Courses and programs offered
Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of International Relations (LZLIR)
The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of International Relations is a five-year combined degree providing an accredited professional qualification in law as well as a degree in international relations. The program includes all the compulsory law subjects required by the Council of Legal Education for admission to practice in Victoria and a wide range of law electives, including subjects complementary to international relations such as human rights law, international business law, law of the European Community and public international law. For further information about core law subjects and electives, please refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) in the Faculty of Law and Management section of this handbook. The international relations course combines core subjects in politics, international public policy and professional competency in transition to the workplace, with electives from politics and other disciplines including economics, history, sociology, anthropology and sociology. This combined degree will provide students with the skills to work with and for the main organisations within international politics or as a lawyer in the public, private or community sector.
Admission requirements
Admission requirements are VCE units 3 and 4, and a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English.
Degree requirements
Students must:
- complete a total of at least five years of full-time study or its equivalent
- complete in sequence the compulsory law subjects and international relations subjects
- complete a total of 645 credit points (375 credit points in law and a minimum of 270 credit points in international relations subjects)
- complete a total of 22 subjects in law (15 compulsory subjects and 7 electives, including at least 2 electives from a specified list)
- satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of International Relations including:
- completion of core subjects at each year level (30 credit points at 1st year, 40 credit points at 2nd year and 20 credit points at 3rd year)
- completion of elective subjects from an Elective List at each year level (60 at 1st year, 40 at 2nd year and 40 at 3rd year)
- completion of 40 credit points of free electives to bring the total to 270 credit points in international relations.
- complete no more than 180 credit points at first year level overall.
Course structure
First year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Dispute Resolution | LAW1DR | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Legal Institutions and Methods | LAW1LIM | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | States, Nations and Security: world in transition | POL1SNS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One first year subject from Elective List | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Criminal Law | LAW2CRM | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Public Law | LAW2PPL | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Economy Environment and Human Rights: world in transition | POL1EEH | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One first year subject from Elective List | 15 |
Second year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Contracts | LAW2CNT | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Torts | LAW2TOR | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One first year subject from Elective List | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | One second year subject from Elective List | 20 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Commercial and Consumer Contracts | LAW2CCC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Constitutional Law | LAW2CNL | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One first year subject from Elective List | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One second year subject from Elective List | 20 |
Third year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence | LAW3CPE | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | International Public Policy | POL2IPP | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One third year subject from Elective List | 20 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Civil Procedure | LAW3CIV | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Property Law | LAW3PRP | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Theory of World Politics | POL2TWP | 20 |
Fourth year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Equity and Trusts | LAW3EQT | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Two law electives | 30 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | One third year subject from Elective List | 20 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Administrative Law | LAW3ADM | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Professional Competence: transition to workplace | POL3PCW | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One third year subject from List A | 20 |
Fifth year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Corporations Law | LAW4COR | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Two law elective | 30 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | One third year free elective | 20 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Legal Practice and Conduct | LAW4LPC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One third year free elective | 20 |
For course information on international relations, please contact an adviser from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or visit their website at www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities.
Bachelor of International Relations electives
Students complete 140 credit points in electives from an Elective List at each year level together with 40 credit points of free electives as specified in the course structure. For information on names and relevant credit points for subjects in the Elective List, please refer to Handbook entry for Bachelor of International Relations, under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, or you may visit their Faculty Office on the 3rd level of the Humanities 3 Building, Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus. In addition to these electives, students are expected to participate in a series of workshops held in each year. Each workshop will be of two to three hours duration.
Law electives
Students must choose at least two law electives from the following list:
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Rights Law | LAW2HRL/LAW3HRL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Public International Law | LAW2PIL/LAW3PIL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of the European Community | LAW2LEC/LAW3LEC not offered 2010 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Employment and Labour Relations Law | LAW2ELR/LAW3ELR |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Business Law | LAW2IBL/LAW3IBL not offered 2009 |
A subject or subjects from the Master of Laws in Global Business Law can be substituted with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Compulsory and Elective Law Subjects
For lists of compulsory and elective law subjects, refer to lists under Bachelor of Laws Graduate Entry (LBLG).