Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film, Screen and New Media)/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (IX85)


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Planning your enrolment

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)

If you need further enrolment advice use the contact details listed. For more information about enrolling visit the enrolment section.

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).

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 film, screen and new media 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 Film, Screen and New Media.

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

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.

Semester 1 (February) commencements
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB101
Equivalents:
KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101
Understanding Creative Practice
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB113Introduction to Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB102
Equivalents:
KKB180, KKB101, KKD101
Pathways to a Creative Career
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB120
Equivalents:
KPB109, KIB108, KNB121
Contemporary Screen Histories
Available for enrolment in 2024
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
LLB107Statutory Interpretation
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 2 Semester 2 must apply by 1 November.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB116
Equivalents:
KWB102
Introduction to Screenwriting
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB117
Equivalents:
KPB101, KPB115
Screen Crafts: Non-Fiction
Available for enrolment in 2024


Prior experience in Film and Television (e.g. high school studies) is assumed knowledge.
General Law Elective unit *
LLB104Contemporary Law and Justice
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB121
Equivalents:
KPB110
Screen Business
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB122
Equivalents:
KPB105
Screen Crafts: Narratives
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB101 or KPB117
LLH201Legal Research
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
LLB108Law, Governance and Sustainability
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB208
Equivalents:
KPB112
Screen Genres
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB202Contract 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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB220
Equivalents:
KPB205
Factual Screens
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
KPB221
Equivalents:
KPB302
Screen Project Development
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
Completion of 72 credit points of Film and Screen units (KP% units).

Basic scriptwriting and project management principles are assumed knowledge.
LLB204Commercial and Personal Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB244
LLB205Equity and Trusts
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB241, LWB240
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB315
Equivalents:
KPB206
Global Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB113
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB301Real Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
Antirequisites:
LWB243, LWB244
General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB222
Equivalents:
KPB213, KPB214
Screen Crafts: Multi-Camera and Single-Camera Production
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

KPB217 is recommended prior to undertaking this unit. Fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) - available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site - are assumed knowledge.
KPB325
Equivalents:
KNB313
Screen Issues
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
KNB121 or KPB120 or KPB109

This is an advanced-level unit to be completed in the final year of your course.
LLB303
Equivalents:
LWB432
Evidence
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB106 or LWB239
LLH206Administrative Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242
Antirequisites:
LWB335
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB304Commercial Remedies
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302Ethics and the Legal Profession
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Summer
Online
Semester 1, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLH201 or LWB146.
Antirequisites:
LWB433
LLH402Legal Research Project
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
completion of 144 credit points
Antirequisites:
LLH401
General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB306Civil Dispute Resolution
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLB202
Antirequisites:
LWB431
LLH305Corporate Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244
Antirequisites:
LWB334
LLH403Legal Industry Capstone Project
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLH402
Antirequisites:
LLH401
Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
General Law Elective unit *
General Law Elective unit *
General Law Elective unit *
Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
* 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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB102
Equivalents:
KKB180, KKB101, KKD101
Pathways to a Creative Career
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB120
Equivalents:
KPB109, KIB108, KNB121
Contemporary Screen Histories
Available for enrolment in 2024
LLB101
Equivalents:
LWB145
Introduction to Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
LLB108Law, Governance and Sustainability
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB101
Equivalents:
KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101
Understanding Creative Practice
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB117
Equivalents:
KPB101, KPB115
Screen Crafts: Non-Fiction
Available for enrolment in 2024


Prior experience in Film and Television (e.g. high school studies) is assumed knowledge.
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
LLB104Contemporary 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.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB121
Equivalents:
KPB110
Screen Business
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB122
Equivalents:
KPB105
Screen Crafts: Narratives
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB101 or KPB117
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
LLB107Statutory Interpretation
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB113Introduction to Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
KPB116
Equivalents:
KWB102
Introduction to Screenwriting
Available for enrolment in 2024
LLB202Contract Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB102 or LWB148
Antirequisites:
LWB136, LWB137
LLH201Legal Research
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB220
Equivalents:
KPB205
Factual Screens
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
KPB222
Equivalents:
KPB213, KPB214
Screen Crafts: Multi-Camera and Single-Camera Production
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

KPB217 is recommended prior to undertaking this unit. Fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) - available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site - are assumed knowledge.
LLB204Commercial and Personal Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB244
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB208
Equivalents:
KPB112
Screen Genres
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB203
Equivalents:
LWB242
Constitutional Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB221
Equivalents:
KPB302
Screen Project Development
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
Completion of 72 credit points of Film and Screen units (KP% units).

