Course code: 0091 Course abbreviation: BEc/LLB The following describes
the course structure to be introduced in 2001 For details of the old
structure, refer to the 2000 university handbook
The following should be read in conjunction with the degree regulations of the
Bachelor of Economics and the Bachelor of Laws. The double-degree course of
Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws requires the equivalent of
five-and-a-quarter years of full-time study, with an overload of six points in
years four and five. An additional year is required to complete the degree with
honours. Subjects in the Faculty of Business and Economics are six-point
subjects and subjects in the Faculty of Law are 12-point subjects. Students
must complete subjects to the value of a minimum of 252 points subject to the
following conditions.
(a) 96 points (16 subjects) must be chosen from subjects offered by the
Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton) and must include the following:
(i) Completion of the following compulsory subjects:
(ii) Completion of two additional second-year-level
and three third-year-level subjects drawn from one of the departments of
Economics (Clayton) or Econometrics and Business Statistics (Clayton).
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level subjects (48 credit points). In
order to meet this requirement, students are able to undertake the second-year
versions of the appropriate number of compulsory subjects
(b) In the first three years, students should include from the Faculty of
Law the 12-point subjects LAW1100 (Legal process), LAW3300 (Criminal law),
LAW2100 (Contract) and LAW3400 (Property). (Satisfaction of (a) and (b) allows
completion of the Economics degree).
(c) Students would then follow for the next two years a program comprising
the compulsory subjects LAW3200 (Constitutional law), LAW3100 (Administrative
law) and LAW2200 (Torts) and elective law subjects to bring total law subjects
to a total of 156 points.
Students must have the Economics program of study approved by the Commerce and
Economics course director (or the course director's nominee) and the Law
program of study approved by the Law course coordinator (or the course
coordinator's nominee) prior to commencement of the relevant year.
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