Course overview
This double degree provides the flexibility to pursue a purely legal career as a practitioner or to build a successful career in criminology, drawing on legal skills and knowledge. The law component includes compulsory fundamental units such as legal systems and method, criminal law, contracts, torts, property law, equity, and constitutional law. The criminology component draws on criminology, forensic science, sociology of deviance, law, and criminal justice studies. For more course information, visit UNE's Course Handbook.
Course record
Career Opportunities
Legal practice, policy adviser, forensics, criminal justice; environmental and industry regulation, justice and child welfare.
Majors
Major: Crime, Justice and Society; crime science, historical crime; rural criminology
Entry requirements
Switch between domestic ATAR data and international qualification equivalents.
IB Diploma
28.8-31.2Admission is assessed against the qualification, prerequisite and English requirements for the course.
English requirement
IELTS 6, no band below 5.5TOEFL iBT 60, no band below 15PTE Academic 50, no band below 42Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency 169, no band below 162
If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.
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Student profile
Total students17
#2025Campuses & intake dates
Upcoming intakes
- ArmidaleNSWFebruary 2026
- ArmidaleNSWJune 2026
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