Overview

e you study. You'll have the opportunity to do placements in a range of legal settings, including community legal centres, law firms, government agencies, and judges and magistrates (subject to availability). On the science side, you could complete a placement with one of our industry partners – previous students have worked with CSIRO, Bayer Crop Science, and various government departments. Laws (Honours) - Science degree is offered at La Trobe University.

You will graduate ready to start your career as an expert legal practitioner, with an advanced understanding of scientific concepts or a science professional with a solid understanding of regulatory environments and how they impact scientific work.

You'll learn:

Dispute resolution
- Build key skills in negotiation and mediation to support your future practice. Learn about the processes of arbitration, conciliation, mediation, and negotiation in commercial disputes.
Private and public law
- Learn to apply the legal principles underpinning contract law, develop the skills to specialise as a corporate legal expert, and discover how government power is distributed, exercised and controlled.
Discipline-specific legal expertise
- Align your legal education to your area of scientific specialisation by choosing law electives from fields including environmental law, international law, intellectual property law, cyber law, and policy.
Professional scientific thinking
- Learn how science contributes new knowledge and finds solutions to problems in our society.
Lab and fieldwork skills
- Learn how to collect data and use specialist technical skills to develop new findings in the laboratory and in the field. Learn to find solutions to complex scientific problems.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Big ideas in science: Life, the universe and everything
Dispute resolution
Legal institutions and methods
Making sense of data
Principles of criminal law
Principles of public law
Career options and professional identity

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-28 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-03-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00 , National

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Internationals - The University assesses applications on a rolling basis which means you can apply for the next upcoming intake or available future intakes.

Language

English

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Credits

600 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

Legal Studies Natural Sciences View 112 other Bachelors in Natural Sciences in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

CRICOS: 107092B

copy of passport
current visa (if applicable)
academic qualifications including completion certificate and academic transcripts (in English translation if required)
evidence of your English language proficiency
any other information specified in the entry requirements for your course (please see course page for list of supplementary forms as required per course)
course syllabus for completed subjects if you are applying for Advanced Standing. These may include learning topics, assessment methods, textbooks, weekly teaching hours and credit points.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

43600 AUD / year

≈ 43600 AUD / year
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Citizens or residents

12718 AUD / year

≈ 12718 AUD / year

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Living costs

Melbourne

Australia

1501 - 2659 AUD / month

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Key information

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

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