BIntS/LLB

Students complete the compulsory units for the Bachelor of International Studies. In place of elective units, students substitute Law units. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the International Studies award course. At the end of third year, full-time students should have completed the requirements for their International Studies award course. An additional two years of study is required at the Law School where the remaining units for the LLB are completed.

>Please Note - Changes to degree offering from 2008

From 2008 for commencing studies the Bachelor of International Studies and Bachelor of Laws will be administered by the Faculty of Arts. For details of this degree, please refer to the Faculty of Arts website.

For continuing students who commenced their degree prior to 2008, please refer to the handbook of the year they commenced their degree (See handbooks archives for details).

For details of the units of study available 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 FH032 (who enrolled in this course before 2008). All students who commenced this degree from 2008 (enrolled in DH055) should refer to the course rules outlined in the the Faculty of Arts handbook.

To be awarded the Bachelor of International Studies and the Bachelor of Laws, students must successfully complete a total of 240 credit points, comprising:

From the Faculty of Economics and Business:

• six compulsory units of study listed in Table 1 under the Bachelor of International Studies
• 2 units from Table 2A listed under the Bachelor of International Studies
• 2 units from Table 2B listed under the Bachelor of International Studies
• 6 additional units from Tables 2, 3 or 4 listed under the Bachelor of International Studies
• No more than 48 junior credit points
• No more than 36 credit points from outside the Faculty of 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 under Compulsory Law units of study
• 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 (compulsory and elective)

Years 1 to 3

Students commencing their combined degree in 2009 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated in the following information. Students who commenced their combined degree in 2006 and have only completed LAWS1006, LAWS1010 and LAWS1008 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated under Year 2 and Year 3 (excluding LAWS1019).

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

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

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)

Years 4 to 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.

For details of the availability of any of the units listed above, please refer to the relevant faculty handbook or the University's Online Unit of Study Handbook.

Major/s and electives in International Studies

Students should refer to the Bachelor of International Studies for details of the requirements for the degree and subject areas for electives which maybe undertaken in this degree.

Please Note: Because of the nature of the combined program, prerequisites and other limitations, the available majors within the combined degree program are limited (Government and International Relations, International Business, and Political Economy).