Bachelors of Journalism/Laws (Honours)
Bachelors of Journalism/Laws (Honours)
Develop practical legal and communications skills that will help you stand out from the field, kick-starting your career in the media or legal professions. Under this dual program, you’ll build a solid understanding of the legal and journalism professions, preparing yourself for a diverse range of career options across media,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Develop practical legal and communications skills that will help you stand out from the field, kick-starting your career in the media or legal professions.
Under this dual program, you’ll build a solid understanding of the legal and journalism professions, preparing yourself for a diverse range of career options across media, communications and legal industries.
The Journalism component of this dual degree will teach you to tell great stories in innovative and engaging ways, and to shape the future using creativity and imagination. It’ll develop your understanding of journalism and its media and communication contexts, and the skills and reflection necessary to be a professional journalist. You’ll learn the principles and practices of new digital media production giving you the ability to undertake internships, fieldwork studies and independent project work.
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is designed to provide you with a broad introduction to the legal system as a whole and a thorough and critical understanding of core areas of law and legal theory. You’ll develop useful professional, clinical and legal analysis skills including traditional and modern legal research methods, legal writing, advocacy and alternative dispute resolution. The program emphasises interactive learning, internationally relevant content and the promotion of ethical values.
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
- Solicitor
- Barrister
- Human rights advocate
- Insolvency practitioner
- Insurance professional
- Intelligence officer
- Judge’s associate
- Community laws officer
- Legal project manager
- Court reporter
REQUIREMENTS
Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C).
English language requirements
IELTS overall 7; writing 7; speaking 7; reading 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT – Overall 100, listen 19, read 19, write 27, speak 23
TOEFL PB – Overall 600, listen 54, read 54, write 64/6
Pearsons – Overall 72, listen 60, read 60, write 72, speak 72
BE – A minimum overall grade of 5 plus a minimum grade of A in Writing and Speaking
CES – Overall 185, listening 169, reading 169, writing 185, speaking 185
OET is not accepted
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Queensland (UQ) is in the world’s top 50 universities. It is internationally renowned for its academic excellence and is the winner of more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. UQ is a member of the Universities 21 and a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities and a member of Universities Australia. UQ is a multicultural hub home to nearly 20,200 international students from 142 countries. Based in Brisbane, UQ has three campuses with advanced facilities and centres to support its students.
