Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws

The UNE Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws provides you with the opportunity to combine your study of law with an area of interest drawn from a wide variety of the arts, humanities and social sciences. As a double degree for the future, it has been developed in response to the needs of today’s rapidly changing workplaces and a growing employer demand for double degree graduates.

Your choice of arts major allows you to become an expert in a discipline of your choice. The legal knowledge and practical skills will also enable you to pursue many pathways in law, benefiting from UNE’s deep expertise in regional, rural and remote legal issues.

Why study the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with UNE?
Studying law in conjunction with another discipline gives you the freedom to take an interdisciplinary approach to both your studies and your future employment. It equips you with contemporary knowledge and legal skills in demand by employers. You will not only graduate with a solid foundation in law, a sharpened analytical mind and a range of portable and adaptable skills, you will also be ready to take advantage of many career opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape.

By choosing UNE, you are choosing an industry leader in the provision of online lifelong learning for aspiring and qualified professionals in arts and legal fields. In fact, year after year, students award UNE 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

What makes our course different?
Develop well-rounded knowledge and skills to increase your employment options and add value to your chosen pathway. You will have the opportunity to:

• Gain contemporary knowledge and skills in how to write for, research, argue and apply the law. You will learn from Australia’s largest law school outside a capital city with specialist expertise in legal issues related to regional, rural and remote Australia, not just metropolitan areas.
• Tailor your law studies to suit your special interest area/s with our wide range of listed units. Create a broad knowledge base or hone in on areas such as commercial law, criminal law, environment and resources law, international law, medico-legal law, or social justice.
• Become an expert in an arts major of your choice in areas ranging from ancient history, archaeology, languages and philosophy to environmental futures, global politics, gender studies, criminal justice, community planning, sociology and more.
• Major in psychology and graduate with a three-year sequence in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
• Benefit from UNE’s Work Integrated Learning Program to apply your academic knowledge in a relevant professional setting and have it count towards your Bachelor of Arts.
• Build a solid foundation in communication, problem solving, resilience, flexibility, perseverance and contemporary legal research skills — skills in high demand by a wide range of employers.
• Gain versatile knowledge to apply to new legal careers which are emerging as a result of new technology developments.
• Apply your professional judgment and knowledge of the ethical responsibilities associated with a law degree including an understanding of international and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
• Use innovative technology to study online or join us on campus and take advantage of our small staff-student ratio and supportive environment.

Majors – Arts

• Ancient History
• Archaeological Studies
• Australian History
• Chinese
• Classical Languages
• Community Development
• Community Planning
• Counselling
• Criminology
• English
• French
• Geography
• German
• History and Heritage
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Modern Europe
• Music
• Peace Studies
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Screen and Media Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Studies in Religion
• Theatre and Performance
• Writing

Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

Study on campus
Many of our students choose to take advantage of the on-campus lifestyle in Armidale, in the beautiful New England region, with access to unparalleled support, accommodation and sporting facilities. These students are often starting their first degree and have left school recently. Through access to academic and career support they get a fantastic start to their careers.

* 24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.