Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws (BPA/LLB) 2011
Course code 2317
The law component requires that students complete 156 points of study, consisting of 12 compulsory units and a further
84 points of Law elective units.
The performing arts component requires that students complete 96 points of study, including eight compulsory units and eight
elective units. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Performing Arts degree after three years of study, provided they have
completed a minimum of 144 points of study including the 96 points of performing arts units. For details on the unit requirements of
the drama and theatre studies major, refer to the 'Areas of study' section on the Arts faculty website at
www.arts.Monash.edu.au/current/coursework/study_areas.
The units listed below are known as the 'quasi-compulsory' units. Students do not need to complete these units to
obtain their LLB so technically, they are elective units. However, students who wish to practice law in Victoria must
complete these units as part of their law electives(*):
LAW4169 Equity LAW4171 Corporations lawLAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
LAW4170 Trusts LAW5104 Civil procedure LAW5159 Evidence
Course outline
LAW1101
Year 1 Introduction to LAW2101 ATS1287 Performance ATS1351
Semester 1 legal reasoning Contract A in Context I Exploring performance
LAW1104 ATS1352
Year 1 Research & LAW2102 ATS1288 Performance Production
Semester 2 writing Contract B in Context II investigation I
LAW3301 ATS2767 Technical Second-year theatre Second-year theatre
Year 2 Criminal Law & aspects of permormance and performance study and performance study
Semester 1 Procedure A making unit unit
ATS2811 Making Second-year theatre Second-year theatre
Year 2 LAW3302 performance: Theory and performance study and performance study
Semester 2 Criminal Law B and practice unit unit
ATS3832
Year 3 LAW3401 Contemporary Third-year theatre and Third-year theatre and
Semester 1 Property A performance culture performance study unit performance study unit
Year 3 LAW3402 ATS3833 Writing / Third-year theatre and Third-year theatre and
Semester 2 Property B performance performance study unit performance study unit
Year 4 LAW4169* LAW4171* LAW2201
Semester 1 Equity Corporations law Torts A LAW elective LAW Elective
Year 4 LAW4170* LAW3201 LAW2202
Semester 2 Trusts Constitutional Law Torts B LAW elective
Year 5 LAW5104* LAW3101
Semester 1 Civil procedure Administrative law LAW elective LAW elective
LAW5125*
Year 5 LAW5159* Lawyers, ethics &
Semester 2 Evidence society LAW elective LAW elective LAW Elective
NOTE: This outline is a recommended example of the degree structure for students in the BPA/LLB degree program.
Students must complete the number of units indicated in this example but not necessarily in the order indicated. For detailed
information on course rules, students should refer to the Undergraduate Handbook (www.monash.edu/pubs/handbooks).