Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Professional Communication - Plan BP360BLDD

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Student type:

Domestic International

Entry score:: Guaranteed ATAR: 90.00*

Duration:: Full-time 5 years; Part-time 10 years

Fees:: Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)

Next intake:: February

Location:: Melbourne City

Entry score:: See admissions

Duration:: Full-time 5 years

Fees:: AU$42,240 (2025 annual)

Next intake:: February, July

Location:: Melbourne City

CRICOS code: 116506K

To graduate you must complete the following. Note: All courses listed may not be available each semester.

Year One of Program

Semester 1 - Complete the following Forty-eight (48) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Becoming a Lawyer in a Globalised World	12	LAW2580	City Campus
Introduction to Contract Law	12	LAW2632	City Campus
Introduction to Advertising	12	MKTG1208	City Campus
Introduction to Digital Communication	12	COMM2906	City Campus

ANDSemester 2 - Complete the following Forty-eight (48) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Principles of Criminal Law and Procedure	12	LAW2596	City Campus
Advanced Principles of Contract Law	12	LAW2631	City Campus
Introduction to Public Relations	12	COMM2929	City Campus
Locating knowledges	12	COMM2907	City Campus

AND

Year Two of Program

Semester 1 - Complete the following Twenty-four (24) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Law, Business and Human Rights	12	LAW2593	City Campus
Torts Law	12	LAW2601	City Campus

ANDComplete Twenty-four (24) credit points from your selected major: ANDSemester 2 - Complete the following Twenty-four (24) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Principles of Company Law	12	LAW2595	City Campus
Australian Government and Statutory Interpretation	12	LAW2579	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected major: ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected Media and Communication Minor list:

AND

Year Three of Program

Semester 1 - Complete the following Twenty-four (24) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Property Law	12	LAW2597	City Campus
Equity	12	LAW2587	City Campus

ANDComplete Twenty-four (24) credit points from your selected major: ANDSemester 2 - Complete the following Twelve (12) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Justice Innovation	12	LAW2589	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from Approved Law Options List: ANDComplete Twenty-four (24) credit points from your selected Major:

AND

Year Four of Program

Semester 1 - Complete Twenty-four (24) credit points from Approved Law Options List: ANDComplete the following Twelve (12) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Technology, Ethics and the Law	12	LAW2600	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected Media and Communication Minor List OR University Electives: ANDSemester 2 - Complete the following Thirty-six (36) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Civil Dispute Resolution	12	LAW2582	City Campus
Principles of Administrative Law	12	LAW2594	City Campus
Media Law	12	LAW2635	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected Media and Communication Minor list OR University Electives

AND

Year Five of Program

Semester 1 - Complete the following Twenty-four (24) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Constitutional Law	12	LAW2584	City Campus
Trusts	12	LAW2602	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from Approved Law Options List: ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected Media and Communication Minor List OR University Electives: ANDSemester 2 - Complete the following Twenty-four (24) credit points:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions	12	LAW2586	City Campus
Law of Evidence	12	LAW2591	City Campus

ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from Approved Law Options List: ANDComplete Twelve (12) credit points from your selected major:

AND

Major: Advertising

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Message and Media Strategy	12	COMM2908	City Campus
Creativity for Advertising	12	GRAP3027	City Campus

ANDSelect and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Art Direction for Advertising	12	GRAP3028	City Campus
Storytelling for Advertising	12	GRAP3029	City Campus
Creative Advertising Futures	12	COMM2910	City Campus
People and Persuasion	12	COMM2909	City Campus
Client Management	12	COMM2333	City Campus
Persuasive Communication	12	COMM2112	City Campus

ANDComplete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Advertising Professional Practice	12	COMM2911	City Campus
Advertising Capstone Project	12	COMM2912	City Campus

AND

Major: Digital Communication

Select and Complete Six (6) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Precision Writing for Digital Engagement	12	COMM2913	City Campus
Social Media Communication	12	COMM2872	City Campus
Managing Digital Challenges	12	COMM2914	City Campus
Digital Audiences and Analytics	12	COMM2916	City Campus
Content Creation for Digital Engagement	12	COMM2915	City Campus
Communication Platforms and Industries	12	COMM2917	City Campus
Client Management	12	COMM2333	City Campus
Persuasive Communication	12	COMM2112	City Campus

ANDComplete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Digital Communication Professional Practice	12	COMM2918	City Campus
Digital Communication Capstone Project	12	COMM2919	City Campus

AND

Major: Public Relations

Select and Complete Six (6) of the following Courses

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Advocacy and Voice in Public Relations	12	COMM2920	City Campus
Public Relations Strategy and Planning	12	COMM2937	City Campus
Contemporary Media Relations	12	COMM2921	City Campus
Organisational Communication	12	COMM2922	City Campus
Issues, Risk and Crisis Communication	12	COMM2688	City Campus
Applied Public Relations Research	12	MKTG1510	City Campus
Client Management	12	COMM2333	City Campus
Persuasive Communication	12	COMM2112	City Campus

ANDComplete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Public Relations Professional Practice	12	COMM2923	City Campus
Public Relations Capstone Project	12	COMM2924	City Campus

AND

Minor: Advertising

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Introduction to Advertising	12	MKTG1208	City Campus
Message and Media Strategy	12	COMM2908	City Campus
Creativity for Advertising	12	GRAP3027	City Campus
Storytelling for Advertising	12	GRAP3029	City Campus
Art Direction for Advertising	12	GRAP3028	City Campus
People and Persuasion	12	COMM2909	City Campus

