Bachelor of Business (Law)*

• General information
• Credit for work done elsewhere
• Course structure
  • Inner core
  • Outer core
  • Strand
    • Business law stream
    • Taxation stream
  • Electives

General information

Course code: To be advised Course abbreviation: BBus(Law) Course coordinator: Mr Wayne Gumley
This course is designed to provide a degree structure with a major sequence of subjects in the areas of business law and/or taxation offered by the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Caulfield.
This degree recognises the fundamental importance of business law and taxation subjects in today's commercial world, and seeks to provide graduates with extended skills in these areas. This course will prepare students for the increasingly complex legal and taxation issues which they will face when employed in many areas of business or in government agencies.
The range of subjects undertaken in the BBus(Law) will provide a very strong grounding for ensuring proper legal compliance in areas such as accounting, banking, the finance sector, management, marketing, the securities industry, trade and the services sector.
The wide range of taxation subjects available in the BBus(Law) will assist those seeking employment in the accounting and legal professions where taxation consulting is an expanding field of practice.
Please note that the BBus(Law) is not an LLB and will not provide the basis for completing the requirements to practise as a barrister or solicitor.

Credit for work done elsewhere

Credit transfers for the BBus(Law) have been standardised in accordance with part one, section five of the degree regulations. In addition, credit transfers will normally be given to students who have passed subjects in the degree of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at an approved university.

Course structure

Inner core

The following six subjects are compulsory:

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• BTF1010 Commercial law
• ECF1100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

Outer core

In addition to the two compulsory subjects below, students must select four from the following list:

• BTF1151 Corporations law and trusts (compulsory)
• BTF3931 Taxation law (compulsory)
• AFF1300 Money and capital markets
• AFF2631 Financial management
• ECF1200 Macroeconomics
• ETX2121 Data analysis in business
• MGF2661 Human resource management
• MGF3401 Strategic management
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF3141 Issues in competitive advantage

Strand

Students can choose any six subjects from the following streams:

Business law stream

• BTF2181 Marketing law
• BTF2223 Corporate crime
• BTF2601 Banking law
• BTF2801 Lending law
• BTF2991 Employment law
• BTF3091 Stock exchange and derivatives law
• BTF3201 International trade law
• BTF3461 Information law
• BTF3xxx Environmental law for business (subject to approval)

Taxation stream

• BTF2250 Comparative Asian taxation
• BTF3131 Capital gains tax
• BTF3191 Singapore income taxation
• BTF3641 Remuneration and retirement packages
• BTF3491 International taxation
• BTF3951 Business taxation

Electives

In addition to the above 18 subjects in the 144-point program, students must choose six electives from any discipline within any faculty, subject to approval from other faculties.
The new course structure introduces greater flexibility and the following additional regulations must be observed:

• The number of first-year-level subjects must not exceed 10 (60 points).
• A minimum of six third-year-level subjects (36 points) of which at least four must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering the program.
• At least two (12 points) of the free electives must be taken outside the main field of study.

*SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.

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