Bachelor of Business (Management)/Bachelor of Laws

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

General information

Course code: 0817 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Mgt)/LLB + Management coordinator: Dr Ross Donohue

The combined course is designed for full-time students seeking either a career in law or in management. In addition to providing a core of law and business foundation units the course provides specialist study in key areas.

Entry requirements

Candidates for this combined degree are required to meet the individual entry requirements of both the Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Business (Management).

Advanced standing (credit for work done elsewhere)

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

Mode of offering

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

Course structure

Year one

First semester

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• MGF1100 Managerial communication
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year unit)*

Second semester

• ECF1100/ECF2100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year unit)*

Year two

First semester

• MGF2351 International business
• MGF2661 Human resource management
• Business outer core choice
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year unit)*

Second semester

• MGF2621 Organisational change
• MGF3381 Managing information systems
• Business outer core unit
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year unit)*

Year three

First semester

• MGF3401 Strategic management
• Business outer core choice
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year unit)*
• LAW3400 Property (full-year unit)*

Second semester

• MGF3681 International management
• MGF3111 Organisational behaviour
• Business outer core choice
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year unit)*
• LAW3400 Property (full-year unit)*

Year four

• LAW2200 Torts (full-year unit)*
• LAW3201 Constitutional law (6 points)*
• LAW4171 Corporations law (6 points)*
• Elective law units totalling 30 points**

Year five

• LAW3101 Administrative law (6 points)*
• Elective law units totalling 48 points**

Business outer core units must be selected from the following:

• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• AFF2631 Financial management
• BTF2601 Banking law
• ECF2550/ECF3550 Business in Asia
• ETX2111 Business data modelling
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF3141 Issues in competitive advantage.

* 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 can be taken in any semester.

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