Comments about Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Criminology and Justice - On Campus - Joondalup - Western Australia
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Objectives
This double degree enables students who wish to study law and criminology & justice to obtain a degree in their fields. The course satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia (WA). As with other Bachelor of Laws degrees, before a graduate may be admitted to the legal profession in that state or territory, certain additional requirements must be satisfied after completion of the degree. For law graduates seeking admission in WA, refer to the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA). Criminology and Justice is designed for students with an interest in criminology and the justice system. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the nature of criminology and justice and the principal disciplines that inform criminological and justice related issues. Those principal disciplines are law, political science, psychology and sociology. Students examine the nature of crime and social control. They also examine a broad range of areas in the domain of justice including policing, courts, law, corrections, family law and alternative dispute resolution. The combination of Law, Criminology and Justice provides students with a practical legal qualification and a comprehensive understanding of the impact of law within various community settings.
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Entry requirements
Minimum admission requirements apply to enter this course.
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Academic title
Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Criminology and Justice
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Course description
Related careers
Lawyer, Judge, Solicitor
This course is not available for on-campus study by students on an International student visa.
This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice consists of 50 units. Each unit is valued at 15 credit points giving a total course value of 750 credit points. The program will include twenty-one (21) Law core units (315 credit points), ten (10) Law electives (150 credit points) and nineteen (19) Criminology and Justice units (285 credit points).
Year One - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
LAW1111 Contract Law I 15
LAW1116 Legal Process 15
LAW1113 Criminal Law I 15
CRI1103 Criminology 15
CRI1102 Quantitative Research Methods in Criminology & Justice 15
Year One - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
LAW1212 Contract Law II 15
LAW1214 Criminal Law II 15
CRI1104 The Psychology of Criminal Behaviour 15
CRI1105 Psychology and Criminal Justice 15
CRI1106 Minority Groups as Offenders and Victims 15
Year Two - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
LAW1117 Torts I 15
LAW2102 Property Law I 15
CRI2101 Professional Skills - Case Management 15
CRI2102 Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology & Justice 15
CRI2103 Correctional Studies - Theory and Practice 15
Year Two - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
LAW1218 Torts II 15
LAW2312 Property Law II 15
CRI2105 The Family and Family Law 15
CRI2104 Professional Skills - Counselling and Managing Conflict 15
Plus one LLB elective unit*
Year Three - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
LAW2103 Administrative Law I 15
LAW3103 Equity 15
LAW2104 Constitutional Law I 15
CRI3101 Professional Ethics 15
CRI3103 Juvenile Justice 15
Year Three - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
LAW2313 Administrative Law II 15
LAW3107 Law of Trusts 15
LAW2314 Constitutional Law II 15
CRI3102 Indigenous Offenders and Victims 15
Plus one LLB elective unit*
Year Four - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
LAW4604 Civil Procedures I 15
LAW3102 Corporations Law 15
CRI3104 Organised Crime 15
Plus one LLB elective*
Plus one LLB elective*
Year Four - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
LAW4614 Civil Procedures II 15
LAW3106 Evidence 15
CRI3106 Media and Justice 15
CRI3108 Justice and Forensic Science 15
Plus one LLB elective*
Year Five - Semester 1
Unit Description Points
LAW4605 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting I 15
CRI3105 Community Corrections (Theory and Practice) 15
Plus one LLB elective*
Plus one LLB elective*
Plus one LLB elective*
Year Five - Semester 2
Unit Description Points
LAW4615 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting II 15
CRI3109 International Human Rights 15
CRI3107 Offender Profiling 15
Plus one LLB elective*
Plus one LLB elective*
*Other than CRI1103 Criminology and CRI3101 Professional Ethics
