Course code: 0546 + Course abbreviation: BCom/LLB + Total credit points required: 252 + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law
On-campus (Clayton)
This double-degree program allows students to complete the requirements for the individual Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws programs in a minimum of five years of study.
The
commerce component requires that students complete 96 credit points of study,
including at least seven compulsory units and a major sequence in one of the
following disciplines: accounting, finance, economics, business law and
taxation, econometrics and business statistics, management or marketing.
Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Commerce degree after four years of
study, provided they have completed a minimum of 156 credit points of study
including the 96 of credit points of commerce units and met all the
requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce degree.
The law component requires that students complete 156 credit points of study
including 16 compulsory units and a further 12 elective law units.
Students
must complete 16 units (96 credit points) from the Faculty of Business and
Economics as follows:
(i) Five compulsory common core units (30 credit points):
(ii) At least two units from the following list:
(iii) 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 levels (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 seven 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 (normally LAW2100 Contract law).
All units taken as part of the major specialisation must be taught by
departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus.
(iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 credit points).
(v) 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.
(vi) 60 points of law units identified below (*).
Students must complete 28 units (156 credit points including the 60 points of law units counted as part of the Bachelor of Commerce degree) from the Faculty of Law as specified below.
* Students may not graduate from the Bachelor of Commerce degree until they have completed these law units.
Students have a maximum time limit of 10 years to complete the course from the date of commencement.
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