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Bachelor of Media and Communications and Bachelor of Laws

Macquarie University

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About

The Bachelor of Media and Communications will equip you with the skills you’ll need to respond to today’s – and tomorrow’s – rapidly evolving media environment. Whether you’re interested in making your own films or music videos, writing for print and online publications, designing interactive and media-rich websites, producing radio podcasts and broadcasts, streaming live media or managing public relations campaigns, this degree will position you at the heart of content creation.

The hallmark of Macquarie’s Bachelor of Laws is its recognition of the way legal frameworks underpin such global issues. You’ll be challenged to think critically about the law to seek innovative solutions to legal problems – skills highly valued by employers. With the option to combine your law degree with any other Macquarie bachelor degree, you can open the way to an array of careers in legal practice, private industry, government, education and community services.

Areas of study

Refer to 300154 Bachelor of Media and Communications, 300160 Bachelor of Laws.

Career opportunities

Refer to 300154 Bachelor of Media and Communications, 300160 Bachelor of Laws.

Professional recognition

The Macquarie Bachelor of Laws is accredited by professional bodies regulating the admission of law graduates to legal practice and provides appropriate qualification for admission to practice as a lawyer throughout Australia.

In addition to completing a law course at an accredited institution, the profession requires all law graduates to complete a period of Practical Legal Training including further study and supervised experience in a legal practice. Similar bodies and systems of accreditation exist in other states and territories.

Honours

Law: Awarded on the basis of superior performance throughout the degree.

Fees and charges

Visit the Macquarie University website for current fee information.

Admission criteria

Applicants with recent secondary education

Guaranteed selection rank: 96.00

Other applicants

Refer to Macquarie University general admission criteria.

Student profile

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Further information

View all details of this degree on the Macquarie University website.

ATAR profile

ATAR-based offers only (semester 1, 2024)

Use all ATAR profile data as a guide only; it provides a broad overview of the ATARs and selection ranks of previous Year 12 students admitted into that course. ATARs and selection ranks required for entry in 2025 may be different. If you are unsure about including a course among your preferences, contact the relevant institution.

  1. This ATAR profile table is in line with Commonwealth Government transparency requirements. It is based on offers to recent school leavers (ie completed Year 12 in the last 2 years) who were selected solely or partly on their ATAR. Note that some institutions further differentiate this information on their websites.
  2. The ATAR values exclude any adjustment factors.
  3. The selection ranks include the ATAR and any adjustment factors.

Abbreviations

– = data is not available.
<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria

Student profile

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Naming of awards
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