This program provides an opportunity to obtain two professional degrees. It allows students to add the professionally recognised Law program to the professionally accredited Planning program offered by the Faculty of the Built Environment.

Duration/Award
The program is a seven year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Planning and Bachelor of Laws (BPlan LLB).

Because the Planning program contains a percentage of open electives which can be replaced by Law courses, the combined program requires only four additional semesters of study to gain both qualifications. In general, this study is taken concurrently with the BPlan program and both can be completed in a minimum of seven years, consisting of twelve academic semesters (six years), plus two semesters of compulsory Work Experience. This compares with the five-year BPlan program, which consists of eight academic semesters and two semesters (12 months) of compulsory Work Experience.

Although Work Experience is normally undertaken after the completion of five academic semesters, BPlan LLB students may elect to undertake the one year (two semesters) of compulsory Work Experience required for the award of the single BPlan degree after the completion of their BPlan and LLB coursework.

In addition, students may undertake the compulsory Work Experience in flexible ways (subject to the approval of the Planning and Urban Development Program), thereby reducing the overall length of the BPlan LLB Program.

Entry Requirements
The combined program is open to students who satisfy both the Planning and Law entry conditions. Students may enter directly in Year 1 or may apply to transfer from the Planning program after the completion of one year. Entry on this basis is competitive and is based on a combination of ATAR or equivalent and tertiary results. Transfer after the second year may result in the student taking more than the minimum time to complete the combined degree.

Organisation
The BPlan LLB course is administered by the Faculty of Law. The Faculty requires the student to obtain approval of the Planning and Urban Development Program in the School of the Built Environment for the Planning components of their program. The final program and timetable must be approved by the Head of the Planning and Urban Development Program.

On completion of this progam, students will have attained a sound knowledge base in the fields of both Law and Planning.

Approved Sequence of Study

Students must complete Year 1 (48 units of credit) of the Planning program before attempting any courses from the Law program. In subsequent years students must study Planning courses in the sequence approved by the Faculty of the Built Environment and Law courses in a sequence approved by the School of Law.

An approved sequence can be found here:

Plan for Planning/Law 4707

Honours in Planning
The degree of Bachelor of Planning is awarded at either at Pass or Honours level after successful completion of a minimum of 144 units of credit from the Planning program and 48 units of credit from the Law program. These law courses are considered in the same manner as Faculty of the Built Environment electives for the purposes of the Honours calculation. The combined total units of credit is taken from student performance over 192 units of credit for the purpose of calculating Honours in Planning.

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be awarded with the following levels of Honours:

Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2

To be awarded Honours in Law, students are not required to complete an additional year. Honours in Law is based on academic excellence throughout the degree. There are three criteria relevant for awarding Honours:
• Honours Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
Honours WAM will be calculated using the WAM from core courses as 60 percent of the Honours WAM and the WAM from the prescribed elective courses as 40 percent of Honours WAM.
• Satisfactory performance in written research
To demonstrate satisfactory performance in written research, a student must complete one long substantial piece (i.e. research thesis) or three shorter substantial pieces of research (i.e. 3000 words or more) in their program that is awarded a credit or more.
• Not been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion and not more than one failure in the law program

For more information, please visit http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/Current_Students/honours/index.asp

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to progam 4790. Although 4790 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here. A direct link is given below:

Bachelor of Laws 4790

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html