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

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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

Study costs

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

More information about study costs and paying fees.

Modes of study

You will be required to participate in group project-based learning or work integrated learning, which may be conducted off campus.
You may be required to apply for a Blue Card where project activity involves working with children.
Some units will require completion of specific Health and Safety Inductions before you will be able to undertake activities in workshops and performance facilities or use specialist equipment. See the CI Health and Safety Blackboard site.

Work integrated learning

This program allows you to participate in off-campus work placement opportunities. Access more information from the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placements website.

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

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 (Honours), there are a number of further study options open to you. The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) meets the entry requirements for Practical Legal Training courses for example, the QUT Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. In addition, successful completion of this course will allow you to pursue postgraduate opportunities through research and coursework based 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 Law course 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 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 two common units (24 credit points) and a Fine Arts major (168 credit points) in Creative Writing.

Law component

You will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of:

19 Core units (240 credit points)
1 introductory law elective* (12 credit points)
5 general law electives** (60 credit points)
2 advanced law electives (24 credit points)

*Students commencing from 2019 may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective

**Students commencing from 2019 have the option to complete the Law, Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives (48 credit points) or a university wide minor in place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points). Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.

Honours-level units

96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):

Legal Research (LLH201)
Administrative Law (LLH206)
Ethics and the Legal Profession (LLH302)
Corporate Law (LLH305)
Legal Research Capstone (LLH401) (24 credit points
two 12-credit point Advanced Law Electives

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: 2018 onwards

Semester 1 (February) commencements

Year 1 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB101 Equivalents: KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101	Understanding Creative Practice	Last offered in 2024
KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101	Introduction to Creative Writing	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB101 Equivalents: LWB145	Introduction to Law	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB102 Equivalents: LWB148	Torts	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online 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
KYB102 Equivalents: KKB180, KKB101, KKD101	Pathways to a Creative Career	Last offered in 2024
KWB104	Writing Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
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
LLB107	Statutory Interpretation	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
From 2019, LLB107 Statutory Interpretation replaces LLB105 Legal Problems and Communication
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 2 Semester 2 must apply by 1 November.

Year 2 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107	Writing Creative Non-Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB117	Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Last offered in 2024
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
LLB104	Contemporary Law and Justice	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1

Year 2 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB110 Equivalents: KWB108	Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies	Last offered in 2024
KWB118	Genre Writing and Storytelling	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
LLH201	Legal Research	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107
LLB108	Law, Governance and Sustainability	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)

Year 3 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB211	Creative Writing: Style and Technique	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313	The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB202	Contract Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB102 or LWB148 Antirequisites: LWB136, LWB137
LLB203 Equivalents: LWB242	Constitutional Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107

Year 3 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
KWB212	Poetry and Poetics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB204	Commercial and Personal Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB244
LLB205	Equity and Trusts	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB241, LWB240

Year 4 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB217 Equivalents: KWB310	Editing and Publishing	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB306 Equivalents: KWB205	Creative Writing Project 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points from KWB%, CWB%, CYB112 or CCB106
LLB301	Real Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241 Antirequisites: LWB243, LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

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	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239
LLH206	Administrative Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242 Antirequisites: LWB335

Year 5 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB304	Commercial Remedies	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302	Ethics and the Legal Profession	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB433
LLH402	Legal Research Project	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: completion of 144 credit points Antirequisites: LLH401
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 5 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB306	Civil Dispute Resolution	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 Antirequisites: LWB431
LLH305	Corporate Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 Antirequisites: LWB334
LLH403	Legal Industry Capstone Project	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH402 Antirequisites: LLH401
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Year 6 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
* In place of the equivalent credit point value of General Law Electives students may complete: up to 48 credit points of non-law (university-wide) electives; the Law, Technology and Innovation Minor (4 units / 48 credit points); or a university wide minor (4 units / 48 credit points).

Semester 2 (July) commencements

Year 1 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB102 Equivalents: KKB180, KKB101, KKD101	Pathways to a Creative Career	Last offered in 2024
KWB104	Writing Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB101 Equivalents: LWB145	Introduction to Law	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB108	Law, Governance and Sustainability	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)

Year 2 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB101 Equivalents: KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101	Understanding Creative Practice	Last offered in 2024
KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101	Introduction to Creative Writing	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB102 Equivalents: LWB148	Torts	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB102
LLB104	Contemporary Law and Justice	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 3 Semester 1 must apply by 1 June.

