Bachelor of Creative Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Double degrees broaden your knowledge, skills, and career opportunities by combining studies from distinct yet complementary disciplines. This degree combination will enhance your ability to develop unique and engaging ways to communicate and convey complex legal concepts to wide-ranging audiences, while allowing you to pursue diverse career paths within the legal and creative industries.

You will carve a competitive edge for your career as you build your knowledge of the arts and media with a legal perspective. You will study a traditional creative discipline including creative writing, music, visual arts, or visual arts and design alongside foundational studies in law.

Learn what it takes to achieve social justice and how artistic expression intersects with the law and society on matters of free speech, copyright, patents, and human expression. On completion, you will build a thorough grounding in creative arts and the law.

Throughout this double degree, you will gain hands-on experience, host exhibitions, make meaningful professional connections and be provided study abroad opportunities. With a significant focus on skills development, and UOW being the only law school in New South Wales that requires you to complete a legal internship, you will enjoy highly valued industry experience as part of your UOW studies.

Areas of study

Bachelor of Laws: Business and financial law, commercial law, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, environmental law, family law, human rights, intellectual property, international law, jurisprudence, legal ethics, legal skills, litigation and practice skills/internships, property law, taxation, torts. Bachelor of Creative Arts: Creative Writing, Music, Visual Arts, Visual Arts and Design.

Career opportunities

Bachelor of Laws: Solicitor, barrister, policy officer in government departments, in- house lawyer in private companies and community legal centres, accounting, banking and finance, business and management, education, government administration, media and communications. Bachelor of Creative Arts: Author, scriptwriter, publisher, speech writer, editor, graphic designer, web designer, digital content creator, musician, design consultant, artist, curator, exhibition coordinator, gallery director, photographer, illustrator, actor, set designer, lighting/sound technician, stage manager, director, radio and television, arts administrator and manager, teacher (on completion of further studies).

Professional recognition

Bachelor of Laws: Eligible for admission as a lawyer in Australia, subject to
completing state-approved Practical Legal Training (PLT). Further details for NSW students can be found at the Legal Profession Admission Board website.

Practical experience

Bachelor of Laws: Legal internship provides 20 working days of professional experience. Bachelor of Creative Arts: Portfolios of work, student-hosted exhibitions and performances.

Honours

Bachelor of Laws: Bachelor of Laws (Honours by Research) is available as an additional year of study to meritorious students. Bachelor of Creative Arts: Available as an additional year of study to meritorious students.

Fees and charges

Refer to University of Wollongong current fee information.