Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws . (BABL) - BALLB

CRICOS code (International applicants): 060143K

This program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the double degree program Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws

	On-campus	External
Semester intake:	No new admissions	No new admissions
Campus:	Toowoomba	-
Fees:	Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place	Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place
Standard duration:	5 years full-time, up to 10 years part-time

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Professional accreditation

The Bachelor of Laws has been accredited by the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board, Queensland, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland as an approved academic qualification under the Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004 (Qld). This will partially satisfy the requirements to practise as a solicitor or barrister in Queensland, or as a legal practitioner elsewhere in Australia. Intending solicitors and barristers must also complete an approved practical legal training course in order to become admitted to practise law. USQ does not offer practical legal training, but advice on practical legal training programs can be obtained through Ask USQ.

Program aims

The program aims to produce graduates who meet the aims and objectives of both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Laws degree programs. This combined degree offers students the benefit of exposure to multiple disciplines.

Program Information Set

View USQ’s admission criteria, student profiles and a summary of all offers made under Course Admission Information Set via the QTAC website.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

Admission to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws is in accordance with University's admissions policy for undergraduate programs.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a student contribution amount, which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called HECS-HELP.

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called FEE-HELP provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for FEE-Help.

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the Course Fee Finder.

Program structure

The program comprises 40 units as follows:

Area of study	Number of courses
Arts courses	15 courses (1 core course; plus 2 x 7 course majors)
Law courses	25 courses (22 core courses; plus 3 law elective courses)

Note: Entry to the Music History, Music Practice, and Visual Arts Practice majors are subject to Bachelor of Arts.

The structure is set out in the following table:

	All majors
Arts Core	1 course	CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
Arts Major 1	7 courses	for example, History
Arts Major 2	7 courses	for example, International Relations
Laws Core	22 courses
Laws Electives	3 courses

Arts component

The Arts component shall comprise:

one core course - CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
two seven-course discipline-based majors from the majors available under the Bachelor of Arts with at least two units at third-year level in each major.

Laws component

The Laws component shall comprise:

22 core Law courses listed below
3 Law electives from the list below.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 10 years to complete this program.

Core courses

Course	Semester/mode of offer Toowoomba campus	Semester/mode of offer Springfield campus
Law Core Courses:
LAW1111 Australian Legal System	S1 (ONC, EXT), S2 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC), S2 (ONC)
LAW1114 Law in Context	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW2201 Contract A	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW1123 Contract B	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW1124 Torts B	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW2204 Torts B	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW1121 Criminal Law	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW1122 Legal Conflict Resolution	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW3311 Company Law	S1 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW2211 Constitutional Law	S1 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW2221 Administrative Law	S2 (ONC, EXT), S3 (EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW3461 Principles of Public Law	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW2213 Property and Trusts A	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW3204 Property Law B	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW2212 Equity	S1 (ONC, EXT),	S1 (ONC)
LAW2223 Property and Trusts B	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW3321 Evidence	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW3322 Civil Procedure	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)
LAW2224 Theories of Law	S1 (ONC, EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics	S1 (ONC, EXT), (S3 EXT)	S1 (ONC)
LAW4401 Capstone Project^*	S2 (ONC, EXT)	S2 (ONC)

Footnotes
*	Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401. It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program.

