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Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor

The Bachelor of Arts component provides you with a multidisciplinary education that encourages you to gain knowledge in a range of humanities and social science disciplines. You will explore disciplines that study the way humans recognise, record and debate human practices, meanings and values.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

5 years full-time, 10 years part-time

Course Code

CB94

Study Mode

Online

About this course

The Bachelor of Laws component satisfies the academic requirement for admission as a legal practitioner. As a law graduate, you are required to undergo a period of practical legal training before admission as a legal practitioner and being able to practise law in Australia. The double degree ensures a depth of understanding of the cultures within which law is situated and offers opportunities to enhance the literacy skills of laws graduates.

Discover more about studying law at CQUni and the range of support available to students.

Entry requirements

Domestic students

Prerequisites: English (4,SA) or equivalent

English Language Proficiency Requirements:

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:

A secondary qualification (Year 11 or 12, or equivalent), or
Tertiary diploma level qualification, or
Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America.

If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following

scores as below.

An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components; or
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - Score of 180 or above; or
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English - Score of 200 or above.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

Each student will be assessed individually.

Security Requirements

The capstone unit LAWS12073 Legal Practicum may have security requirements if students choose an overseas placement. Legal Practicum students will be given orientation with regards to applied ethics in the workplace; professional obligations.

Health Requirements

Immunisation may be required for overseas excursions.

Assumed Knowledge

English

Study locations

Online

Career pathways

Completion of the Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts will prepare you to pursue employment opportunities in fields such as:

private and government legal practice
research and academia
government administration and planning
in-house counsel
environmental planning and management
nature and heritage conservation
diplomacy
politics.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Law & Paralegal Studies courses at CQUniversity Australia (CQU).

84.9%

Overall satisfaction

87.9%

Skill scale

66.7%

Teaching scale

69.8%

Employed full-time

$61.3k

Average salary

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