Program

Engineering / Law - 4778

This Program is no longer accepting new enrolments

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 6.5 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 312

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

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Program Description

This program is not accepting new enrollments from 2015. New students should consult the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) & Law 3765.
If you are a continuing student please refer to the Online Handbook in the year your started your Dual Law degree or contact the Faculty of Law for advice.


The program is intended for potential engineers who wish to become more aware of legal and social aspects of the engineering profession, and skilled in technical management, or potential legal practitioners who wish to add a strong technical dimension to their education and training.

Duration/Award
This is normally a six and a half year full-time concurrent degree program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws (BE/LLB). With judicious choice of Law electives and final year thesis topic, this may be reduced to six years.

Assumed Knowledge
A prescribed standard in mathematics for entry to the Faculty of Engineering and to individual courses in that faculty. Further details are available in the UAC Guide.

Transferring Engineering Majors (Plans)
Student must nominate an engineering major (plan code) at enrolment. Subsequent transfers to another engineering major may be possible subject to the approval of both Faculties.

Graduation
(i) A student who completes the requirements for both the BE and LLB degrees shall receive at graduation a separate testamur for each of the degrees.
(ii) A student may apply to discontinue the combined BE LLB program and elect to complete the BE degree in accordance with all of the rules governing award of that degree. Following discontinuation of the combined BE LLB program, courses which count toward that program will not in general count toward the single BE degree unless they meet the single degree requirements in their own right.
(iii) A student will not be eligible to graduate from the LLB until requirements for both the BE and the LLB have been satisfied.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

At the completion of this combined degree students will have obtained a sound knowledge base in the disciplines of both engineering and law.

Program Structure

Total Unit Requirements
  • Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC

  • Law prescribed course - 6 UOC
  • Law elective courses - 42 UOC
  • Engineering courses - 168 UOC
  • Total 312 UOC
Approved Sequence of Study:
Students must study engineering courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Engineering and law courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Law. Approved sequences are given below; other sequences may be approved under special circumstances.

(a) Engineering - from the consolidated course schedule in the Faculty of Engineering:
168 units of credit of Engineering courses from an Engineering major, at least 60 days of approved Industrial Training for the BE degree.

(b) Law
96 UOC of Law compulsory courses
42 UOC of Law electives
6 UOC Law prescribed elective

Note: The program structure for the law component is essentially the same for each specialisation.

The approved sequence of Law courses in the Engineering/Law program can be seen here:

Plans for Engineering/Law
For details of the recommended sequence of courses in each Engineering major, please refer to the following plans. Substitution of engineering courses may be permitted at the discretion of the discipline authority.


General Education Requirements

Students enrolled in combined law degrees (with exception to Jurisprudence/Law) are not required to complete general education courses unless they wish to graduate with a BE after 4 years of study. In this case students will be required to complete general education courses as for the single BE.

Honours

Honours in Engineering
Engineering: In the Bachelor of Engineering degree programs, honours are awarded for meritorious performance over the degree program with special attention paid to a candidate's performance in the final year courses and thesis project, please see link to Honours Policy.

Honours in Laws
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)
The Honours WAM weighting for core/electives for the Honours WAm is currently under review.
Satisfactory performance in written research
The Research requirement for Honours is currently under review.
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 Honours Page on the Law website


Academic Rules

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 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 4701

Fees

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

Area(s) of Specialisation