What to combine law with? (1 Viewer)

[ptrgrgry]

So, I got into Sydney Combined Law [99.70] (yay!) and am not too sure which degree I want to combine law with exactly.

The following combinations are available:

Arts/Law
Arts (Media & Communications)/Law
Commerce/Law
Economics/Law
Engineering/Law
Information Technology/Law
International & Global Studies/Law
Political, Economic & Social Sciences/Law*
Science/Law

Each combination is five years in duration with the exception of Arts (Media & Communications)/Law and Engineering/Law.

I was leaning towards economics/law but was wondering if it was worthwhile to have two specialised degrees. e.g. I may pursue economics or law, but is it really worth the extra time and work to have both? (Bearing in mind that law adds 2 years, whilst honours + masters in economics adds 2.5 years). Plus, I think I'd like to work for the RBA, a major bank, ABS, etc - so would law even be useful here? Is there any advantage in doing economics/law over arts/law? Econ/law only offers 1 elective when I'm actually very interested in the arts?

Any advice???
Which have the best employment prospects?
Most lucrative? Are there any particularly useful subject combinations, etc?

 

[danal353]

I'm currently doing eco/law at sydney and I enjoy it. I do think doing the extra couple of years is worth it, even if you're not going to practise law and intend to go with eco. I think law teaches you a way of thinking which will be beneficial to any job in the corporate or business world and may give you a slight edge when competing for a job. And besides, what's wrong with having two possible career paths - that way you have more options in case you decide you hate one of them.

 

[Deer]

Do arts/law! With arts you can now major in economics anyway, but you also have the freedom of doing some other subjects that you're interested in.

 

[danal353]

Oh yeah I forgot eco was under arts now :S

but jut combine it with something you think you'll enjoy - surely you can't be interested in all those combinations, from engineering to eco to IT.

 

[sinophile]

Engineering! That way you can help people with one hand and steal their money with the other!

 

[slyhunter]

Engineering! That way you can help people with one hand and steal their money with the other!

 

[Aquawhite]

Do arts/law! With arts you can now major in economics anyway, but you also have the freedom of doing some other subjects that you're interested in.

+1. This; it's a very logical combination too.

 

[kaz1]

Engineering, respite from your boring law units.

 

[ohexploitable]

Engineering! That way you can help people with one hand and steal their money with the other!

I'm gonna steal this joke but use it for combined medicine/law.

 

[Aquawhite]

I'm gonna steal this joke but use it for combined medicine/law.

I'm quite sure no university let's you take medicine/law as a combined course. Sure you could do them separately, but that's at least 9 years at university (considering you take undergrad MBBS and postgrad law - the shortest way).

 

[deterministic]

I'm quite sure no university let's you take medicine/law as a combined course. Sure you could do them separately, but that's at least 9 years at university (considering you take undergrad MBBS and postgrad law - the shortest way).

Dinner table degree - sole purpose of doing it is for asian parents to brag about it to fellow asians.

 

[Gmac_0]

I'm quite sure no university let's you take medicine/law as a combined course. Sure you could do them separately, but that's at least 9 years at university (considering you take undergrad MBBS and postgrad law - the shortest way).

Nah you can do med/law @ monash, I think its a 7 yr degree, and involves overloading in years 2-7.

 

[Aquawhite]

Nah you can do med/law @ monash, I think its a 7 yr degree, and involves overloading in years 2-7.

Awesome. Medical Law is actually an interesting field, but not something to overload yourself with in 7 years.

 

[soporific]

From the impression I've been given by uni friends who do law:
Arts/Law = USYD
Comm/LAW = UNSW

I'll most *probably* be commencing comm/law @UNSW myself in 2012 (I've deferred entry for a year).

Personally, I think Comm/law gives you a lot of scope in terms of career prospects ... I don't know that's just me. "Commerce" alone has a lot of useful options or majors e.g. finance, actuarial studies, economics, international business etc.

But I guess ultimately it comes down to what interests you. Arts/Law has some pretty groovy "areas of specialty" i.e. philosophy, english, languages ...

Good Luck!

 

[ajdlinux]

Arts/Law is too typical these days. Engineering/Law, now there's a real epic degree.

 

[NewiJapper]

Science/Law ftw!

Just cause.

 

[b00m]

Street Medicine

 

[ptrgrgry]

Do arts/law! With arts you can now major in economics anyway, but you also have the freedom of doing some other subjects that you're interested in.

Actually, a Bachelor of Economics (Sydney) will have exactly the same subjects as Bachelor of Arts with a major in economics - both are 3 years, have the same compulsory 10 units of economics/statistics and the remaining units are electives.

And, more seriously, is there any practical reason for simultaneously holding engineering, science, medicine, IT, etc degrees with a law degree? Because I don't want to rule out studying these things alongside law. (Or, in the case of medicine, after law.) But I don't want to earn all these degrees which will never be put to good use. Ahhh! Big internal conflict!

Edit: Maybe check this out. See if Monash is on to anything with this so-called 'growing area of medical law'.
http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/1074/

Is potentially ending up with Economics/ Law/ Medicine completely absurd? haha

 

[mitchy_boy]

Comm/Law, it looks amazing to prospective employers, heaps of Comm/Law grads get awesome IB jobs when they graduate.

 

[proletariat]

Science / Law coz laws shit and science's cool. balanceee. \,,/