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Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Psychology

Bachelor

empty With this double degree you'll not only learn how to practise as a lawyer, including courtroom and other skills, but you'll also gain skills in analysing and researching human behaviour and explaining interactions between people and their environment.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

5 years full-time, 10 years part-time

Course Code

W83, 0102000

Domestic Fees

$15,800 per year / $79,000 total

International Fees

$47,550 per year / $237,750 total

About this course

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With this double degree you'll not only learn how to practise as a lawyer, including courtroom and other skills, but you'll also gain skills in analysing and researching human behaviour and explaining interactions between people and their environment. It's the kind of combination that could open many future career options.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- AQF Advanced Diploma or equivalent;
- Undergraduate Certificate;
- Successfully completed 1 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
- Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
- University Preparation Course;*
- Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
- Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment; or*
- Associate Degree.
* Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.

For international students, requirements include your secondary school results.
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
- Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
- IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0);
- Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
- University Preparation Course;
- Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
- Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment;*
- AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree;
- Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent); or
- Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page.
* Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.

Applications for this course are not accepted through ECU's Experience Based Entry Scheme.

Study locations

Joondalup

What you will learn

Adopt professional and ethical behaviour and/or personal citizenship that reflect the interrelationship between ethics, codes of conduct, justice and community service.
Apply broad and coherent range of legal and psychology knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical issues, incorporating international/global/cultural/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Collaborate in team settings and demonstrate initiative to produce measurable outcomes.
Communicate legal and psychology knowledge, concepts and advice using relevant technologies clearly and persuasively.
Exercise critical thinking, judgement and intellectual independence to evaluate, consolidate and synthesise knowledge relevant to legal and psychology issues.
Reflect on feedback and critique on own performance to support scholarship and personal and professional development, demonstrating autonomy, responsibility and accountability.
Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in legal, psychology-based situations.
Use digital technologies and [discipline related literacies] to [access, evaluate and synthesise] relevant information from [multiple sources]

Adopt professional and ethical behaviour and/or personal citizenship that reflect the interrelationship between ethics, codes of conduct, justice and community service.
Apply broad and coherent range of legal and psychology knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical issues, incorporating international/global/cultural/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Collaborate in team settings and demonstrate initiative to produce measurable outcomes.
Communicate legal and psychology knowledge, concepts and advice using relevant technologies clearly and persuasively.
Exercise critical thinking, judgement and intellectual independence to evaluate, consolidate and synthesise knowledge relevant to legal and psychology issues.
Reflect on feedback and critique on own performance to support scholarship and personal and professional development, demonstrating autonomy, responsibility and accountability.
Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in legal, psychology-based situations.
Use digital technologies and [discipline related literacies] to [access, evaluate and synthesise] relevant information from [multiple sources]

Career pathways

There are career opportunities in private practice, in-house corporate practice and in-house government roles in legal and business careers relevant to your chosen Commerce major. Corporate planning, government policy, politics, journalism, creative writing and many other careers that require excellent written and verbal communications skills, and logic and analytical ability are also welcome options for graduates.

Possible future job titles

Psychologist, Lawyer, Solicitor, Legal Practitioner, Community Legal Adviser, Legal Publisher, Local Government Officer

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Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Psychology courses at Edith Cowan University (ECU).

87.4%

Overall satisfaction

88.7%

Skill scale

73.5%

Teaching scale

58.2%

Employed full-time

$65.8k

Average salary

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