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Double degree
Bachelor's entry-level honours

Standard duration

6 years FT, 10 years PT

This course is equivalent to 6.25 years of full-time study and may be accelerated to complete in 6 years. This will require a one unit overload in each of two semesters.

Mode and location

On-campus (Clayton)


Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Bachelor of Materials Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours)

The actual engineering award conferred depends on the engineering specialisation completed.


Deepening your understanding of how technology and the law interact, this double degree produces engineers skilled in the legal, corporate and commercial fields. The need for legally trained engineering graduates continues to grow, with opportunities arising in areas such as project management, research and development, consulting and construction law.

The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. The study of engineering develops problem solving skills, systems thinking and technical savvy.





Part A. Legal methodology and legal practice

This theme includes the nature of law, and particularly statute law enacted by Parliaments and common law developed by courts. It also includes the key concepts, principles and methods of research and reasoning that enable lawyers to identify and interpret law and apply it to relevant facts in order to provide legal advice. It covers the law of procedure and evidence that governs judicial proceedings, alternative methods of resolving legal disputes, and the code of ethics that regulates the professional conduct of legal practitioners.

Part B. Public law


Part C. Private law


Part D. Extending specialised knowledge and advanced skills: Law electives



E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) course is a specialist course that develops through four themes that combine to underpin engineering practice: Fundamentals and foundational skills, Design, Knowledge and applications, and Professional Practice.

Part A. Engineering fundamentals and foundational skills


Part B. Engineering design


Part C. Engineering knowledge and application


Part D. Professional practice



Students must complete 300 points, of which 156 points are from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (including all of the requirements in Part A, B, C and D for the single degree) and 144 points from the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (including all of the requirements in Part A, B, C, and D for the single degree).


Units are six credit points unless otherwise stated.

Alternative exit(s)

Students may be eligible to exit the double degree program and graduate with either a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) or a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) after 4 years, depending on the units studied.

Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) prior to the completion of the double degree must have completed at least 204 points of studies, including all of the requirements in Part A, B, C and D for the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree prior to the completion of the double degree must have completed at least 192 points of studies, including all of the requirements in Part A, B, C and D for the particular Engineering specialisation.