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Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Writing and Contemporary Cultures), Bachelor of Laws

UTS course code: C10139
UAC code: 609006
Testamur titles: Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Bachelor of Laws
Abbreviation: BA LLB
Course fee: HECS (local); $8,000 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 244

Overview

This course aims to assist students to develop advanced writing skills for both general and specific writing across a range of genres while gaining a strong critical awareness of new media, contemporary culture, and law.

Typical program

Year 1
Stage 1 – Autumn semester
A 50105 Communication and Information Environments 6cp
A 50107 Contemporary Cultures 1 6cp
A 50109 Power and Change in Australia 6cp
A 50122 Writing: Style and Structure 6cp

Stage 2 – Spring semester
L 70113 Legal Process and History 10cp
L 70105 Legal Research 4cp
A 50108 Contemporary Cultures 2 6cp
A 50123 Narrative Writing 6cp

Year 2
Stage 3 – Autumn semester
L 70211 Law of Contract 8cp
L 70217 Criminal Law 6cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 200 level from the Writing Professional Strand 8cp

Stage 4 – Spring semester
L 70311 Law of Tort 8cp
L 70616 Federal Constitutional Law 8cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 200 level from the Cultural Studies Disciplinary Strand 8cp

Year 3
Stage 5 – Autumn semester
L 70317 Real Property 8cp
L 70318 Personal Property 4cp
L 76xxx Law elective 1 6cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 200 level from the Writing Professional Strand 8cp

Stage 6 – Spring semester
L 70417 Corporate Law 8cp
L 70617 Administrative Law 8cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 300 level from the Cultural Studies Disciplinary Strand 8cp

Year 4
Stage 7 – Autumn semester
L 71005 Practice and Procedure 4cp
L 70516 Equity and Trusts 8cp
L 76xxx Law elective 2 6cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 300 level from the Writing Professional Strand 8cp

Stage 8 – Spring semester
L 71216 Law of Evidence 6cp
L 71116 Remedies 6cp
L 76xxx Law elective 3 6cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 200 or 300 level from the Writing Professional Strand 8cp
or
A 5xxxx One subject at 200 or 300 level from the any Disciplinary Strand 8cp

Year 5
Stage 9 – Autumn semester
L 76xxx Law elective 4 6cp
A 5xxxx One subject at 300 level from the Writing Professional Strand 8cp
A 5xxxx Humanities and Social Sciences elective 8cp

Stage 10 – Spring semester
L   Practical Legal Training (PLT) 24cp
or
L   Four Law electives 24cp

L = Law subject
A = Arts subject

Other information

For further information, see Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Bachelor of Laws.