Graduating with two versatile degrees sets you up for a career without limitations. Combine an industry-leading legal education with thought-provoking investigative learning when you study Deakin's Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws. Study everything from tort law to commercial law at Deakin Law School, while exploring a complementary specialisation, including criminology, sociology, politics and policy studies and media studies, through your arts degree.

The real-world experience you gain throughout your degree will prepare you for roles across a wide range of fields. In the law stream, you can work on real cases alongside established legal professionals at the Deakin Law Clinic. In the arts stream, you will develop industry-relevant skills on work-integrated learning projects and, depending on your major, you may choose to undertake a study abroad experience.
 

To complete the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, students must attain a total of 40 credit points, consisting of 16 credit points from the Faculty of Arts and Education and 24 credit points from the Faculty of Business and Law, plus the compulsory 0-credit point DAI001 Academic Integrity Module. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake 2 trimesters each year.

Compulsory 0-credit point unit (to be completed in first trimester of study):-

• Academic Integrity Module

• DAI001

  Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

The 24 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws (M312) include:-

• 18 credit points of core units
• 6 credit points of Law elective units including 1 credit point of an experiential unit from the WIL/Practical Elective units list.

The 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Arts (A310) include:-

• Either the Global Challenge sequence (3 credit points) or the Employability sequence (3 credit points)
• One major sequence (8 credit points) as described under course A310 Bachelor of Arts
• The remaining credit points may be used to undertake a Bachelor of Arts minor sequence or additional elective units chosen from the Bachelor of Arts
• Level 3 - at least 4 credit points

Obtaining a law degree is your first step to entering the legal profession. Upon completion of your degree and the additional practical legal training, you will be qualified to work as a solicitor or barrister in all legal fields, including:

• commercial law
• criminal law
• family law
• public international and human rights law
• refugee law
• personal injury law.

With the complementary arts degree, your studies will open you up careers in areas such as:

• advertising
• business and management consulting
• communications, media, publishing, public relations, and journalism
• community organisations and not-for-profits
• criminal justice
• education and government
• galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM)
• human rights
• performing and visual arts
• policy development
• politics
• research.

If you're currently studying Year 12, or completed Year 12 in the last two years, you will need to meet all the following criteria to be considered for admission to this degree: Year 12 prer

o meet the English language proficiency requirements of this course, you will need to demonstrate at least one of the following:

• Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) English Units 3 and 4: Study score greater than 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or greater than 25 in any other English
• IELTS 7.0 (with no band score less than 6.5) or equivalent
• other evidence of English language proficiency (learn more about other ways to satisfy the requirements)