If English is not your first language or was not the medium of instruction in your secondary or tertiary studies, you are required to demonstrate your proficiency in the English language by achieving a prescribed level in an approved English examination or test before you can receive a full offer of a place.
IELTS (Academic version): 6.5 overall score, minimum 6.0 in each subtest
TOEFL internet-based score: Total score 82 (Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13)
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 58 overall; No communication skills less than 50
Your English language proficiency test must be no more than two years old at the time of your commencement at Western Sydney University.
This course provides multi-skill career paths and has high recruiting needs in the field of construction management and law. It equips students with the professional legal skills and knowledge required by the Legal Admissions Council (LPAB) to be accepted for legal practice, to deal with non-legal matters and conduct specialized research on local and international law. Students also develop the attributes needed for Construction Managers and Projects, Quantity Supervisors and Builders, Estimators and Building Researchers, who are geared towards professional licensing. Topics include: construction law, technology, economics and resource management. Students will perform 1200 hours of approved construction management.
Graduates of this program will be eligible to apply to the Legal Admissions Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after having conducted the required legal training. Graduates of this program will be eligible to become associate members of the Australian Institute of Construction. Graduates may apply for company membership upgrade with the Australian Institute of Construction after gaining three years of relevant experience after completing this dual degree.
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Qualification for a double degree in law requires the successful completion of 400 credit points.
To gain early exit from the combined degree, with a Bachelor Construction Management Studies, students are required to complete the 17 construction management studies units and the first eight law units.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Construction Management/Bachelor of Laws will only be eligible to graduate from their Bachelor of Laws degree upon completion of the entire 400 credit point course. Students enrolled in this course who wish to graduate with a standalone law degree prior to completion of the entire Bachelor of Construction Management component must transfer to course Bachelor of Laws (Non Graduate Entry) which requires the completion of 320 credit points (inclusive of 80 credit points of non-LLB study).
It may be possible to vary the sequence of units so that students study a greater concentration of either law or construction management studies each semester, to minimise travel between campuses and to overcome timetabling problems. Students should speak to their Academic Course Advisor as needed. However students who enrol in Fundamentals of Australian Law must also be enrolled in Criminal Law and students who enrol in 200978 Legal Analysis and Critique must also be enrolled in Torts.
As a graduate in combined Construction Management and Law you can look forward to career opportunities including:
Work manager
Estimates
Facility manager
Economic construction
Contracts manager
Solicitor
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