Electives/Approved courses

Course	Semester of offer Distance/Online	Semester of offer Toowoomba campus	Semester of offer Springfield campus
ECO3033 Law and Economics	3
ENL3007 Law and Literature	1	1
LAW2107 Environmental Law	1		1
LAW2222 Public International Law	2	2	2
LAW3110 Insolvency and Restructuring Law	2
LAW3130 Revenue Law and Practice A	1, 2, 3	1	1
LAW3131 Revenue Law and Practice B	2
LAW3404 Banking, Finance and Insurance Law	1
LAW3405 Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Law	3
LAW3406 Intellectual Property Law	3
LAW3421 Family Law	2	2
LAW3422 Succession Law	3
LAW3424 Land Contracts	2
LAW3441 Natural Resources Law	2
LAW3442 Employment Law
LAW3444 Competition and Consumer Law	1		1
LAW3463 Private International Law	2
LAW3464 International Trade Law	1
LAW3465 Comparative Law	1	1
LAW3466 Moot Court Bench	1		1
LAW3467 Health Law	1	1
LAW3468 Regional and Rural Legal Practice	2	2
LAW3469 Australian Criminal Codes	1	1
LAW3470 Principles of Public Law	2	2
LAW3471 Criminology	1	1	1
LAW3473 Construction Law	1	1	1
LAW3476 Privacy and Data Protection Law	1
PWE3000 Professional Work Experience^~^{^}	2, 3

Footnotes
~	PWE3000 is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students.
^	A student must have completed 16 units before enrolling in PWE3000.

IT requirements

For information technology requirements please refer to the minimum computing standards.

Other program requirements

Students must maintain good standing in this program. Please refer to the Academic Standing, Progression and Exclusion Procedure.

Exit points

If students commence the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and wish to exit with a Bachelor of Arts , then they may do so if they have completed the Arts core course CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship , 2 Arts majors, 4 courses in Law constituting a minor study in Law and 3 electives. Students would however need to complete 2 additional Arts core courses, CSC1402 plus one core course from the list applicable to the Bachelor of Arts.

Credit

Credit may be permitted for a limited number of courses, equivalent in content and level, successfully completed recently with a recognised institution, in accordance with USQ policy.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 1 intake)
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 2 intake)

Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 1 intake)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
LAW1111 Australian Legal System	1	1	1	1			Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLW or BCLA or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if LAW1201 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 has been previously completed
LAW2201 Contract A	1	1	1	1
CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship	1	1	2	1			Enrolment is not permitted in CMS1000 if MGT1200 has been previously completed.
Major 1 course 1	1	1	2	1
LAW1114 Law in Context	1	2	1	2
LAW1123 Contract B	1	2	1	2			Pre-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
Major 1 course 2	1	2	2	2
Major 2 course 1	1	2	2	2
LAW1124 Torts B	2	1	3	1			Pre-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
Major 1 course 3	2	1	3	1
Major 1 course 4	2	1	4	1
Major 2 course 2	2	1	4	1
LAW2204 Torts B	2	2	3	2
Major 1 course 5	2	2	3	2
Major 2 course 3	2	2	4	2
Major 2 course 4	2	2	4	2
LAW2211 Constitutional Law	3	1	5	1			Pre-requisite: ((LAW1111 & LAW1112) or LAW1201) and; Co-requisite: ((HIS1115) OR (Pre-requisite: LAW1114 or LAW1202))
LAW1122 Legal Conflict Resolution	3	1	5	1			Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201
Major 1 course 6	3	1	6	1
Major 2 course 5	3	1	6	1
LAW2221 Administrative Law	3	2	5	2			Pre-requisite: LAW2211 or (LAW3201 and LAW3461)
Major 1 course 7	3	2	5	2
Major 2 course 6	3	2	6	2
Major 2 course 7	3	2	6	2
LAW1121 Criminal Law	4	1	7	1			Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students LAW1111 or LAW1201; all other Students (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201
LAW2213 Property and Trusts A	4	1	7	1			Pre-requisite: {(LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201} and LAW1113 and LAW1123
LAW2212 Equity	4	1	8	1			Students enrolled prior to 2016 - Pre-requisite: (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201 All other students - Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
Law elective 1	4	1	8	1
LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing	4	2	7	2
LAW3204 Property Law B	4	2	7	2
LAW2223 Property and Trusts B	4	2	8	2			Pre-requisite: (LAW2212 and LAW2213) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203)
LAW3461 Principles of Public Law	4	2	8	2
LAW3321 Evidence	5	1	9	1			Pre-requisite: (LAW2221 and LAW1121) or (LAW2205 and LAW3423)
LAW2224 Theories of Law	5	1	9	1			Pre-requisite: LAW1114 or LAW1202 or HIS1115
LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics	5	1	10	1			Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - LAW1121 or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - LAW2212 or LAW3205.
LAW3311 Company Law	5	1	10	1			Pre-requisite: LAW2212 or LAW3205
LAW3322 Civil Procedure	5	2	9	2			Pre-requisite: LAW1123 or (LAW2201 and LAW2202)
Law elective 2	5	2	9	2
Law elective 3	5	2	10	2
LAW4401 Capstone Project^*	5	2	10	2

