The Law degree structure and Law unit offerings have been approved by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board and the Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW).

BBiomedSc/LLB(Hons)

400 cp

Minimum duration: 5 years full-time or part-time equivalent.

Course available at:

• Brisbane, Queensland (not offered in 2020)
• Melbourne, Victoria
• Sydney, NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values

1. Admission Requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible to apply for admission to the Bachelor (Honours) degree, a student must have completed at least 120 cp of LAWS units from the Bachelor of Laws degree, with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.50.

2. Completion Requirements

To qualify for the double degree with Laws (Honours) , a student must complete 400 cp as follows:

1. 160 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Biomedical Science Degree, consisting of:
   1. 130 cp from Bachelor of Biomedical Science Specified Units
   2. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units
   3. 10 cp from Law or Biomedical Science Elective Units.
2. 240 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Laws, consisting of:
   1. 180 cp from Law Specified Units;
   2. 10 cp from Law Elective Units;
   3. 10 cp from LAWS450 Legal Research and Methodology;
   4. 30 cp from Law Honours Thesis;
   5. 10 cp from Community Legal Engagement: Pro Bono Unit.
3. To qualify for the Honours degree, at least four of the units taken from the Law Specified Units and/or the Law Elective Units must be at level 4. To qualify for the degree, a student must also complete at least 80 hours of 0cp pro bono placement after completion of LAWS213 Community Legal Engagement: Pro Bono.

3. Progression Requirements

Students will normally need to complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) before undertaking advanced level units (200, 300, 400 level).

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Core Curriculum Units

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Law Specified Units

Law Honours Units

Pro Bono/Community Legal Engagement Unit

Law Elective Units

Bachelor of Biomedical Science Units

For the Schedule of Unit offerings in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science refer to the Bachelor of Biomedical Science Course Rules. A student in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science may undertake other elective units drawn from ACU undergraduate programs or by cross-institutional study, with prior approval of the Course Coordinator.