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Programme Overview

A BSc/LLB conjoint allows you to complete a BSc and LLB in less time, and with fewer points, than it would take to complete the two degrees separately.
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Programme Structure

The BSc/LLB usually takes five years to complete with a single BSc major. You will need to complete 675 points, including:

• 255 points from BSc courses

• 405 points from LLB courses

• 15 points from General Education

In your first year, you will take LAW 121G Law and Society alongside three BSc courses in Semester One and LAW 131 Legal Method, LAW 141 Legal Foundations and two BSc courses in Semester Two.

You will continue to take a mix of Law courses and Science courses in each of your second, third, fourth and fifth years. You will also need to include a General Education course in one of these years.

To complete the conjoint within five years, students must undertake a heavier workload than normal.

The LLB includes a combination of core courses, and a wide range of elective courses, including Corporate and Commercial, Public, Criminal, International, Family and Environmental Law.

The BSc includes core courses from your selected major or majors. You may choose to complete a single major or a double major on the BSc side of your conjoint. Anthropological Science, Biomedical Science, Data Science, Food Science and Nutrition, Green Chemical Science, Information and Technology Management, Logic and Computation, and Medicinal Chemistry are not available as majors within a conjoint.

To continue in the conjoint, you will need to maintain a Grade Point Average of 3.5 each year.

Please note that: Students completing more than one major may have additional courses, extending their studies.

Programme Careers

Jobs related to this programme

  • Environmental lawyer
  • Intellectual property lawyer
  • Patent attorney
  • Government employee – policy work, resource management, parliamentary drafting
  • Researcher or academic
  • In-house legal counsel
  • Regulatory affairs associate
  • Law reformer

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Key Dates

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Key Dates

SemesterApplication Closing DateSemester Start DateSemester End Date
2025 Summer School01 December 202406 January 202519 February 2025
2025 Semester One08 December 202403 March 202530 June 2025
2025 Semester Two04 July 202521 July 202517 November 2025
2026 Summer School05 January 202618 February 2026
2026 Semester One02 March 202629 June 2026
2026 Semester Two20 July 202616 November 2026

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Schedule

Schedule Notes

Selected courses from the Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component must include courses in a minimum of two subject codes listed in the Bachelor of Science Schedule.

Programme Schedules

Complete 675 points comprising:

  • 255 points for Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component, and
  • 405 points for Bachelor of Laws Conjoint Component, and
  • 15 points for all Waipapa Taumata Rau Course, and
  • 1 item from Academic Integrity Course

Bachelor of Science Conjoint Component

Complete 255 points comprising:

  • At least 1 item from Majors, and
  • 15 to 30 points for Capstone Courses, and
  • 0 to 90 points for 0 to 2 Modules from Modules, and
  • 0 to 120 points from Other Courses from the Bachelor of Science Schedule

Selected courses must include at least 150 points at level 200 or higher.

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 200.

Majors

Complete at least 1 of the following:

Capstone Courses

Complete 15 to 30 points for one of the following:

  • 15 points for all Exercise Sciences Capstone Course, or
  • 30 points for all Information Systems Capstone Course, or
  • 15 points from Other Capstone Courses

A student completing BSLB Major in Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Exercise Sciences - Applied Exercise and Sport Sciences Pathway must complete the requirements from Exercise Sciences Capstone Course.

Exercise Sciences Capstone Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

Information Systems Capstone Course

Complete 30 points for ALL of the following:

Other Courses from the Bachelor of Science Schedule

Complete 0 to 120 points from the following:

No credit will be given for courses matching the pattern *******G, ********G, *********G, **********G, ***********G, or ************G.

No credit will be given for BUSAN 201 or BUSAN 300 or BUSAN 302 unless a student completing or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for EDUC 200 or EDUC 201 or EDUC 221 or EDUC 223 or EDUC 323 or EDUC 352 unless a student completing or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Psychology.

No credit will be given for ELECTENG 209 or ELECTENG 292 or ELECTENG 303 or ELECTENG 331 unless a student completing BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Physics, BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Physics - Medical Physics and Imaging Technology Pathway, or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Physics - Photonics Pathway.

No credit will be given for FINANCE 261 or FINANCE 361 or FINANCE 362 unless a student completing BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Mathematics, BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Mathematics - Applied Mathematics Pathway, BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Mathematics - Pure Mathematics Pathway, BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Statistics, BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Statistics - Applied Statistics Pathway, or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Statistics - Statistics and Probability Pathway.

No credit will be given for INFOMGMT 192 or INFOMGMT 399 unless a student completing or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for INNOVENT 203 or INNOVENT 307 unless a student completing BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Biological Sciences - Biotechnology Pathway, or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Information and Technology Management.

No credit will be given for MEDIMAGE 300, or MEDIMAGE 302.

No credit will be given for URBPLAN 125 or URBPLAN 203 or URBPLAN 205 unless a student completing or BSLB Major Conjoint: BSc/LLB major in Geographic Information Science.

No credit will be given for WTRSCI 100.

Bachelor of Laws Conjoint Component

Complete 405 points comprising:

  • 45 points for all Part I Compulsory Courses, and
  • 130 points for all Part II, and
  • 125 points for Part III, and
  • 105 points for Part IV

Part I Compulsory Courses

Complete 45 points for ALL of the following:

Part III

Complete 125 points comprising:

  • 55 points for all Stage III Compulsory Courses, and
  • 15 points for all Stage IV Compulsory Course, and
  • 55 points from Elective Courses

Stage III Compulsory Courses

Complete 55 points for ALL of the following:

Stage IV Compulsory Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 55 points from the following:

Part IV

Complete 105 points comprising:

  • 1 item from Advanced Legal Research, Writing and Communication Course , and
  • 105 points from Elective Courses

Advanced Legal Research, Writing and Communication Course

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 105 points from the following:

Waipapa Taumata Rau Course

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

Academic Integrity Course

Complete exactly 1 of the following: