Program Overview

Combine the study of the mind and human behaviour with a fully accredited law degree, and you’ll open an insightful and intellectually stimulating world of professional opportunities.
Accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) and the Australian Psychological Society (APS), your psychology studies will allow you to gain a solid grounding in topics like cognition, psychopathology and biological behaviour, and give you to the tools to instigate practical solutions to problems within various social and economic contexts.

Your law studies will provide opportunities to study the theoretical and historical contexts of the legal sphere, explore a variety of law subjects (contract, constitutional and more), develop the advocacy abilities of a socially and ethically responsible clinical and legal practitioner and participate in advanced research projects that will expedite your skill-set to an advanced level.

Recognised by the Supreme Court of the ACT and NSW? Tick. Opportunities for international law internships? Tick. Job opportunities as a legal practitioner, development coach, counsellor or policy advisor? Case closed!

What’s more, UC’s Bachelor of Science in Psychology/Bachelor of Laws allows students to fast-track their studies during winter term.

Combine a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Laws at UC and you will: 

• Get a solid grounding in all areas of psychology, including learning, cognition, social and developmental psychology, psychopathology, perception, biological bases of behaviour and statistics
• Gain a fully accredited law degree and a broad theoretical, historical and technical knowledge of the discipline of law, suitable for entering the legal profession, becoming an advocate, or undertaking related careers
• Find practical solutions for legal problems within various social and economic contexts
• Fine-tune your ability to present ideas and opinions effectively and communicate within and across professional and cultural boundaries
• Specialise, through electives, in selected areas of law with an emphasis on commercial law.
• Have opportunities to travel while you study, to places such as the US, the UK, Malaysia, Singapore or Thailand
• Be able to apply your knowledge and skills to analyse and solve legal problems, undertake complex legal research tasks, reflect upon ethical issues and make suggestions for law reform.

Major: Law Electives

The Law Electives Major is designed to provide students with opportunities to broaden and deepen their knowledge of the law, and expand students' work-integrated learning experiences. This Major provides students with a sequenced and linear learning experience to accommodate the diverse nature of workplace choices available to new law graduates. Students will be required to undertake at least one work-integrated learning elective unit, and at least two breadth and depth elective options. The Elective Major enables students to direct their own research and learning through their choice of electives and, for students who meet the entry requirements, through the Honours Program.