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Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Laws

Sample pathway

Requirements:

  • 240 cp in total
  • a major (48 cp) from Science Table A
  • 12 cp of mathematics degree core units of study (students may count the units from their majors or minors to fulfill this requirement)
  • 12 cp of 1000-level science elective units of study (excluding units listed as Mathematics degree core. Students may count the units from their majors or minors to fulfill this requirement)
  • 12 cp of Open Learning Environment units from Table O or for students enrolled in the Dalyell stream, 6 cp of Open Learning Environment units and 12 cp of Dalyell units as specified in Table D.
  • a minimum of 24 cp of elective units or units taken towards a program from Table A, Table S, Table O or Table D
  • 144 cp of Law units of study as specified in the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table, of which 48 credit points are Combined Law compulsory units of study for Years 1, 2 and 3 of the combined degree and are credited towards the requirements for both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Laws.
General pathway

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Unit of study 5
& credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Science Table A Major


1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core


1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core


1XXX

Science Elective


1XXX

Law compulsory


1XXX

 

6

3

3

6

6

24

2

Science Table A Major

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Science Elective

1XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

 

6

3

3

6

6

24

Year 2

1

Science Table A Major

2XXX

OLE

XXXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Science Table A Major

2XXX

OLE

XXXX

Elective

2XXX/3XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

1

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Elective

2XXX/3XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

Law compulsory

1XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4

 

 

1

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

 

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law compulsory

2XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 5 1

Law compulsory

2XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

2XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

   
6 6 6 6   24
2

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

Law elective

LAWS3XXX/6XXX

   
6 6 6 6   24

 Total credit points:

240

Please refer to the Sydney Law School Handbook for more information on Law units of study.

Example pathway - Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Unit of study 5
& credit points

Units of study 6 & credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major


MATH1002

Linear Algebra*

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major


MATH1021

Calculus of One Variable*

Dalyell Unit


SCDL1991

Science Dalyell Showcase

Science Elective


GEOS1001

Earth, Environment and Society

Law compulsory


LAWS1006

Foundations of Law

Law compulsory

LAWS1024

Legal Research

 

3

3

6

6

6

0

24

2

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

MATH1023

Multivariable Calculus and Modelling*

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

MATH1005

Statistical Thinking with Data*

Elective

HPSC1001

What is This Thing Called Science?

Science Elective

GEOS1002

Introductory Geography

Law compulsory

LAWS1012

Torts

 

 

3

3

6

6

6

 

24

Year 2

1

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

STAT2011

Probability and Estimation Theory

OLE units

OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything

AND

OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics

AND

OLET2628 Research Data Management

Law compulsory

LAWS1014

Civil and Criminal Procedure

Law compulsory

LAWS1015

Contracts

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

2

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

MATH2070

Optimisation and Financial Mathematics

Dalyell Unit

SCDL2991

Leadership in STEMM

Elective

HPSC2100

The Birth of Modern Science

Law compulsory

LAWS1016

Criminal Law

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

Year 3

1

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

MATH3076

Mathematical Computing

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

STAT3021

Stochastic Processes

Elective

HPSC2011

Science, Ethics and Society

Law compulsory

LAWS1023

Public International Law

   

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

 

2

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

SCPU3001

Science Interdisciplinary Project

Financial Mathematics and Statistics Major

MATH3075

Financial Derivatives

Law compulsory

LAWS1017

Torts and Contracts II

Law compulsory

LAWS1021

Public Law

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

Year 4

 

 

1

Law compulsory

LAWS2010

Administrative Law

Law compulsory

LAWS2011

Federal Constitutional Law

Law compulsory

LAWS2012

Intro to Property and Commercial Law

Law compulsory

LAWS2013

The Legal Profession

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

2

 

Law compulsory

LAWS2014

Corporations Law

Law compulsory

LAWS2015

Equity

Law compulsory

LAWS2016

Evidence

Law compulsory

LAWS2017

Real Property

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

 

24

Year 5 1

Law compulsory

LAWS2018

Private International Law

Law elective

LAWS3401

Advanced Constitutional Law

Law elective

LAWS3403

Advanced Corporate Law

Law elective

LAWS3412

Australian Income Tax

     
6 6 6 6     24
2

Law elective

LAWS3447

Law and Economics

Law elective

LAWS3411

Anti-Discrimination Law

Law elective

LAWS3432

Family Law

Law elective

LAWS3435

Indigenous Peoples and Public Law

     
6 6 6 6      24

 Total credit points:

240

Please refer to the Sydney Law School Handbook for more information on Law units of study.

*Unit double counts towards the degree core requirement of 12 cp of Mathematics units of study and the Financial Mathematics and Statistics major.