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    • Based on the LLB
    • Covered with UG degrees, due to it being a separate UG law qualification

Degree requirements

  • Total of 525 points required (typically 120 points/year), including:
    • At least 90 points from elective courses chosen from from any other first degree at this university.
  • Complete three core courses at 100-level (usually in the first year):
    • LAWS 121
    • LAWS 122
    • LAWS 123.
  • Complete five core courses at 200-level (usually in the second year):
    • LAWS 211
    • LAWS 212
    • LAWS 213
    • LAWS 214
    • LAWS 297.
  • Complete eleven core courses from LAWS at 300-level (usually in the third, fourth and fifth years):
    • LAWS 301
    • LAWS 312
    • Nine further courses from LAWS at 300-level, including:
      • LAWS 334 if you wish to apply for admission to the Bar.
  • Complete three courses from LAWS at 400-level (usually in the fourth and fifth years):
      • LAWS 489
      • Two courses from LAWS 430-450
  • Complete one courses from LAWS 500-529 (usually in the fourth or fifth year).

Supplementary information

  • Standard ones on UG degree requirements
  • "All students are encouraged to read the additional information on the criteria for selection in to second year law (link to new 5th tab).
  • "You should read the current law prospectus for . . ." (GUS, p.88).
  • "A B+ average over the . . ." (GUS, p.89).
  • "Selection in to Honours: Each year, the top . . ." (GUS, p.89).

Tool tips

  • Standard ones on UG degree requirements
  • Bar: One step in the process to practise as or to call yourself a New Zealand lawyer

Thoughts and questions

  • The LLB probably needs another tab to handle the 'law selection criteria'. Is this an issue? 
  • Listing all the 300-level courses in one requirement (5) clouds the year  3 and year 4 course allocation. Does this matter?
  • Do all Honours degrees modify the third and fourth year in the way that Law does? Do we treat the LLB(Hons) as a PG programme or an UP degree variation, for when we do the work (assuming PG gets left until the end of the project)?
  • The 'selection into honours' paragraph might take some careful wording, as entry to this programme reshapes the 3rd and 4th years.

LLB Conjoint programme

Comments

  • We decided to limit our treatment of conjoint and double degrees to a few words and a link to an existing homesite page.
  • The suggested exception to this is the LLB, because 80% of students do a conjoint degree. As such, it seems necessary to give more coverage to this flexibility for this degree.
  • I have used the major requirements section to describe the conjoint options, as the LLB doesn't have any majors. However, this section of the page is likely to be hand crafted.
    • We need to state the general requirements for conjoints (at least those applicable to the LLB. See Entry and Conjoint Requirements sections above.
    • We then need to show the graphics of the LLB with each of the BA, BCom and BSc..

Entry Requirements

  1. Admission to a conjoint degree programme normally occurs in a student's second year, but may also occur later.
  2. Students seeking to enter a conjoint programme must have a minimum of a B- average over the courses completed in the previous year study, but not yet completed the requirements of either component degree.
  3. Students must maintain a minimum of a B- average over the courses completed each year in order to remain in the conjoint programme.

Conjoint Requirements

  • For conjoint programmes consisting of the LLB and a three-year degree:
    • At least 660 points (typically 120 points/year), including:
      • At least 480 points from courses at 200-level or higher.
    • Maximum of 60 points may be credited to the conjoint programme from a previously completed degree.
    • At least 180 points from courses passed at Victoria University
  • Students must meet the conjoint requirements for each component degree.
  • 300-level courses may not normally be used to satisfy the major or specialisation requirements for both component degrees.

Supplementary information

  • "Many students who wish to study Law in an LLB also wish to study other subjects on another degree concurrently. Referred to as a conjoint degree this arrangement allows an efficiency in the total number of points that must be completed, but comes with some conditions. This section helps explain the LLB conjoint option. Students requiring more information are encouraged to contact . . ."
  • Students taking a conjoint programme usually study courses required for each of the programme in each year.

Tool tips

Thoughts and questions

  • How does entry requirement 1 compare with what the faculty tell me that most students are enrolled in a conjoint programme from day 1? What should we say here (noting that it might yet apply to other conjoint programmes)?
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