Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative and Professional Writing)/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (IX85)

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This information will assist to plan your studies and complete your enrolment in HiQ. Read the information under the Course Structure tab for a recommended study program and unit details.

This is a major of the course Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (IX85)

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Major Details

Course duration (full-time):	5.5 years
Total credit points:	528
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Discipline coordinator:	For more information email: askqut@qut.edu.au
Delivery:	Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove
CRICOS code:	083024E
Faculties:	Faculty of Business and Law Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice

Scholarships

Discontinuation

The last intake into the 'Creative and Professional Writing' major was 2017. From 2018 this major has been renamed to 'Creative Writing'. Continuing students can still complete the 'Creative and Professional Writing' major.

Study costs

Domestic students may need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).

More information about study costs and paying fees.

Study overseas

Study overseas while gaining credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area, depending on how they match with your QUT course. For more information, visit student exchange.

Pathways to further study

If, at the end of your degree, you wish to become a legal practitioner, you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT). QUT also offers PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

On successful completion of this course, you will be eligible to apply for entry into the Master of Teaching (Secondary) or Master of Philosophy, provided you meet the entry requirements.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Laws, there are a number of further study options open to you. The Bachelor of Laws meets the entry requirements for Practical Legal Training courses (for example, the QUT Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice). In addition, successful completion of the law degree will allow you to pursue postgraduate opportunities through research and coursework based higher degrees in law.

Early exit

With appropriate unit selection, students may be able to exit early with either component single degree.

Professional recognition

The QUT LLB (Hons) is an approved degree for the purposes of the Legal Practitioners Admission Rules. Accordingly, it enables graduates to satisfy the academic requirements for admission to practise as a solicitor and/or barrister in all Australian states and territories. The QUT Law degree qualification is also recognised for admission purposes in West and East Malaysia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

Course Structures

In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 528 credit points comprising 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Fine Arts and 336 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours). You will study creative and professional writing and law units in your first your years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.

Fine Arts component

You will complete a Fine Arts major (192 credit points) in Creative and Professional Writing.

Law component

Under the Law component students will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of Introductory, General and Advanced Electives. Students may select up to 48 credit points of non-law electives or 48 credit points of a University-wide minor in place of four of the General Electives. Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the Academic Record and / or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.

Total Law credit points: 336
Total credit points for core units: 240
Total credit points for elective units: 96

Honours Level Units
96 credit points of Honours units listed below will be used to determine the Honours Levels of the LLB (Hons):

LLH201 Legal Research,
LLH206 Administrative Law,
LLH302 Ethics and the Legal Profession,
LLH305 Corporate Law,
LLH401 Legal Research Capstone (24 cps) and
two Advanced Electives in law.

Curriculum changes for 2021

There are a number of changes to Creative Industries units and study areas which may affect your enrolment. Please review your revised study plan progression carefully.

Study Plan Progressions

Study plan progression: commenced in 2017

The new Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is effective from semester 1, 2015. As a result of this new course, some of the unit codes have changed to LLBxxx. Your study plan will be updated to reflect these changes. For information regarding these changes, please refer to the QUT Real Law (LAW_Real_Law) Blackboard site under My Community on your blackboard homepage or contact law_enquiries@qut.edu.au for further information.

Before enrolling in an option (elective) unit, you must ensure you have met any pre- or co-requisite requirements. You can check this by referring to the unit outlines on QUT Virtual.

Year 1 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB110 Equivalents: KKB009, KKB618	Writing Fundamentals	Last offered in 2018
KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101	Introduction to Creative Writing	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1, Summer
LLB101 Equivalents: LWB145	Introduction to Law	Online Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB102 Equivalents: LWB148	Torts	Online Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB102

Year 1 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KPB116 Equivalents: KWB102	Introduction to Screenwriting	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
KWB104	Writing the Short Story	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
LLB105	Legal Problems and Communication	Last offered in 2018	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB105 Antirequisites: LWB146
LLB106 Equivalents: LWB239, LWB238	Criminal Law	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101, LWB145 or admission in LW37. For students in LW37, LLB101 is a concurrent pre-requisite
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 2 Semester 2 must apply by 1 November.

