Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/ Bachelor of Laws

• General information
• Mode of offering
• Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)
• Course structure
  • Year one
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year two
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year three
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year four
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year five
    • First semester
    • Second semester

General information

Course code: 0816 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Bkg&Fin)/LLB + Course managed by the Faculty of Law + Business units adviser: Mr Terry Boulter
This combined course is designed for students seeking either a career in law or in the banking and finance industry. Some students may already be involved in the banking and finance industry and seeking to gain relevant tertiary qualifications on a full-time or part-time basis. In addition to providing a core of law and business foundation units, the course provides specialist study in key areas.

Mode of offering

The first three years of the course will be combined studies in business and law and require students to study at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses. The remaining two years will be undertaken at the Faculty of Law, Clayton campus.

Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)

Information on credit for work done elsewhere will be available from the relevant faculty administration offices.

Course structure

Units offered at Caulfield campus are taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Year one

First semester

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year unit)**
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year unit)**

Second semester

• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• AFF1300 Money and capital markets
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year unit)**
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year unit)**

Year two

First semester

• ECF1100 Microeconomics
• AFF2631 Financial management
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice
• AFF2401 Commercial banking and finance
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year unit)**

Second semester

• Business outer core choice
• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• Business outer core choice
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year unit)**

Year three

First semester

• Business outer core choice
• AFF3651 Treasury management
• AFF3121 Investments and portfolio management
• LAW3400 Property (full-year unit)**

Second semester

• AFF3841 Lending decisions
• AFF3331 International banking and finance
• Business outer core elective
• LAW3400 Property (full-year unit)**

Year four

First semester

• LAW2200 Torts (full-year unit)**
• LAW3200 Constitutional law (full-year unit)**

and

• Elective law units totalling 30 credit points

Second semester

• LAW2200 Torts (full-year unit)**
• LAW3200 Constitutional law (full-year unit)**

Year five

First semester

• LAW3100 Administrative law (full-year unit)**
• Elective law units totalling 42 credit points

Second semester

• LAW3100 Administrative law (full-year unit)**

Business outer core units must be selected from the following:

• BTF2601 Banking law
• BTF3931 Taxation law
• ECF1200/ECF2200 Macroeconomics
• ETX2121 Data analysis in business
• MGF2351 International business
• MGF3401 Strategic management
• MKF1500 Retail management principles
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour

** TAUGHT BY THE FACULTY OF LAW ON THE CLAYTON CAMPUS.
UNITS CAN BE UNDERTAKEN IN SEMESTER ONE AND/OR TWO. A MAXIMUM TOTAL OF 30 CREDIT POINTS IN ANY SEMESTER.
It is recommended that double-degree Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Laws students study LAW4104 (Australian banking law) and LAW5105 (Credit and security law) as electives in year four or year five in order to fulfil the educational requirements for senior associate membership of the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance. Electives should be planned carefully as those electives are not usually offered every semester.

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