Laws and Arts - L3003

Law and Arts are both solid starts to your career, but combining them both into a Bachelor of Arts and Law double degree will enhance your options and professional expertise.

A defining feature of the Monash Law course is the large number of specialist units available, enabling you to optimise your study pathway in line with your professional aspirations.

Pair your Law degree with around 40 Arts majors and minors in subjects such as diverse as bioethics, criminology, international relations, holocaust or genocide studies. Or indulge your passion for the performing arts, language, music or theatre.

No matter where you’re headed, there is a Monash pathway to help you get there.

The Bachelor of Arts and Law double degree leads to two separate qualifications:

  • the Bachelor of Laws (Honours), and
  • the Bachelor of Arts.

Through a double degree, you will gain all the benefits of each degree course and be fully equipped to pursue a career in either field separately or to combine the two in your chosen work.

A Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degree offers a solid foundation in the concepts, procedures and reasoning underpinning the Australian legal system and the research, analytical and communication skills of the legal profession.

Through your Arts studies, you will learn how to think critically and creatively, to resist easy answers or simplistic solutions, and to develop an ethical and intellectual framework within which to understand what it means to be human and how this changes over time.

As a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts student, you will also have the opportunity to study overseas and undertake work-based projects through the Monash Law Clinical Legal Education Guarantee, providing the real-world experience needed to transition into the workforce.

This course offers opportunities for students to focus on issues of policy and governance in addition to direct legal services. Our graduates have gone on to work across a range of areas including diplomacy and trade, human rights and international law, intellectual property and publishing, advertising, marketing, entertainment law and international business.

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At a glance

Course Details

Location
  • On-campus at Clayton: Full time
Duration
This course is equivalent to 5.25 years of full-time study and offered only in accelerated mode to complete in 5 years.

Part-time study is also available.
Start date
First Semester (February), Second Semester (July)
Course Handbook

As one of Australia’s top Law schools and a global leader in the Arts, Monash’s Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) double degree is designed for students looking to make a tangible difference in their communities and beyond.

From commercial and international law to community law or advocacy, a Monash Law degree will equip you with a solid foundation for wherever your career path leads. And coupled with a Monash Arts degree, you will gain the interdisciplinary knowledge to inform your legal work.

The practical nature of the Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) means hands-on training will start from day one, providing the confidence needed to apply your knowledge in diverse, real-world settings.

Your Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) degree will begin with fundamental training in the concepts, procedures and reasoning underpinning the Australian legal system before transitioning into more specialised electives like 'Negotiation and Conflict Resolution,' 'Media Law' or 'Animal Law'.

This freedom to craft a course that perfectly matches your interests and aspirations extends to an expansive choice of Arts majors and electives across the University. Choose from pathways including international relations, human rights, psychology or anthropology, providing cultural, historical and societal context to your legal studies.

This practical double degree offers the option of studying overseas at sites like the Prato Centre in Italy, gaining applied legal experience in a diverse setting. Our clinical legal education program also allows for hands-on professional experience as you complete your degree.

Upon graduation, you will have a double degree that is recognised by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) as satisfying the academic requirements for admission to practice in Victoria. No law degree enables you to practise law immediately. You must complete further training Practical Legal Training (PLT) or supervised legal training, be admitted by the Supreme Court of Victoria and obtain a practising certificate.

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Art students have also gone on to apply their legal knowledge in other sectors such as media, international relations or the non-profit sector.

Combining technical expertise with theoretical frameworks, you will be equipped for a lifelong career no matter your goals.

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Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements (International students)

You need to satisfy all of the following requirements to be considered for entry into this course.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.

View all minimum age requirements.

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.

Entry requirements for each qualification level are as follows:

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to satisfy English entry requirements in one of the following ways:

If your English test does not meet the above scores you may want to consider Monash English. Some Monash courses however do not accept Monash English.

The English measures outlined above must be completed within 3 years prior to the Monash course commencement date (other time limitations may apply as outlined in the Admission to Coursework Courses and Units Procedure). If you have completed several measures of English proficiency over a period of time, the highest valid measure will be accepted.

Monash University reserve the right to ask students to complete an English test to meet English course requirements upon request.

Further information can be located at English language requirements.

International students applying for a visa need to satisfy English requirements set by the Department of Home Affairs where these requirements and acceptable English tests differ from Monash University.

All Monash University undergraduate courses require you to have previously studied and achieved required Australian level standards in specific subject known as prerequisite subjects.

You must satisfy the following prerequisite subject requirements for this course:

*If you have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification you will be required to meet the prerequisite subject requirements that are equivalent to the VCE prerequisite subject requirements specified above.

Extra requirements
Courses with maths and science prerequisite subjects

If the course you are applying for requires maths and/or science as prerequisite subjects, you can meet the requirements in the following ways:

  • Australian Year 12 or International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme:

    You must meet the maths and/or science prerequisite subject required for your chosen course as specified above (if applicable).

  • Other qualifications recognised by Monash:

    If you have completed maths and/or science subjects in the relevant discipline at the required grade level, it is assumed that you have knowledge equivalent to the Australian Year 12 (VCE equivalent) prerequisite subject required for your chosen course. It is strongly recommended that you check that you have covered the assumed knowledge required for your course by completing the Assumed Knowledge Skills Analysis.

    This online activity includes multiple-choice questions based on your prior studies and helps you identify areas for revision, so you can start your course feeling confident and prepared. Once you accept your Monash offer and set up your student account you can complete the Assumed Knowledge Skills Analysis before starting your course.

These guidelines do not apply to the Bachelor of Medical Science or Doctor of Medicine, or to courses that require a tertiary-level Physiology unit: Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) (Graduate Entry), and Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) and Master of Pharmacy (Graduate Entry).

Alternative pathways

If you don't satisfy the requirements for direct entry consider these pathway options.

Entry requirements for Monash University are subject to change.

The course structure and progression map can be viewed in the Handbook.

Making the application

Future students

Semester one (February)
Students currently studying an Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate in Australia, should apply online through VTAC etc.

Apply through VTAC

All other applicants apply directly to Monash using course code L3003

Apply

Semester two (July)

Apply directly to Monash using course code L3003

Apply

Current Monash students

You may apply to transfer from another Monash course. Transfers are a competitive process. You may apply mid-year for available courses however consideration will be given as to whether you will be able to follow your course progression.

Please note that if you apply for a course transfer, you should still enrol in your current course as if you were continuing so as not to jeopardise your enrolment in the Faculty if your transfer application is unsuccessful. More about Course Transfer...

Self assess for credit eligibility

Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page.

Fees

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee

Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2027 are:

A$58,540

Scholarships

We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.

Other fees

The Student Services and Amenities Fee applies to some students each calendar year.

Enrolment Obligations

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course. See standard 8.19 and 8.20 of National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.

CRICOS code: 080589C

Thalia Thirunavukarasu
HEAR FROM OUR GRADUATES

"I've taken a lot of gender studies electives in my Arts degree and learned a lot about feminist theory. I felt like the things that I had learned in my other degree really complemented my knowledge of the legal system in my Law degree.

When you're giving legal advice, you're not just talking about the law, you need to talk about all facets of the client's life. Gender dynamics really come into family law and impact the way that a client can take on your legal advice and follow it through. So I feel like my double degree really complemented my experience at Monash Law Clinics."

THALIA THIRUNAVUKARASU

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (2024)

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