BCom/LLB
Credit points
400
Minimum duration
5 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Approved locations
- Blacktown
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- North Sydney
EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
Admission requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:
State | Prerequisites |
---|---|
New South Wales | English (Standard) (Band 3) or English as an Additional Language (EAL) (Band 4) |
Queensland | English (4, SA) at year 12 level |
Victoria | Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or 25 in any other English. |
International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.
Completion requirements
To qualify for the double degree, a student must complete 400 cp, as follows:
- 160 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce, consisting of:
- 140 cp from a Major listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings in the Bachelor of Commerce (Part A);
- 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part B)
- 240 cp selected in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Laws, consisting of:
- 180 cp from Law Specified Units (Part C);
- 50 cp from Law Elective Units (Part D);
- 10 cp from Community Legal Engagement: Pro Bono Unit (Part E).
To qualify for the degree, a student must also complete at least 80 hours of 0cp pro bono placement after completion of LAWS213 Community Legal Engagement: Pro Bono.
Progression requirements
Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) before undertaking advanced level units (200, 300, 400 level) in that sequence. Students are not permitted to enroll in honours thesis units: LAWS450 and LAWS451.
Part A : Bachelor of Commerce Units
Part A.1 : Specified Business Units
Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BUSN104 | Money Matters | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BUSN112 | Managing Markets | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BUSN113 | Managing People and Organisations | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
ITEC100 | Information Technology Professional Skills and Practices | 10 | Business Foundation Unit |
BIPX202 | Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities | 10 | |
BIPX301 | Professional Experience | 10 |
Students undertaking the Accounting major will NOT complete BUSN104 and BIPX202. These two units should be replaced by ACCT305 and LEGL300. Please see table A in Part A.3 and Table B in Part A.4 below.
Part A.2 : Majors
Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
ACCT | Accounting | 80 | Because of accreditation requirements, students in the Accounting Major will replace the units listed in Table A in Part A.3 with the units shown in Table B in Part A.4 |
EVMG | Event Management | 80 | |
FINC | Finance | 80 | |
HRMG | Human Resource Management | 80 | |
INFM | Informatics | 80 | |
MNGT | Management | 80 | |
MKTG | Marketing | 80 |
Part A.3 : Table A - Accounting Major in the Bachelor of Commerce in the BCom/LLB
Complete 0 to 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
LEGL101 | Introduction to Business Law: Legal Frameworks for Businesses | 10 | |
LEGL201 | Company Law: Directors and Corporate Regulation | 10 | |
BUSN104 | Money Matters | 10 | |
BIPX202 | Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities | 10 |
Part A.4 : Table B - Accounting Major in the Bachelor of Commerce in the BCom/LLB
Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
BAFN200 | Principles of Finance | 10 | |
ECON200 | Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets | 10 | |
ACCT305 | Accounting Information Systems | 10 | |
LEGL300 | Taxation Law | 10 |
Part B : Core Curriculum Units
Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC100 | Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society | 10 | OR |
PHCC102 | Being Human | 10 | OR |
PHCC104 | Ethics and the Good Life | 10 |
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
UNCC300 | Justice and Change in a Global World | 10 | OR |
PHCC320 | The Just Society | 10 |
Part C : Law Specified Units
Complete exactly 180 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS104 | Foundations of Law and Legal Research | 10 | |
LAWS105 | Contract Law | 10 | |
LAWS106 | Criminal Law and Procedure | 10 | |
LAWS107 | Introduction to Australian Public Law | 10 | |
LAWS108 | Commercial Law | 10 | |
LAWS200 | Business Organisations | 10 | |
LAWS201 | Civil Procedure and Alternative Dispute Resolution | 10 | |
LAWS204 | Land Law | 10 | |
LAWS205 | Property | 10 | |
LAWS206 | Torts | 10 | |
LAWS304 | Evidence | 10 | |
LAWS314 | Statutory Interpretation | 10 | |
LAWS403 | Legal Theory | 10 | |
LAWS404 | International Law | 10 | |
LAWS418 | Administrative Law | 10 | |
LAWS419 | Constitutional Law | 10 | |
LAWS420 | Equity and Trusts | 10 | |
LAWS421 | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 10 |
Part D : Law Elective Units
Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS202 | Comparative Legal Systems | 10 | |
LAWS203 | False or Misleading Conduct and Economic Torts | 10 | |
LAWS207 | Contemporary Legal Issues | 10 | |
LAWS208 | Family Law | 10 | |
LAWS209 | Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States | 10 | |
LAWS210 | Lawyers, Problem-Solving and Professional Identity | 10 | |
LAWS211 | Psychology and the Law | 10 | |
LAWS212 | Employment Law | 10 | |
LAWS301 | Competition Law | 10 | |
LAWS306 | Taxation Law | 10 | |
LAWS307 | Advanced Criminal Law | 10 | |
LAWS308 | Human Rights in Contemporary Australia | 10 | |
LAWS309 | Communications Law | 10 | |
LAWS310 | Discrimination and the Law | 10 | |
LAWS311 | Environmental Law | 10 | |
LAWS312 | International Study Tour | 10 | |
LAWS313 | Mooting and Advocacy | 10 | |
LAWS315 | Welfare Law | 10 | |
LAWS316 | INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR 2 | 10 | |
LAWS401 | Consumer Protection Law | 10 | |
LAWS402 | International Trade Law | 10 | |
LAWS406 | Intellectual Property Law | 10 | |
LAWS407 | International Human Rights Law | 10 | |
LAWS408 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 10 | |
LAWS409 | Law of the European Union | 10 | |
LAWS410 | Banking and Finance Law | 10 | |
LAWS411 | The Phillip C Jessup Moot Seminar | 10 | |
LAWS412 | Migration Law | 10 | |
LAWS413 | Wills and Succession | 10 | |
LAWS414 | Advocacy | 10 | |
LAWS415 | Animal Law | 10 | |
LAWS416 | International Criminal Law | 10 | |
LAWS417 | Sports Law | 10 | |
LAWS458 | Childrens Rights | 10 | |
LAWS459 | Law and Innovation | 10 | |
LAWS460 | Mental Health Law | 10 | |
LCRM101 | Introduction to Criminology | 10 | |
LCRM104 | Juvenile Justice | 10 |
Part E : Pro Bono/Community Legal Engagement Unit
Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:
Code | Title | Credit Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS213 | Community Legal Engagement Pro Bono | 10 |