAW4401 Capstone Research Project * | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
| LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW2224 and (LAW1127 or LAW2212) | ||
| LAW3321 Evidence | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1121 and LAW2214 Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW2223 | ||
| Law elective 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Law elective 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Footnotes | |
| * | Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401 . It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program. |
