Bachelor of Sports Media / Bachelor of Laws (837AA)
Faculty of Health and Faculty of Law
The Bachelor of Sports Media / Bachelor of Laws degree provides students with an understanding of the principles, knowledge and skills involved in becoming a competent sports journalist and prepares students for employment in the legal profession as either solicitors or barristers. Graduates can also expect to find employment in public relations work with sporting firms and bodies, management of sports recreation or leisure centres, and communication of sports information to the public via print or electronic media.
The law component is fully accredited as a basis for admission to practice law in Australia. The focus is upon corporate and commercial law, with minors in other areas to cater for student preferences. The teaching program is enhanced by research strengths with student opportunities to be involved in UC's National Centre for Corporate Law, the National Institute of Governance and e-Justice and e-Court Networks. There are opportunities for law internships and international study through linkages with law firms, governments and overseas universities.
This course features small class sizes, highly qualified staff, state-of-the art facilities, including on-campus and remote access to all the major online legal databases. Graduation from this course provides outstanding employment opportunities and high starting salaries.
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Complete Course Outline
including details of professional recognition.
The current Course Outline is here.
Postgraduate Courses
Abbreviations used in Unit Descriptions
Please note the following abbreviations:
INT-F2F: Face-to-face teaching in intensive mode (check with unit convener for time of lectures, tutorials etc.)
INT-F2FO: Face-to-face teaching in intensive mode with online teaching
ONL: Online delivery only (no face-to-face teaching)
Face-to-face: Face-to-face teaching with lecturers, tutorials etc, supported by material on Moodle, our online teaching system.
STD-F2FO: Face-to-face teaching with lecturers, tutorials etc, and online teaching.
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Domestic Student Course Availability (PDF)
International Student Fees and Course Availability (PDF)
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