Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Laws

Australian Catholic University - Melbourne

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Overview

The Bachelor of Psychological Science prepares graduates to work in a wide range of settings including education and training, human services and welfare, counselling, human resource management, business, and in research. The program also provides the necessary knowledge and skills to enable graduates to progress to honours and professional programs that are required for careers in health, counselling, and private consultancy. The Psychology sequence provides a comprehensive coverage of psychology, lifespan development, biological psychology, social psychology, abnormal psychology, individual differences and research methods. This Law program should equip you with the legal knowledge and practical experience to meet the challenges of 21st century legal practice. Your studies will focus on developing practical commercial legal knowledge and an awareness of the international dimensions of law, while promoting critical thinking, ethical decision-making and social justice principles.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Subject proficiency: As for year 12 or equivalent.

Majors

Law, Psychology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Solicitor or barrister in private practice, legal officer in the public sector (e.g in federal or state government departments and publicly funded organisations such as universities or public broadcasters), in-house counsel to a wide range of organisations from corporations to trade unions, public interest legal work in community centres, legal researcher. Graduates can also work in education and training, human services and welfare, counselling, human resource management, business and research.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer95.2099.95
Median rank to receive an offer82.7588.70
Lowest rank to receive an offer64.5076.35

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Australian Catholic University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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University

Australian Catholic University

Campus

Melbourne

Course Type

Bachelors Degree

Study Area

Law

Indicative ATAR

64.50

Delivery Mode

On-campus

Duration

Full-time: 5 years, Part-time: Available

Course Link

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State
VIC
Type
University
Courses
321
Campuses
Ballarat Blacktown Brisbane Canberra (Signadou) Melbourne North Sydney (MacKillop) Strathfield (Mount St Mary)
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Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Australian Catholic University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.

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