Basic scriptwriting and project management principles are assumed knowledge.
KPB325
Equivalents:
KNB313
Screen Issues
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
KNB121 or KPB120 or KPB109

This is an advanced-level unit to be completed in the final year of your course.
LLB205Equity and Trusts
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB241, LWB240
LLH206Administrative Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242
Antirequisites:
LWB335
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB315
Equivalents:
KPB206
Global Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB113
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB301Real Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
Antirequisites:
LWB243, LWB244
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB303
Equivalents:
LWB432
Evidence
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB106 or LWB239
LLB306Civil Dispute Resolution
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLB202
Antirequisites:
LWB431
LLH305Corporate Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244
Antirequisites:
LWB334
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB304Commercial Remedies
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302Ethics and the Legal Profession
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Summer
Online
Semester 1, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLH201 or LWB146.
Antirequisites:
LWB433
LLH402Legal Research Project
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
completion of 144 credit points
Antirequisites:
LLH401
SELECT Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
* 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).

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.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB101
Equivalents:
KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101
Understanding Creative Practice
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB113Introduction to Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB102
Equivalents:
KKB180, KKB101, KKD101
Pathways to a Creative Career
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB120
Equivalents:
KPB109, KIB108, KNB121
Contemporary Screen Histories
Available for enrolment in 2024
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
LLB107Statutory Interpretation
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
Note: Students considering studying overseas in Year 2 Semester 2 must apply by 1 November.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB116
Equivalents:
KWB102
Introduction to Screenwriting
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB117
Equivalents:
KPB101, KPB115
Screen Crafts: Non-Fiction
Available for enrolment in 2024


Prior experience in Film and Television (e.g. high school studies) is assumed knowledge.
General Law Elective unit *
LLB104Contemporary Law and Justice
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB121
Equivalents:
KPB110
Screen Business
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB122
Equivalents:
KPB105
Screen Crafts: Narratives
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB101 or KPB117
LLH201Legal Research
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
LLB108Law, Governance and Sustainability
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB208
Equivalents:
KPB112
Screen Genres
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB202Contract 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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB220
Equivalents:
KPB205
Factual Screens
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
KPB221
Equivalents:
KPB302
Screen Project Development
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
Completion of 72 credit points of Film and Screen units (KP% units).

Basic scriptwriting and project management principles are assumed knowledge.
LLB204Commercial and Personal Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB244
LLB205Equity and Trusts
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB241, LWB240
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB315
Equivalents:
KPB206
Global Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB113
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB301Real Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
Antirequisites:
LWB243, LWB244
General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB222
Equivalents:
KPB213, KPB214
Screen Crafts: Multi-Camera and Single-Camera Production
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

KPB217 is recommended prior to undertaking this unit. Fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) - available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site - are assumed knowledge.
KPB325
Equivalents:
KNB313
Screen Issues
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
KNB121 or KPB120 or KPB109

This is an advanced-level unit to be completed in the final year of your course.
LLB303
Equivalents:
LWB432
Evidence
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB106 or LWB239
LLH206Administrative Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242
Antirequisites:
LWB335
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB304Commercial Remedies
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302Ethics and the Legal Profession
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Summer
Online
Semester 1, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLH201 or LWB146.
Antirequisites:
LWB433
General Law Elective unit *
General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB306Civil Dispute Resolution
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLB202
Antirequisites:
LWB431
LLH305Corporate Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244
Antirequisites:
LWB334
LLH401Legal Research Capstone
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLH302
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
General Law Elective unit *
General Law Elective unit *
Advanced Law Elective unit
Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
* 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).

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.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB102
Equivalents:
KKB180, KKB101, KKD101
Pathways to a Creative Career
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB120
Equivalents:
KPB109, KIB108, KNB121
Contemporary Screen Histories
Available for enrolment in 2024
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
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KYB101
Equivalents:
KKD102, KKB185, KKB102, DYB101
Understanding Creative Practice
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB117
Equivalents:
KPB101, KPB115
Screen Crafts: Non-Fiction
Available for enrolment in 2024


Prior experience in Film and Television (e.g. high school studies) is assumed knowledge.
LLB202Contract Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB102 or LWB148
Antirequisites:
LWB136, LWB137
LLB104Contemporary 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.
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB121
Equivalents:
KPB110
Screen Business
Available for enrolment in 2024
KPB122
Equivalents:
KPB105
Screen Crafts: Narratives
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB101 or KPB117
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
LLB107Statutory Interpretation
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB107
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB113Introduction to Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
KPB116
Equivalents:
KWB102
Introduction to Screenwriting
Available for enrolment in 2024
LLB108Law, Governance and Sustainability
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
LLH201Legal Research
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB220
Equivalents:
KPB205
Factual Screens
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
KPB222
Equivalents:
KPB213, KPB214
Screen Crafts: Multi-Camera and Single-Camera Production
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

KPB217 is recommended prior to undertaking this unit. Fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) - available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site - are assumed knowledge.
LLB204Commercial and Personal Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB244
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB208
Equivalents:
KPB112
Screen Genres
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB203
Equivalents:
LWB242
Constitutional Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB105 or LLB107
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB221
Equivalents:
KPB302
Screen Project Development
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
Completion of 72 credit points of Film and Screen units (KP% units).