Year 2 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107	Creative Non-Fiction	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB117	Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB103	Dispute Resolution	Last offered in 2023	Antirequisites: LWB150, LWB498
LLB104	Contemporary Law and Justice	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1

Year 2 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB108	Introduction to Literary Studies	Last offered in 2018
KWB118	Swords and Spaceships: Writing Genre	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLH201	Legal Research	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107
SELECT	Introductory Law Elective

Year 3 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB211	Creative Writing: Style and Technique	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB310 Equivalents: KWB304	Editing and Developing the Manuscript	Last offered in 2019
LLB202	Contract Law	Online Semester 1, Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB102 or LWB148 Antirequisites: LWB136, LWB137
LLB203 Equivalents: LWB242	Constitutional Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107

Year 3 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB212	Poetry and Poetics	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
KWB213 Equivalents: KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Last offered in 2019
LLB204	Commercial and Personal Property Law	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB244
LLB205	Equity and Trusts	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB241, LWB240

Year 4 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313	The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB306 Equivalents: KWB205	Creative Writing Project 1	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points from KWB%, CWB%, CYB112 or CCB106
LLB301	Real Property Law	Online Semester 1, Summer Gardens Point Semester 1, Summer	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241 Antirequisites: LWB243, LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective

Year 4 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB215	Dangerous Ideas: Contemporary Debates in Writing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
KWB326	Creative Writing Project 2	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: KWB306 or KWB205
LLB303 Equivalents: LWB432	Evidence	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239
LLH206	Administrative Law	Gardens Point Semester 2, Summer Online Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: (LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242 Antirequisites: LWB335

Year 5 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB304	Commercial Remedies	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302	Ethics and the Legal Profession	Gardens Point Semester 1, Summer Online Semester 1, Summer	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. LLH201 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH302 Antirequisites: LWB433
SELECT	General Law Elective or Non-law Elective or University-wide Minor Unit
SELECT	General Law Elective or Non-law Elective or University-wide Minor Unit

Year 5 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB306	Civil Dispute Resolution	Gardens Point Semester 2, Summer Online Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: LLB202 Antirequisites: LWB431
LLH305	Corporate Law	Gardens Point Semester 2, Summer Online Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 Antirequisites: LWB334
SELECT	General Law Elective or Non-law Elective or University-wide Minor Unit
SELECT	General Law Elective or Non-law Elective or University-wide Minor Unit

Year 6 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLH401	Legal Research Capstone	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLH302
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
Law students may complete up to 4 non-law electives or a university wide minor comprised of 4 units in place of the equivalent number of general law electives.

Unit Lists

Professional Communication curriculum changes: 2019 onwards

There are a number of changes to units and study areas which may affect your enrolment as outlined below.

2019 or earlier	Change	From 2020
KWB208 Modern Times (Literature and Culture in the 20th Century)	Equivalent to	CWB211 The Unstable Self: Disruption and Technology in 20th Century Writing
KWB209 Shakespeare, Then and Now	Equivalent to	CWB212 Shakespeare, Expert Communicator
KWB213 Corporate Writing and Editing	Equivalent to	CWB201 Corporate Writing and Editing
KCB302 Political Communication	Equivalent to	CWB301 Political Communication
KWB303 Writing and Publishing Industry	Discontinued end 2019	Seek Faculty advice
KWB310 Editing and Developing the Manuscript	Equivalent to	KWB217 Editing and Publishing

2018 or earlier	Change	From 2019
KWB108 Introduction to Literary Studies	Equivalent to	CWB110 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies
KWB109 Writing Australia	Equivalent to	CWB113 Writing Australia
KWB110 Writing Fundamentals	Equivalent to	CWB101 Writing Fundamentals
KWB112 Youth and Children’s Writing	Discontinued end 2018	Seek Faculty advice
KWB114 Scientific and Technical Writing	Equivalent to	CWB111 Scientific and Technical Writing
KWB115 Persuasive Writing	Equivalent to	CWB102 Influence and Persuasion
KWB207 Great Books: Creative Writing Classics	Discontinued end 2018	Seek Faculty advice
KWB210 Imagining the Americans: Contemporary American Literature and Culture	Discontinued end 2018	Seek Faculty advice
KWB311 Popular Fictions, Popular Culture	Equivalent to	CWB112 Popular Culture: A 21st Century Communication Industry

The above information is subject to change.

Creative Writing curriculum changes: 2018 onwards

There are a number of changes to units and study areas which may affect your enrolment as outlined below.

2019 or earlier	Change	From 2020
KWB310 Editing and Developing the Manuscript	Equivalent to	KWB217 Editing and Publishing

2017 or earlier	Change	From 2018
KWB232 Creative Writing Advanced Practice 1	Substitute with	KWB117 Australian Voices: Writing and Practice
KWB302 Novel and Genre	Substitute with	KWB118 Swords and Spaceships: Writing Genre
KWB313 Novel and Memoir	Equivalent to	KWB214 The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction
KWB332 Creative Writing Advanced Practice 2	Substitute with	KWB215 Dangerous Ideas: Contemporary Debates in Writing
KWB333 Creative Writing Advanced Practice 3	Substitute with	KWB326 Creative Writing Project 2

The above information is subject to change.

Law: General Law Elective List

Please note that some law options (electives) maybe offered in alternate years and/or are subject to student enrolments. Please refer QUT Real Law (LAW_Real_Law) Blackboard site under My Community on your blackboard homepage for unit offerings to determine which units will be available.

