Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws

2025 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2026 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts
Course Credit Points	40
Deakin course code	D312
Course version	2
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Law
Course Information	For students who commenced from 2008 to 2016
Campus	Offered at Warrnambool
Final Intake	Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in 2016. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information.
Duration	5 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS code	015206G
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Combining an Arts degree with a Law degree enhances students understanding of the context in which the law operates. In this combined Arts/Law course students can choose to study areas such as history, sociology, philosophy, politics or literature in addition to studies in Law. The Faculty of Arts and Education and the Faculty of Business and Law are responsible for this combined course, which leads to the awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.

Indicative student workload

As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Professional recognition

Deakin’s Bachelor of Laws is designed to satisfy the university component of the requirements to become an Australian Lawyer set by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB). In addition to completing an approved LLB degree, a person seeking entry is required to work for one year as a legal trainee, or to undertake a practical legal training (PLT) course.

Career opportunities

Our courses are aimed at getting you a career in an exciting range of careers including family law, criminal law, litigation, immigration law, tax or even personal injury law.

Upon completion of a Deakin law degree, you will have satisfied the academic equirements to become a barrister and solicitor. Alternatively, law graduates may enter other industries such as business, government service, industrial relations, law reform or public administration.

Course Learning Outcomes

Please refer to the Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) of each of the single degrees.

Course rules

To complete the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws you must pass 40 credit points. This includes:

The 24 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws include:

MCA010 0CP unit (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
21 credit points of core units
prescribed Professional Experience
3 credit points of course elective units

The 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Arts include:

a minimum of 4 credit points at level 3
either two major sequences, or a major sequence and a minor sequence

Most units are equal to one credit point. As a full-time student you will study four credit points per trimester and usually undertake two trimesters per year.

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Majors

Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability.

Course structure

Core units

MCA010

Unit description is currently unavailable (0 credit points)

MLL110

Legal Research and Statutory Interpretation

MLL111