Basic scriptwriting and project management principles are assumed knowledge.
KPB325
Equivalents:
KNB313
Screen Issues
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
KNB121 or KPB120 or KPB109

This is an advanced-level unit to be completed in the final year of your course.
LLB205Equity and Trusts
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB241, LWB240
LLH206Administrative Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB203 and LLH201) or LWB242
Antirequisites:
LWB335
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
KPB315
Equivalents:
KPB206
Global Screen Studies
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB113
SELECT One unit from the Film, Screen and New Media Options List (KPB215, KPB216 or KPB217):
KPB215
Equivalents:
KPB207 KPB260 KZB260
Advanced Screenwriting
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB116 or KWB102
KPB216
Equivalents:
KPB210, KPB104
Screen Content Production Management
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB121 or KPB110 or KPB122
KPB217
Equivalents:
KPB201
Screen Crafts: Experiments
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
KPB122 or KPB105

Knowledge of fundamental production skills and techniques (camera, lighting, sound, editing) are assumed knowledge. This knowledge is available from KPB117, KPB115 or the Film, Screen and Animation Community Blackboard site.
LLB301Real Property Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
Antirequisites:
LWB243, LWB244
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB303
Equivalents:
LWB432
Evidence
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB106 or LWB239
LLB306Civil Dispute Resolution
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLB202
Antirequisites:
LWB431
LLH305Corporate Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLH201) or LWB244
Antirequisites:
LWB334
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB304Commercial Remedies
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
(LLB204 and LLB205) or LWB241
LLH302Ethics and the Legal Profession
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Summer
Online
Semester 1, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLH201 or LWB146.
Antirequisites:
LWB433
LLH402Legal Research Project
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
completion of 144 credit points
Antirequisites:
LLH401
SELECT Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT General Law Elective unit *
SELECT Advanced Law Elective unit
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
* 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

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.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB103Dispute Resolution
Last offered in 2023
Antirequisites:
LWB150, LWB498
LLB140Human Rights Law
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB140
Antirequisites:
LWB496
LLB142Regulation of Business
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 or LWB145. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB142
LLB241Discrimination 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
LLB242Media Law
Last offered in 2023
Antirequisites:
LWB480
LLB243Family Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 and LLB105 or LLB107 or LWB146.
Antirequisites:
LWB302
LLB244Criminal Law Sentencing
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLB106 or LWB239
Antirequisites:
LWB494
LLB245Sports Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLB102 and LLB106. LLB106 may be studied at the same time as LLB245
Antirequisites:
LWB260, LWB460
LLB247Animal Law
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLB101, LLB104 and LLH201. LLH201 may be studied concurrently
LLB248Public Health and the Law
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLB101
LLB250Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
LLB251Law and Design Thinking
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLB104, LLB106 and LLB202. LLB202 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB251
LLB340Banking 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
LLB341Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH201
LLB342Immigration 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.
LLB344Intellectual 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
LLB345Regulating 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
LLB346Succession Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LWB241 or LLB205
Antirequisites:
LWB309
LLB347Taxation Law
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB101
Antirequisites:
AYB325, AYB219, LWB364, AYB203
LLB350The Law and Ethics of War
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLH201 or LWB146

LLB141 Introduction to International Law is assumed knowledge
LLB440Environmental Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH206 or LWB335
Antirequisites:
LWB485
LLB443Mining and Resources Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLB202 or LWB137
Antirequisites:
LWB259
LLB444Real 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
LLB447International Arbitration
Last offered in 2020
Prerequisites:
LLB204 or LWB243
Antirequisites:
LLB445
LLB460Competition 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.
LLB461Competition 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.
LLB463Legal Placement
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107)
Antirequisites:
LWB456
LLB464International Legal Placement
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB104 and (LLB105 or LLB107)
LLB464 was previously titled Legal Clinic (International)

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.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
Select 24 credit points of Advanced Law Electives
LLH470Commercial 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
LLH471Health 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
LLH472Public International Law
Online
Semester 2, Summer
Gardens Point
Semester 2, Summer
Prerequisites:
LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH472.
Antirequisites:
LWB406
LLH473Independent Research Project
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH473.
LLH474Insolvency Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH474.
Antirequisites:
LWB307
LLH475Theories of Law
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH475.
LLH476Competition Law
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLH305. LLH305 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH476.
Antirequisites:
LWB410
LLH477Innovation 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).
LLH478Advanced Criminal Law - Principles and Practice
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLB106 and LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH478.
LLH479Research Thesis Extension
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
LLH480Consumer 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.
LLH481Private International Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH302. LLH302 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLH481.

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.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB250Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
LLB251Law and Design Thinking
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLB104, LLB106 and LLB202. LLB202 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB251
LLB252Legal Coding
Last offered in 2022
Prerequisites:
LLB101

Previous learning in statutory interpretation (LLB107). No technical or coding knowledge is required.
LLB341Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law
Available for enrolment in 2024
Prerequisites:
LLH201
LLB345Regulating 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

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.