Before enrolling in an option (elective) unit, you must ensure you have met any pre- or co-requisite requirements. You can check this by referring to the unit outlines on QUT Virtual.

General Law Electives List

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB103	Dispute Resolution	Last offered in 2023	Antirequisites: LWB150, LWB498
LLB140	Human Rights Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB140 Antirequisites: LWB496
LLB142	Regulation of Business	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 or LWB145. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB142
LLB241	Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Law	Last offered in 2022	Prerequisites: LLB107, LLB105 or LWB146. LLB107 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB241 Antirequisites: LWB313
LLB242	Media Law	Last offered in 2023	Antirequisites: LWB480
LLB243	Family Law	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 and LLB105 or LLB107 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB302
LLB244	Criminal Law Sentencing	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239 Antirequisites: LWB494
LLB245	Sports Law	Last offered in 2022	Prerequisites: LLB102 and LLB106. LLB106 may be studied at the same time as LLB245 Antirequisites: LWB260, LWB460
LLB247	Animal Law	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLB101, LLB104 and LLH201. LLH201 may be studied concurrently
LLB248	Public Health and the Law	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLB101
LLB250	Law, Privacy and Data Ethics	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1
LLB251	Law and Design Thinking	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB104, LLB106 and LLB202. LLB202 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB251
LLB340	Banking and Finance Law	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLB301 or LWB244. LLB301 can be enrolled in the same teaching period Antirequisites: LWB454
LLB341	Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH201
LLB342	Immigration and Refugee Law	Last offered in 2018	Prerequisites: LLH201. LLH201 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB342. Antirequisites: LWB463 It is recommended that students complete LLH206 prior to enrolling in LLB342, or that LLH206 is studied in the same learning period as LLB342.
LLB344	Intellectual Property Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. LLH201 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB344 Antirequisites: LWB486
LLB345	Regulating the Internet	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. LLH201 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB345 Antirequisites: LWB482 LLB344 Intellectual Property Law is assumed knowledge
LLB346	Succession Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LWB241 or LLB205 Antirequisites: LWB309
LLB347	Taxation Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB101 Antirequisites: AYB325, AYB219, LWB364, AYB203
LLB349	Japanese Law	Last offered in 2019	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137
LLB350	The Law and Ethics of War	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146 LLB141 Introduction to International Law is assumed knowledge
LLB440	Environmental Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH206 or LWB335 Antirequisites: LWB485
LLB443	Mining and Resources Law	Last offered in 2021	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB259
LLB444	Real Estate Transactions	Last offered in 2021	Prerequisites: LLB304 or (LWB137 and (LLB205 or LWB241)). LLB304 may be studied in the same teaching period as LLB444 Antirequisites: LWB312
LLB447	International Arbitration	Last offered in 2020	Prerequisites: LLB204 or LWB243 Antirequisites: LLB445
LLB460	Competition Moots A	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146 Antirequisites: LWB418 Other Requisites: Students must have been selected to represent QUT in a national or international level mooting competition.
LLB461	Competition Moots B	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146 Antirequisites: LWB419 Other Requisites: Students must have been selected to represent QUT in a national or international level mooting competition.
LLB463	Legal Placement	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107) Antirequisites: LWB456
LLB464	International Legal Placement	Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107)
LLB464 was previously titled Legal Clinic (International)
LLB465	Startup Law Clinic	Last offered in 2021	Prerequisites: LLH305

Advanced Law Elective List

Please note that some law elective units maybe offered in alternate years and/or are subject to student enrolments. Please refer QUT Real Law (LAW_Real_Law) Blackboard site under My Community on your blackboard homepage for unit offerings to determine which units will be available.

Before enrolling in an option (elective) unit, you must ensure you have met any pre- or co-requisite requirements. You can check this by referring to the unit outlines on QUT Virtual.

Advanced Law Electives

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
Select 24 credit points of Advanced Law Electives
LLH470	Commercial Contracts in Practice	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH470. Antirequisites: LLB441
LLH471	Health Law and Practice	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH471. Antirequisites: LWB483
LLH472	Public International Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH472. Antirequisites: LWB406
LLH473	Independent Research Project	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH473.
LLH474	Insolvency Law	Last offered in 2022	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH474. Antirequisites: LWB307
LLH475	Theories of Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH475.
LLH476	Competition Law	Last offered in 2021	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH476. Antirequisites: LWB410
LLH477	Innovation and Intellectual Property Law	Last offered in 2021	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH477. LLB344 is assumed knowledge. Students should have knowledge of the fundamentals of intellectual property law (copyright, patents and trademarks).
LLH478	Advanced Criminal Law - Principles and Practice	Last offered in 2022	Prerequisites: LLB106 and LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH478.
LLH479	Research Thesis Extension	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1
LLH480	Consumer Law in a Digital Age	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH480.
LLH481	Private International Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH481.