Computer Science/Law? (1 Viewer)

[BabBab007]

This is a fairly new law program at UNSW. I was wondering if anyone was currently doing this or had friends studying this degree - through a transfer or straight admission?

I have hopes of trying to get into this course by next year so I hope a WAM of 75 is enough considering that I don't know how many people are interested in this discipline.

 

[Trans4M]

This is a fairly new law program at UNSW. I was wondering if anyone was currently doing this or had friends studying this degree - through a transfer or straight admission?

I have hopes of trying to get into this course by next year so I hope a WAM of 75 is enough considering that I don't know how many people are interested in this discipline.

I am not doing it but when you transfer for Law, you are competing for a law spot rather than a ____/Law stream. So you will be competing with other students for the 100 spots that are guaranteed for internal transfer. Once you get a spot, you can then pick your combined program if your original degree isn't the one you want to combine with. The lowest WAM I know that got in last year was 76.

All the best

 

[Cyberbully]

my question is how are you trying to combine law and computer science (career wise)?

 

[BabBab007]

my question is how are you trying to combine law and computer science (career wise)?

There's a lot of work surrounding technology/patenting/intellectual property that I'm pretty interested in pursuing once I finish a law degree. It's not that widely done at the moment, but when you study like Commerce and Science, it becomes a bit obvious plus with social media there's a lot stuff occurring atm. It's a pretty big field but I guess it's sort of like Comm/Law, you can specialise in what area you like best

//Not good at explaining this.

 

[BabBab007]

I am not doing it but when you transfer for Law, you are competing for a law spot rather than a ____/Law stream. So you will be competing with other students for the 100 spots that are guaranteed for internal transfer. Once you get a spot, you can then pick your combined program if your original degree isn't the one you want to combine with. The lowest WAM I know that got in last year was 76.

All the best

Thank you

 

[timeslowsdown]

There's a lot of work surrounding technology/patenting/intellectual property that I'm pretty interested in pursuing once I finish a law degree. It's not that widely done at the moment, but when you study like Commerce and Science, it becomes a bit obvious plus with social media there's a lot stuff occurring atm. It's a pretty big field but I guess it's sort of like Comm/Law, you can specialise in what area you like best

//Not good at explaining this.

Yes that makes sense but from what I've heard it doesn't matter what your other degree is. Just do what you'll enjoy the most. I'm doing science law because I think it's what I'll enjoy the most (I'm interested in environmental science and hope to get into environmental law, but I could just as easily do environmental law with any other non-law degree).

 

[Trans4M]

Yes that makes sense but from what I've heard it doesn't matter what your other degree is. Just do what you'll enjoy the most. I'm doing science law because I think it's what I'll enjoy the most (I'm interested in environmental science and hope to get into environmental law, but I could just as easily do environmental law with any other non-law degree).

Yeap. In the end most firms (big 6) don't care what degree you combine law with. You might as well do something you enjoy. Not to mention the practice groups at Corporate Law firms are really diverse e.g. banking/finance, construction, energy & resource and IP.

 

[BabBab007]

Yes that makes sense but from what I've heard it doesn't matter what your other degree is. Just do what you'll enjoy the most. I'm doing science law because I think it's what I'll enjoy the most (I'm interested in environmental science and hope to get into environmental law, but I could just as easily do environmental law with any other non-law degree).

Yeah but I actually want to do computer science because I really enjoy it. I enjoy programming and I very much enjoy learning about technoloy (Plus I wouldn't be enrolled into computer science by it's self if I didn't enjoy it. I transferred out of commerce because I didn't enjoy it.)

 

[Trans4M]

Yeah but I actually want to do computer science because I really enjoy it. I enjoy programming and I very much enjoy learning about technoloy (Plus I wouldn't be enrolled into computer science by it's self if I didn't enjoy it. I transferred out of commerce because I didn't enjoy it.)

transferring out of commerce has been your smartest decision!!! I am not liking commerce anymore... well Finance at least but almost done so ceebs restarting a new degree and/or major