Footnotes
*	Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401. It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program.

Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba external and on-campus (standard semester 2 intake)

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
LAW1111 Australian Legal System	1	2	1	2			Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLW or BCLA or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if LAW1201 or LAW1101 or LAW1500 has been previously completed
LAW1114 Law in Context	1	2	1	2
CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship	1	2	2	2			Enrolment is not permitted in CMS1000 if MGT1200 has been previously completed.
Major 1 course 1	1	2	2	2
LAW2201 Contract A	1	1	1	1
LAW1121 Criminal Law	1	1	1	1			Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students LAW1111 or LAW1201; all other Students (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201
Major 1 course 2	1	1	2	1
Major 2 course 1	1	1	2	1
LAW1123 Contract B	2	2	3	2			Pre-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
LAW3423 The Criminal Courts – Practice and Sentencing	2	2	3	2
Major 1 course 3	2	2	4	2
Major 1 course 4	2	2	4	2
LAW1124 Torts B	2	1	3	1			Pre-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
LAW2213 Property and Trusts A	2	1	3	1			Pre-requisite: {(LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201} and LAW1113 and LAW1123
Major 2 course 2	2	1	4	1
Major 1 course 5	2	1	4	1
LAW2204 Torts B	3	2	5	2
LAW3204 Property Law B	3	2	5	2
Major 2 course 3	3	2	6	2
Major 2 course 4	3	2	6	2
LAW2211 Constitutional Law	3	1	5	1			Pre-requisite: ((LAW1111 & LAW1112) or LAW1201) and; Co-requisite: ((HIS1115) OR (Pre-requisite: LAW1114 or LAW1202))
LAW2212 Equity	3	1	5	1			Students enrolled prior to 2016 - Pre-requisite: (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201 All other students - Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW1113 or (LAW2201 and LAW2203)
LAW1122 Legal Conflict Resolution	3	1	6	1			Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201
Major 1 course 6	3	1	6	1
LAW2221 Administrative Law	4	2	7	2			Pre-requisite: LAW2211 or (LAW3201 and LAW3461)
LAW3461 Principles of Public Law	4	2	7	2
LAW2223 Property and Trusts B	4	2	8	2			Pre-requisite: (LAW2212 and LAW2213) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203)
Major 2 course 5	4	2	8	2
LAW3311 Company Law	4	1	7	1			Pre-requisite: LAW2212 or LAW3205
LAW2224 Theories of Law	4	1	7	1			Pre-requisite: LAW1114 or LAW1202 or HIS1115
Major 1 course 7	4	1	8	1
Major 2 course 6	4	1	8	1
LAW3322 Civil Procedure	5	2	9	2			Pre-requisite: LAW1123 or (LAW2201 and LAW2202)
Major 2 course 7	5	2	9	2
Law elective 1	5	2	10	2
LAW4401 Capstone Project^*	5	2	10	2
LAW3312 Lawyers' Ethics	5	1	9	1			Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - LAW1121 or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - LAW2212 or LAW3205.
LAW3321 Evidence	5	1	9	1			Pre-requisite: (LAW2221 and LAW1121) or (LAW2205 and LAW3423)
Law elective 2	5	1	10	1
Law elective 3	5	1	10	1

Footnotes
*	Students are expected to have completed at least 16 core law courses before enrolling in LAW4401. It is also highly recommended that this course be taken in the last semester of the student’s enrolment in the program.