Year 2 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB110 Equivalents: KWB108	Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies	Last offered in 2024
KWB118	Genre Writing and Storytelling	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
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
LLB107	Statutory Interpretation	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107

Year 3 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107	Writing Creative Non-Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB117	Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Last offered in 2024
LLB202	Contract Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB102 or LWB148 Antirequisites: LWB136, LWB137
LLH201	Legal Research	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107

Year 3 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
KWB212	Poetry and Poetics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB204	Commercial and Personal Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 4 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB211	Creative Writing: Style and Technique	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB306 Equivalents: KWB205	Creative Writing Project 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points from KWB%, CWB%, CYB112 or CCB106
LLB203 Equivalents: LWB242	Constitutional Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

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
LLB205	Equity and Trusts	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB241, LWB240
LLH206	Administrative Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242 Antirequisites: LWB335

Year 5 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313	The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB217 Equivalents: KWB310	Editing and Publishing	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB301	Real Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241 Antirequisites: LWB243, LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 5 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB303 Equivalents: LWB432	Evidence	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239
LLB306	Civil Dispute Resolution	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 Antirequisites: LWB431
LLH305	Corporate Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 Antirequisites: LWB334
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 6 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB304	Commercial Remedies	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302	Ethics and the Legal Profession	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB433
LLH402	Legal Research Project	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: completion of 144 credit points Antirequisites: LLH401
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Year 6 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
* In place of the equivalent credit point value of General Law Electives students may complete: up to 48 credit points of non-law (university-wide) electives; the Law, Technology and Innovation Minor (4 units / 48 credit points); or a university wide minor (4 units / 48 credit points).

Study plan progression: Full-time, Semester 1 - commenced 2019

2019 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB101 Equivalents: KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101	Understanding Creative Practice	Last offered in 2024
KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101	Introduction to Creative Writing	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB101 Equivalents: LWB145	Introduction to Law	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB102 Equivalents: LWB148	Torts	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB102

2019 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB102 Equivalents: KKB180, KKB101, KKD101	Pathways to a Creative Career	Last offered in 2024
KWB104	Writing Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
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
LLB107	Statutory Interpretation	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
From 2019, LLB107 Statutory Interpretation replaces LLB105 Legal Problems and Communication
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 2 Semester 2 must apply by 1 November.

2020 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107	Writing Creative Non-Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB117	Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Last offered in 2024
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
LLB104	Contemporary Law and Justice	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1

2020 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB110 Equivalents: KWB108	Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies	Last offered in 2024
KWB118	Genre Writing and Storytelling	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
LLH201	Legal Research	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107
LLB108	Law, Governance and Sustainability	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)

2021 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB211	Creative Writing: Style and Technique	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313	The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB202	Contract Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB102 or LWB148 Antirequisites: LWB136, LWB137
LLB203 Equivalents: LWB242	Constitutional Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107

2021 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
KWB212	Poetry and Poetics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB204	Commercial and Personal Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB244
LLB205	Equity and Trusts	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB241, LWB240

2022 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB217 Equivalents: KWB310	Editing and Publishing	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB306 Equivalents: KWB205	Creative Writing Project 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points from KWB%, CWB%, CYB112 or CCB106
LLB301	Real Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241 Antirequisites: LWB243, LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

2022 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	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239
LLH206	Administrative Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242 Antirequisites: LWB335

2023 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB304	Commercial Remedies	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302	Ethics and the Legal Profession	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB433
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

2023 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB306	Civil Dispute Resolution	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 Antirequisites: LWB431
LLH305	Corporate Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 Antirequisites: LWB334
LLH401	Legal Research Capstone	Last offered in 2023	Prerequisites: LLH302

2024 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Law Elective Information

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
* In place of the equivalent credit point value of General Law Electives students may complete: up to 48 credit points of non-law (university-wide) electives; the Law, Technology and Innovation Minor (4 units / 48 credit points); or a university wide minor (4 units / 48 credit points).

Study plan progression: Semester 2 Entry - commenced 2023

Year 1 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB102 Equivalents: KKB180, KKB101, KKD101	Pathways to a Creative Career	Last offered in 2024
KWB104	Writing Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB101 Equivalents: LWB145	Introduction to Law	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB102 Equivalents: LWB148	Torts	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB102

Year 2 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KYB101 Equivalents: KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101	Understanding Creative Practice	Last offered in 2024
KWB113 Equivalents: KWB101	Introduction to Creative Writing	Online Semester 1 Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB202	Contract Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB102 or LWB148 Antirequisites: LWB136, LWB137
LLB104	Contemporary Law and Justice	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 3 Semester 1 must apply by 1 June.

