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Bachelor of Biomedical Science/ Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Biomedical Science/ Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Biomedical Science/ Bachelor of Laws

  • ID:ACU610110
  • Level:5-Year Combined Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requrements

  • Recognised international high school qualification

English Requrements

  • 7.0 overall score (including an individual score of 6.5 for all tests)

Course Information

The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Biomedical Science is designed to produce well-rounded graduates ready for legal practice and a range of professional careers in an increasingly global environment.

As a graduate of this double degree you will be well placed to develop specialist legal practice in a wide range of fields. This includes roles in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries and in roles related to the development, marketing and governance of health and disease.

The pro bono work you'll complete as part of this degree will provide you with firsthand experience of the legal system while allowing you to contribute to the common good.

CRICOS Code: 088053D

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Year 1 - Semester 1, LAWS104

  • Foundations of law and legal research, LAWS105

  • Contract law, BMSC102

  • Numerical reasoning, BIOL128

  • The human body

Year 1 - Semester 2, LAWS107

  • Introduction to Australian public law, LAWS108

  • Commercial law

  • (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105), UNCC100

  • Self and community: exploring the anatomy of modern society or PHIL102 Theories of Human Nature or PHIL104 Introduction to Ethics, CHEM105

  • Foundations of chemistry

Year 2 - Semester 1, LAWS106

  • Criminal law and procedure, LAWS206

  • Torts

  • (Pre: LAWS104), CHEM201

  • Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • (Pre: CHEM105 or CHEM103), BIOL123

  • Cells and tissues the fabric of life

Year 2 - Semester 2, LAWS200

  • Business organisations, LAWS403

  • Legal Theory

  • (Pre: LAWS104), BIOL124

  • Human body in health and disease 1

  • (Pre: BIOL123), BMSC100

  • Inroductory statistics

Year 3 - Semester 1, LAWS314 Statutory interpretation, LAWS205

  • Property

  • (Pre: LAWS104), BIOL204

  • Human body in health and disease 2

  • (Pre: BIOL123), BMSC103 Experimental and research design

Year 3 - Semester 2, LAWS201

  • Civil procedure and alternative dispute resolution (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS206 ), LAWS204

  • Land law

  • (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS205), BMSC201

  • Communicating ideas in science, BIOL205

  • Pharmacology 1

  • (Pre: BIOL124)

Year 4 - Semester 1, LAWS304

  • Evidence

  • (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106), LAWS421

  • Legal ethics and professional responsibility (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106), UNCC300

  • Justice and change in a global world

  • (Pre: UNCC100, PHIL102, PHIL104), BIOL206

  • Human genetics (Pre: BIOL123)

Year 4 - Semester 2, LAWS419

  • Constitutional law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107), LAWS420

  • Equity and trusts (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS205 ), LAWS213

  • Community legal engagement (Pre: LAWS104), HLSC220

  • Healthcare ethics

  • OR

  • PHIL201 Issues in bioethics

Year 5 - Semester 1, LAWS418 Administrative law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107), LAWS404

  • International law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107), Law elective

  • (Pre: LAWS104), Law elective

  • (Pre: LAWS104)

Year 5 - Semester 2, Law elective (Pre: LAWS104), Law elective (Pre: LAWS104), Law elective

  • (Pre: LAWS104), Law elective

  • or

  • Biomedical science elective

  • 'Pre:' – indicates a unit that must be completed before the next unit can be undertaken (prerequisite).

  • A blank cell indicates that there are no additional units required for that study period.

  • This is a sample program only and units will vary between states. Please refer to the handbook for the prerequisite units and the current listing.

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Graduates in Law can pursue a range of legal careers including:

  • private legal practice as a solicitor or barrister

  • legal officer in the public sector (for example in federal or state government departments and publicly-funded organisations as diverse as national regulatory bodies, universities or public broadcasters)

  • in-house counsel to a wide range of organisations from corporations to trade unions

  • public interest legal work in community legal centres

  • legal research.

Completing a Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Laws is excellent preparation for pursuing a career in areas such as:

  • regulation and governance in health

  • commercial health ventures

  • the not-for-profit sector.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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