Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts - prior to 31 December 2020

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws requires a minimum of 175.5 units.

Students enrolled in a combined degree program must complete the full program specified within the combined program for each degree before they can graduate with either award.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Laws and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

Admission requirements

For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to Bachelor of Laws combined degrees through SATAC.

Eligible students who decide to take up the combined degrees program in a subsequent year will be required to apply through SATAC, or via internal university transfer, for admission to the Bachelor of Arts.

Program of study

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

a Law component of 117 units for the Bachelor of Laws (which consists of 94.5 units of core topics and 22.5 units of option topics) [see Bachelor of Laws entry for further information];

an Arts component of at least 58.5 units for the Bachelor of Arts consisting of:
one 36 unit major sequence selected from the Bachelor of Arts sequences listing comprising 9 units of first level topics, 9 units of second level topics, 9 units of third level topics, plus 9 extra units from either second or third year level;
one 22.5 unit minor sequence selected from the BA sequences listing, comprising 9 units of first level topics, 9 units of second level topics, plus 4.5 units from either a second or third year topic.

Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.