Course code: 0546 + Course abbreviation: BCom/LLB + On-campus + Day classes only + Five years full-time, 10 years part-time + Course director: Associate Professor Marg Lindorff + Total credit poits required: 252
Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (any) and a study score of 25 in one of Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics.
In addition to preparing the graduate for traditional legal practice, the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws double degree provides a professional education in a range of commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing the analytical skills and professional competence required for careers in the business or public sector.
Students must complete a major specialisation in one of the
following disciplines taught by the faculty: accounting, finance, economics,
business law and taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management or
marketing. All units taken as part of the major specialisation are limited to
units taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third
character of the unit code is C).
Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Clayton
campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Students must also complete the prescribed sequence in Law.
All units studied must be from the Faculty of Business and Economics and the
Faculty of Law.
The degree requirements are:
(a) Students must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of
Business and Economics as follows:
(i) Nine compulsory units (54 credit points):
Students
wishing to take first-year units other than those on the above list are able to
undertake the second-year versions of the appropriate number of compulsory
units. First-year students normally may not take a second-year unit until at
least four first-year units have been completed successfully.
(ii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 credit points) in a
discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 credit points at
each of second and third-year level (disciplines are defined by department
prefixes and fields of study are those sets of related units that may be
defined in the catalogue of courses and units). To complete a major in the
department of Business Law and Taxation students must complete 7 units (42
credit points) of study in units with a prefix of BTC with at least 12 points
at each of second and third-year-levels, in addition to completing at least six
credit points of study in an approved law unit.
All units taken as part of the major specialisation must be taught by
departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus (ie the third character of the
unit code is C).
(iii) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(iv) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 credit points) must be from
those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.
Students are prohibited from taking BTC1110/2110 Business Law, as it is
a prohibited combination with LAW2100 Contract Law.
(b) Students must complete 156 credit points from the Faculty of Law as
follows:
(i) In the first three years, students should include from the Faculty of Law
the units LAW1100 (Legal process), LAW3300 (Criminal law), LAW2100 (Contract),
LAW3400 (Property), LAW1003 (Skills, ethics and research A) and LAW2003
(Skills, ethics and research B).
(ii) LAW4171
Corporations law.
Satisfaction of (a)(i-iv) and (b)(i-ii) allows
completion of the Bachelor of Commerce degree, which is required to progress to
honours in Commerce.
(iii) The final two years of the program must include the compulsory units
LAW3201 (Constitutional law), LAW3101 (Administrative law), LAW2200 (Torts),
LAW3003 (Skills, ethics and research C) and LAW4003 (Skills, ethics and
research D).
(iv) Further units from the Faculty of Law to bring the total
of Law units to 156 credit points
The course may be completed in five years of full-time study with an overload
of 12 points. The maximum time for completion is 10 years.
Students should have the commerce 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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