Bachelor of Forensic Science Bachelor of Laws
University of Technology Sydney
CRICOS provider number: 00099F TEQSA provider ID: PRV12060
Courses included
This course has been cancelled
About
The program provides full-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the academic requirements for admission as a lawyer together with forensic science.
This course provides students with a thorough understanding of how forensic science can solve and prevent crime. This is a hands-on course using world-class facilities that are modelled on operational laboratories.
Students can choose from four majors: biology, chemistry, crime scene investigation, and digital forensics. The course is well-regarded with strong links to industries such as the federal and state police services, national and international forensic institutions, and government laboratories.
Areas of study
Analytical chemistry, biochemistry, casework, chemical criminalistics, chemistry and pharmacology of illicit drugs, commercial law, contracts, corporate law, crime scene investigation, criminal law, dispute resolution, employment law, environmental law, expert evidence, expert witness, family law, finance and banking law, forensic methods and theories, forensic toxicology, health and medical law, human rights, Indigenous, industrial law, inorganic and organic chemistry, intellectual property, international law, justice studies, law, legal, legal theory, physical evidence, practical legal training, scientific, torts.
Career opportunities
A lawyer (solicitor or barrister) specialising in the analysis of forensic reports and cross-examining expert witnesses, or a forensic scientist providing independent, objective expert scientific opinion and evidence to the justice system and community within your chosen field of forensic discipline (major). Career opportunities exist within the police service, state and federal law enforcement agencies, government and private forensic or drug detection laboratories, customs, quarantine services, environmental protection agencies, pharmaceutical, chemical and analytical industries, DNA testing laboratories, medical diagnostic laboratories, hospitals or corporate multinationals providing forensic, medical or research services and digital forensic laboratories, scene of crime officers.
Professional recognition
This course satisfies the requirements for admission to the Supreme Court of NSW as a lawyer, provided students undertake the Practical Legal Training program, such as the UTS Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232). Graduates are eligible for membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society.
Practical experience
To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal academic qualification (eg Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its PLT program.
Students enrolled in this course may complete their practical legal training by undertaking a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
Fees and charges
Refer to UTS current fee information.
Admission criteria
Applicants with recent secondary education
Assumed knowledge: Mathematics Advanced, any 2 units of English, any 2 units of science.
Recommended studies: Mathematics Extension 1, Chemistry or Physics.
Applicants with work and life experience
Not applicable.
Other applicants
Refer to the UTS general admission criteria.
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Further information
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Abbreviations
– = data is not available.<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria
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