Overview

You’ll hone your legal skills, undertake legal research and contribute to the body of legal knowledge.

A Bachelor Honours Degree – which is located at level 8 of the Australian Qualifications Framework – teaches advanced legal research and writing skills and enables Honours graduates to apply a specialised body of knowledge in a specific context. In addition to coursework, it requires the production of a 12,000 word dissertation. Laws (Hons) from Curtin University provides further opportunities for law graduates in professional fields and can be a pathway towards continuing post-graduate study.

Key facts:

The undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree is the qualification offered by Curtin Law School that meets the academic requirements for admission to legal practice. Bachelor of Laws’ graduates who meet the eligibility requirements may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. Our Bachelor of Laws (Honours) programme significantly enhances students’ already developed legal skills so that they can conduct sophisticated legal research to solve complex legal problems and contribute to the body of legal knowledge The undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree is the qualification offered by Curtin Law School that meets the academic requirements for admission to legal practice. Bachelor of Laws’ graduates who meet the eligibility requirements may apply for admission to the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. Our Bachelor of Laws (Honours) programme significantly enhances students’ already developed legal skills so that they can conduct sophisticated legal research to solve complex legal problems and contribute to the body of legal knowledge

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Bachelor degrees with honours typically contain a series of units which may include compulsory (core), optional or elective units to cater for student preferences. They may contain a range of majors/streams for students to choose from to pursue learning in a specialised area of study. They comprise honours-level research within the coursework of the course and are at least four years in duration.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-28 00:00:00 , National

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International students deadline:

For countries listed separately on the website, 10 weeks before start date.
All other countries, 4 weeks before start date.

Language

English

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Credits

200 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sydney, Australia

Disciplines

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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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81

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58

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

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You’ll also need to meet any specific requirements to be eligible to apply for this course.

If you’ve completed a different English test or qualification, you may be able to use it to meet this requirement.

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Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Citizens or residents

17400 AUD / year

≈ 17400 AUD / year

Living costs

Sydney

Australia

1882 - 3547 AUD / month

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