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 | |
Contact us
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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:
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one core course - CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
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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:
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22 core Law courses listed below
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3 Law electives from the list below.
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 Civil Obligations B (Contract) | S2 (ONC, EXT) | S2 (ONC) |
| LAW1124 Civil Obligations C (Torts) | 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 Ethics for Lawyers | 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
| 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 BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if either 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 Civil Obligations B (Contract) | 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 Civil Obligations C (Torts) | 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 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201; All other students - (LAW1113 and LAW1123) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 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 LAW2223 and LAW1121) or (LAW2205 and LAW3423) | ||
| LAW2224 Theories of Law | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: LAW1114 or LAW1202 or HIS1115 | ||
| LAW3312 Ethics for Lawyers | 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 BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1111 if either 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 Civil Obligations B (Contract) | 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 Civil Obligations C (Torts) | 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 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - (LAW1111 and LAW1112) or LAW1201; All other students - (LAW1113 and LAW1123) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 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 Ethics for Lawyers | 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 LAW2223 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. |