Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws

Secure a competitive edge with hands-on experience in the dynamic real estate industry with Deakin's Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws. You will gain a top-ranked legal education with skills across property investment, valuation, development and management.

Our uniquely combined course gives you professionally recognised qualifications in both property and law, unlocking exciting career options. It allows you to mix and match study specialisations from straight property law through to mediation and contracts management. Hands-on learning opportunities will ensure you are ready to thrive in both fields and where law and property intersect. With opportunities to undertake internships at community legal centres and work on real cases at the Deakin Law Clinic, you will acquire the experience needed to enter the workforce with confidence.

Want to build specialised skills for a booming property law industry?

Get hands-on with our experience-based approach to learning. Through practical and theoretical study, you will learn all the major areas of law, including:

• contract law
• criminal law and procedure
• torts
• property law
• constitutional law
• administrative law.

In addition, you will undertake foundational property units, including sustainable construction, property economics and statutory valuation. Designed to maximise your legal knowledge, you will also study topics relevant to your first-class law education.

In today's legal landscape, lawyers are increasingly expected to provide commercial and practical insight beyond pure legal advice. Get a competitive head-start by learning the latest industry concepts, legal practice and approaches from teachers who are active researchers and legal professionals. Benefit from their existing connections, networks and insights, and graduate well-prepared for your future workplace.

To support your theoretical learning, you will have the opportunity to work on real cases at the Deakin Law Clinic. You can conduct research on legal issues and offer advice while being supervised by qualified solicitors.

We can also help to connect you with internship placements with a range of organisations including community legal centres and not-for-profit organisations, for credit towards your degree.

Graduates from theBachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws can pursue a range of careers opportunities, including:

• law reform officer
• judge
• conveyancer
• law academic
• legal adviser
• mediator
• legal secretary
• asset manager
• land economist
• owners corporation manager
• portfolio manager
• property developer
• facilities manager
• property valuer
• property advisor.

To complete the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate/Bachelor of Laws students must attain a total of 40 credit points, consisting of 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate and 24 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws, plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, DAI001 Academic Integrity Module Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake 2 trimesters each year.

Compulsory 0-credit point unit:-

To be completed in first trimester of study:-

• DAI001 Academic Integrity Module

The 16 credit points from the Bachelor of Property and Real Estate (M348) must include:-

• 11 credit points of Property and Real Estate core units; and
• 3 credit points of core Business units (excludes MLC101); and
• a 1 credit point WIL course elective; and
• a 1 credit point Business and Law elective unit (any level); and
• Level 3 - at least 3 credit points (which must be course grouped to a Faculty of Business and Law undergraduate degree)

The 24 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws (M312) include:-

• 18 credit points of Bachelor of Laws core units
• 6 credit points of Law elective units, including 1 credit point of an experiential unit from the WIL/Practical Elective units list.

The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.

RPL will generally be granted for a Priestley 11 unit where a student completed the unit within 5 years of the date on which they will commence their Law degree at Deakin University. Whether RPL is granted for a Priestley unit that a student completed more than 5 years before that date will depend on an assessment of the particular unit, including whether its content remains current and it is substantially equivalent to the relevant unit in the Deakin Law course for which RPL is sought. It is possible that RPL may not be granted where the coverage of Priestley 11 knowledge areas across units of study is structured differently in the Law course at Deakin University compared to the Law course at the university where the student previously studied.

You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.