BEcSocSc/LLB

Students complete the major requirements for the Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences. For the first three years of the combined degree program, in place of elective units, students substitute compulsory Law units of study. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the Economic and Social Sciences award course. At the end of their third year, full-time students should have completed the requirements for the Economic and Social Sciences degree. An additional two years of study is required at the Law School where the remaining units for the Bachelor of Laws are completed.

Please Note - Changes to degree offering from 2008

For details of available units of study under this degree in 2008, please refer to the Faculty of Arts website.

Please Note. The following course rules are for students who are continuing students enrolled in FH026 (who enrolled in this course before 2008). All students who commenced this degree from 2008 (enrolled in DH053) should refer to the course rules outlined in the the Faculty of Arts handbook.

To be awarded the Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Laws, students shall successfully complete a total of 240 credit points (96 credit points from the Faculties of Arts and Economics and Business and 144 credit points from the Faculty of Law), comprising:

From the Faculty of Economics and Business:

• Either a major or an extended major in Economics or Political Economy AND a major or a minimum of 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations or Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management OR vice versa (either a major or an extended major in Government and International Relations or Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management AND a major or a minimum of 12 senior credit points from Economics or Political Economy)
• No more than 48 junior credit points from the Faculties of Arts or Economics and Business

From the Faculty of Law:

• 10 compulsory units of study to be completed in the first three years of the combined program in the annual sequence as specified below under the heading Compulsory Law units of study for the combined degree program
• An additional 6 compulsory and 6 elective Law units of study to be completed over the remaining 2 years of the degree at the Law School. For details please refer to the Law Faculty Handbook or the Faculty of Law website

Law units of study for the combined degree program

Students beginning their combined degree in 2008 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated the following information. Students who commenced their combined degree in 2006/2007 and have only completed LAWS1006, LAWS1010 and LAWS1008 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated under Combined Law Year 2 and Combined Law Year 3

Combined Law Year 1

• LAWS1006 Foundations of Law (6 credit points)
• LAWS1013 Legal Research I (0 credit points)
• LAWS1012 Torts (6 credit points)

Combined Law Year 2

• LAWS1015 Contracts (6 credit points)
• LAWS1016 Criminal Law (6 credit points)
• LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure (6 credit points)

Combined Law Year 3

• LAWS1018 International Law (6 credit points)
• LAWS1019 Legal Research II * (0 credit points)
• LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II (6 credit points)
• LAWS1021 Public Law (6 credit points)

* Students who commenced in 2006 are not required to complete this unit.

Please refer to the Faculty of Law for further details.

All students continuing under old resolutions (students commencing their Third Year and transfer students going into third year) must complete the following LAWS units of study according to the old resolutions.

Combined Law Year 3 (For students who commenced their degree prior to 2006)

• Either LAWS2008 Contracts (six credit points) OR LAWS2009 Criminal Law (six credit points) (This unit must be completed by transfer students only)
• LAWS3003 Federal Constitution Law (12 credit points)
• LAWS3004 Law, Lawyers and Justice (12 credit points)

Please Note. Transfer students going into third year must enrol in either LAWS2008 OR LAWS2009 AND LAWS3003 and LAWS3004. Please refer to the Faculty of Law for further details regarding these transitional arrangements.

Combined LawYears 4 and 5

# Please Note. For full details of the available compulsory and elective LAWS units of study for years four and five, students should refer to the Sydney Law School's Handbook or the Faculty of Law website.

Majors, extended majors and electives

Students should refer to the Bachelor of Economic and Social Sciences for details of the requirements for majors and subject areas for electives which maybe undertaken in this degree.