Year 2 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB110 Equivalents: KWB108	Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies	Last offered in 2024
KWB118	Genre Writing and Storytelling	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
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
LLB107	Statutory Interpretation	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107

Year 3 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB116 Equivalents: KWB107	Writing Creative Non-Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB117	Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Last offered in 2024
LLB108	Law, Governance and Sustainability	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
LLH201	Legal Research	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107

Year 3 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
KWB212	Poetry and Poetics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
LLB204	Commercial and Personal Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 4 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB211	Creative Writing: Style and Technique	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB306 Equivalents: KWB205	Creative Writing Project 1	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points from KWB%, CWB%, CYB112 or CCB106
LLB203 Equivalents: LWB242	Constitutional Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB105 or LLB107
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

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
LLB205	Equity and Trusts	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 or LWB137 Antirequisites: LWB241, LWB240
LLH206	Administrative Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242 Antirequisites: LWB335

Year 5 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
KWB214 Equivalents: KWB313	The Artful Life: From Memoir to Fiction	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
KWB217 Equivalents: KWB310	Editing and Publishing	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
LLB301	Real Property Law	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241 Antirequisites: LWB243, LWB244
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 5 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB303 Equivalents: LWB432	Evidence	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239
LLB306	Civil Dispute Resolution	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB202 Antirequisites: LWB431
LLH305	Corporate Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244 Antirequisites: LWB334
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *

Year 6 Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB304	Commercial Remedies	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: (LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302	Ethics and the Legal Profession	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB433
LLH402	Legal Research Project	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: completion of 144 credit points Antirequisites: LLH401
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Year 6 Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	General Law Elective unit *
SELECT	Advanced Law Elective unit

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
* In place of the equivalent credit point value of General Law Electives students may complete: up to 48 credit points of non-law (university-wide) electives; the Law, Technology and Innovation Minor (4 units / 48 credit points); or a university wide minor (4 units / 48 credit points).

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.

2024 or earlier	Change	From 2025
KYB101 Understanding Creative Practice	Substitute with	KYB110 Art, Text and Context
KYB102 Pathways to a Creative Career	Substitute with	KYB120 Makers and Breakers: Creative Media and Technologies Lab
CWB110 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies	Substitute with	CCB106 Popular Culture
KWB104 Writing the Short Story	Substitute with	KWB104 Writing Fiction
KWB113 Introduction to Creative Writing	Substitute with	KWB113 Introduction to Creative Writing
KWB116 Creative non-Fiction	Substitute with	KWB116 Writing Creative Non-Fiction
KWB117 Australian Voices: Writing and Practice	Substitute with	KZB120 Australian Voices
KWB118 Swords and Spaceships: Writing Genre	Substitute with	KWB118 Genre Writing and Storytelling

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	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB140 Antirequisites: LWB496
LLB142	Regulation of Business	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point 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	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Antirequisites: LWB480
LLB243	Family Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101 and LLB105 or LLB107 or LWB146. Antirequisites: LWB302
LLB244	Criminal Law Sentencing	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB106 or LWB239 Antirequisites: LWB494
LLB245	Sports Law	Last offered in 2024	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	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB101
LLB250	Data Privacy and Cybersecurity	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
LLB251	Law and Design Thinking	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLB104, LLB106 and LLB202. LLB202 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB251
LLB340	Banking and Finance Law	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLB301 or LWB244. LLB301 can be enrolled in the same teaching period Antirequisites: LWB454
LLB341	Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law	Last offered in 2024	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	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLB101 Antirequisites: AYB325, AYB219, LWB364, AYB203
LLB350	The Law and Ethics of War	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH201 or LWB146 LLB141 Introduction to International Law is assumed knowledge
LLB440	Environmental Law	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLH206 or LWB335 Antirequisites: LWB485
LLB443	Mining and Resources Law	Last offered in 2024	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 2	Prerequisites: LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107) Antirequisites: LWB456
LLB464	International Legal Placement	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107)
LLB464 was previously titled Legal Clinic (International)

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	Online Semester 2 Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH472. Antirequisites: LWB406
LLH473	Independent Research Project	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH473.
LLH474	Insolvency Law	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH474. Antirequisites: LWB307
LLH475	Theories of Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH475.
LLH476	Competition Law	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	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 2024	Prerequisites: LLB106 and LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH478.
LLH479	Research Thesis Extension	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
LLH480	Consumer Law in a Digital Age	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH480.
LLH481	Private International Law	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH481.

Law, Technology and Innovation Minor (law students only) - commenced prior to 2025

You can complement your core law units with a minor in law, technology and innovation. Learn the skills needed to communicate and collaborate with technologists, innovators, regulators, engineers, designers and policy makers. Apply big data analytics and come up with creative solutions to address pressing social problems, and learn from experts at the forefront of artificial intelligence and technology regulation.

Law, Technology and Innovation Minor

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LLB250	Data Privacy and Cybersecurity	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1
LLB251	Law and Design Thinking	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLB104, LLB106 and LLB202. LLB202 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB251
LLB252	Legal Coding	Last offered in 2022	Prerequisites: LLB101 Previous learning in statutory interpretation (LLB107). No technical or coding knowledge is required.
LLB341	Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law	Last offered in 2024	Prerequisites: LLH201
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

University Wide Minor Options

For more details about University wide minor options see University wide second majors and minors

Please note that students should allow 3 semesters to complete a minor to account for semesters of offering and any pre-requisite requirements.

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