Future Students

Law with Arts

The Areas of Study


Arts

The Bachelor of Arts combined with law provides you with the greatest program flexibility. All the programs of study available in an arts degree can be taken in the combined law degree. The programs of study range across the humanities, sciences, human sciences, business and IT. For further information please refer to the Macquarie University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies.

International Studies

The Bachelor of International Studies is designed to play an important role in the development of Australian students with an international outlook. The degree has a compulsory language and culture component, a compulsory semester at a university overseas, and a focused internship linked to the language and culture of study.

Macquarie University has many advantages in offering this program, and the Faculty of Arts has many advantages in hosting it: the unmatched range of languages, both Asian and European, which are taught; the available strengths and current units in the disciplines of politics and international relations, public law, and in both ancient and modern history.

Media

The Bachelor of Media prepares you for a world of constant technological transformation, providing not only media skills, but a solid base from which to continue to incorporate new media technologies into future careers.

Units of study offered in media include both contextual studies and reflective production studies covering various aspects of the history, theory and practice of a range of media forms and related
topics. Production studies are offered in multimedia, screen production, writing, public relations and radio. In second and third years of study, each variation of study in screen, writing and multimedia enables specialisation in a production area.

Social Science

Social science addresses the social, political, cultural, spatial, historical and ethical issues that face people in today’s world. If you complete a program of study in social science at Macquarie University you will develop skills in undertaking systematic inquiry and making good use of empirical evidence, intellectual collaboration and teamwork, problem setting and problem solving, intercultural communication. You will be able to design and make use of applied social and policy research, undertake ethical research and policy development, understand citizenship and human rights in a variety of social, cultural and historical contexts and have an informed awareness of contemporary policy issues and the kinds of analysis required to address them.

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Degree Program Information

Degree UAI 2008 CSP Course Duration
Bachelor of Arts with Bachelor of Laws 95.45 5 years full-time
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology with Bachelor of Laws 95.25 5 years full-time
Bachelor of International Studies with Bachelor of Laws 95.00 5 years full-time
Bachelor of Media with Bachelor of Laws 95.25 5 years full-time
Bachelor of Social Science with Bachelor of Laws 95.35 5 years full-time

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What You Will Study

As well as completing a major in law, you will complete a designated program of study from the non-law area of your degree. For details regarding the programs of study please refer to the Macquarie University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies.

If you wish to combine studies in law with another sequence leading to a professional qualification, you may have to take additional units involving more credit points than might be required for other combined law degrees. Advice should be sought from the relevant department on professional requirements.

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Recommended Prior Knowledge

First-year English units do not require any assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies. Other units taken as part of a degree may require assumed knowledge, prerequisites or recommended studies and you should refer to the Macquarie University Handbook of Undergraduate Studies for full degree requirements.

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Career Options

  • diplomacy
  • journalism
  • foreign affairs
  • advertising
  • media administration
  • corporate communications
  • policy analysis
  • public relations
  • urban and regional planning

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Some Major Employers

  • community service organisations
  • museums and historical societies
  • government organisations
  • television and radio organisations
  • non-governmental organisations
  • corporate Public Relations departments
  • publishers
  • universities

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Further Information

Department of Law
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Telephone:  (02) 9850 7098 or (02) 9850 4880
Fax:  (02) 9850 7686
Email: law@mq.edu.au
Web: www.law.mq.edu.au

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