AND

Minor: Approaches to Popular Culture

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Pop Culture in Everyday Life	12	COMM2633	City Campus
TV and Screen Cultures	12	COMM1073	City Campus
Music in Popular Culture	12	COMM1081	City Campus
Speculative Futures	12	COMM2874	City Campus
Popular Culture Now	12	COMM2631	City Campus

AND

Minor: Asian Media & Culture

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Contemporary Asian Modernities	12	COMM2878	City Campus
Asian Media and Communication	12	COMM2871	City Campus
Asian Mobilities: Practices, Experiences and Impacts	12	COMM2873	City Campus
Exploring Asian Popular Culture	12	COMM2345	City Campus
Sex, Politics & Social Change in Asia	12	COMM2253	City Campus

AND

Minor: Cinema Studies

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Introduction to Cinema Studies	12	COMM1031	City Campus
Film Criticism: From Early Cinema to the Digital Age	12	COMM2880	City Campus
Cinema and Nation	12	COMM2876	City Campus
Beyond the Frame: Technologies, Industries and Audiences	12	COMM2875	City Campus
Uses of Film Theory	12	COMM1036	City Campus

AND

Minor: Contemporary Politics & Communication

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Rhetorics & Politics of the Contemporary World	12	COMM2402	City Campus
Politics and Communication	12	COMM2409	City Campus
Changing Economies and Communication	12	COMM2408	City Campus
Screening Politics and Technologies	12	COMM2636	City Campus
Work, Politics and Technology	12	COMM2407	City Campus

AND

Minor: Digital Communication

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Introduction to Digital Communication	12	COMM2906	City Campus
Precision Writing for Digital Engagement	12	COMM2913	City Campus
Social Media Communication	12	COMM2872	City Campus
Digital Audiences and Analytics	12	COMM2916	City Campus
Communication Platforms and Industries	12	COMM2917	City Campus
Managing Digital Challenges	12	COMM2914	City Campus

AND

Minor: Gender Studies

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Introduction to Gender	12	COMM2925	City Campus
Gender, Development and Globalisation	12	HUSO2092	City Campus
Global Feminisms	12	HUSO2388	City Campus
Rethinking Masculinities	12	COMM2926	City Campus
Feminist and Queer Perspectives	12	COMM2879	City Campus
Gender, Communication and Social Change	12	COMM2927	City Campus

AND

Minor: Journalism

Complete the following Two (2) Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Journalism Essentials	12	COMM3011	City Campus
Journalism Law and Ethics	12	COMM2836	City Campus

ANDSelect and Complete Two (2) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Fact Checking and Verification	12	COMM2803	City Campus
Journalism Reporting and Writing	12	COMM2835	City Campus
Podcasting	12	COMM2870	City Campus
Photojournalism	12	COMM2640	City Campus

AND

Minor: Literary Studies

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Literature and Decolonisation	12	LANG1375	City Campus
Reading Space and Place	12	COMM2635	City Campus
Literary Environments	12	LANG1374	City Campus
Narrating the Self	12	COMM2638	City Campus
Literature's Ethics	12	COMM2630	City Campus

AND

Minor: Media

Complete the following One (1) Course:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Making Media	12	COMM2674	City Campus

ANDSelect and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Media 2	24	COMM2625	City Campus
Media 3	24	COMM2626	City Campus

ANDSelect and Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Live Media	12	COMM2220	City Campus
Podcasting	12	COMM2870	City Campus

AND

Minor: Public Relations

Select and Complete Four (4) of the following Courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Introduction to Public Relations	12	COMM2929	City Campus
Advocacy and Voice in Public Relations	12	COMM2920	City Campus
Public Relations Strategy and Planning	12	COMM2937	City Campus
Contemporary Media Relations	12	COMM2921	City Campus
Organisational Communication	12	COMM2922	City Campus
Issues, Risk and Crisis Communication	12	COMM2688	City Campus

AND

Approved Law Options List:

List of Law Option courses:

Course Title	Credit Points	Course Code	Campus
Intellectual Property Law	12	LAW2537	City Campus
Introduction to Employment Law	12	LAW2472	City Campus
International Commercial Law	12	LAW2536	City Campus
Taxation 1	12	LAW2453	City Campus
Taxation 2	12	LAW2466	City Campus
Global Trade and Business Law	12	LAW2588	City Campus
Public International Law	12	LAW2598	City Campus
Law of Wills	12	LAW2592	City Campus
Business and Human Rights Clinic	12	LAW2581	City Campus
Clinical Legal Practice	12	LAW2583	City Campus
Law of Climate Change	12	LAW2590	City Campus
Civil and Criminal Issues in the Digital World	12	LAW2556	City Campus
Legal Considerations of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Blockchain	12	LAW2604	City Campus
Law and Justice Beyond Borders	12	LAW2625	City Campus
Legal Issues in Acquisitions, Takeovers and Mergers	12	LAW2624	City Campus
Law of Insolvency	12	LAW2626	City Campus
Law and Economics of Competition Policy	12	LAW2615	City Campus
Contemporary Legal Research Project	12	LAW2603	City Campus
External Legal Competition	12	LAW2610	City Campus
Legal Internship	12	LAW2608	City Campus
LLB Study Tour (CIJ): Innovative Justice and Court Innovation	12	LAW2609	City Campus
Legal Practice in Family Law	12	LAW2633	City Campus
Introduction to Legal Advocacy in Trials	12	LAW2634	City Campus

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