Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Law

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

Course code: 0816 + Course abbreviation: BBus(B&F)/LLB + Total credit points required: 258 + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton and Caulfield)

Course description

This double-degree program allows students to complete the requirements for the individual Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) and Bachelor of Laws programs in a minimum of five years of study.

Course structure

The business (banking and finance) component requires that students complete 102 credit points of study at the Caulfield campus including seven compulsory units in wider business studies and six compulsory units in the banking and finance sequence. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) degree after three years of study, provided they have completed a minimum of 144 credit points of study including the 102 credit points of banking and finance units.
The law component requires that students complete 156 credit points of study including 16 compulsory units and a further 72 credit points of elective law units.

Course requirements

First year - 51 points

• LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
• LAW1102 Law in society
• LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
• LAW3302 Criminal law B
• LAW1003 Skills, ethics and research A
• AFF1100 Accounting for financial decision making
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• AFF1300 Money and capital markets

Second year - 57 points

• LAW2101 Contract law A
• LAW2102 Contract law B
• LAW2003 Skills, ethics and research B
• ECF1100/ECF2100 Microeconomics
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice
• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• AFF2631 Financial management
• AFF2401 Commercial banking and finance

Two units selected from the following:

• BTF2601 Banking law
• BTF2931/BTF3931 Taxation law
• ETX2121 Data analysis in business
• MGF2351 International business
• MGF3401 Strategic management
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF1500 Retail management principles

Third year - 48 points

• LAW3401 Property law A
• LAW3402 Property law B
• AFF3121 Investments and portfolio management
• AFF3651 Treasury management
• AFF3331 International banking and finance
• AFF3841 Lending decisions

Two units (not previously completed) selected from the following:

• BTF2601 Banking law
• BTF2931/BTF3931 Taxation law
• ETX2121 Data analysis in business
• MGF2351 International business
• MGF3401 Strategic management
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF1500 Retail management principles

Fourth year - 51 points

• LAW2201 Torts A
• LAW2202 Torts B
• LAW3201 Constitutional law
• LAW4169 Equity
• LAW4170 Trusts
• LAW4171 Corporation law
• LAW3003 Skills, ethics and research C
• 12 points of elective law units

Fifth year - 51 points

• LAW3101 Administrative law
• LAW5104 Civil procedure
• LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
• LAW5159 Evidence
• LAW4003 Skills, ethics and research D
• 24 points of law electives

Students have a maximum time limit of 10 years to complete the course from the date of commencement.

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