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Bachelor of Business (Law)

Course code: 3154 + Course abbreviation: BBus(Law) + Total credit points required: 144 + 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield)

Course description

This course is designed to provide a degree structure with a major sequence of units in the area of business law and taxation. The course recognises the fundamental importance of business law and taxation in a rapidly changing commercial world, and seeks to provide graduates with extended skills in these areas. Graduates will gain skills in handling the wide range of complex legal and taxation issues that are commonly faced in many areas of business management and government agencies.

The course provides a strong grounding in core business areas such as accounting, economics, management, business statistics and marketing. It also provides compulsory studies in commercial law, corporations law and taxation law plus a very wide range of more specific business law and taxation electives which students can use to extend their knowledge in particular areas of interest.

The Bachelor of Business (Law) does not provide the basis for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor.

Course structure

Areas of study

Students must complete a major specialisation in business law.

Other studies may be drawn from any of the disciplines taught on the Caulfield campus by the Faculty of Business and Economics. These other studies can in some cases form a second major in a business discipline.

Up to six open electives may also be taken from other campuses or other Monash faculties.

Course requirements

The degree requirements are:

(a) Completion of six compulsory common core units (36 points):

• AFF1110 Accounting for financial decision making
• BTF1010 Commercial law
• ECF1100 Microeconomics
• ETX1100 Business statistics
• MGF1010 Managing people and organisations
• MKF1120 Marketing theory and practice

(b) Outer core - completion of six outer-core units (36 points), including the two compulsory units (12 points) listed below and a further four units (24 points) from the remaining units listed below:

• BTF2220 Corporations law and trusts (compulsory)
• BTF3931 Taxation law (compulsory)
• AFF2051 Financial modelling
• AFF2631 Financial management
• ECF1200 Macroeconomics
• ETX2121 Data analysis in business
• MGF2661 Human resource management
• MGF3401 Strategic management
• MKF2111 Buyer behaviour
• MKF3141 Issues in competitive advantage

(c) Strand - choose any six units (36 points) from the units listed below to complete a major specialisation in business law and taxation:

• BTF2223 Corporate crime
• BTF2250 Comparative Asian taxation
• BTF2300 Health law
• BTF2601 Banking law
• BTF2801 Lending law
• BTF2991 Employment law
• BTF3091 Stock exchange and derivatives law
• BTF3100 Environmental law for business
• BTF3131 Capital gains tax
• BTF3181 Marketing law
• BTF3191 Singapore income taxation
• BTF3201 International trade law
• BTF3430 Electronic business taxation
• BTF3461 Superannuation and retirement benefits
• BTF3491 International taxation
• BTF3641 Information technology law
• BTF3900 Research project in business law and taxation
• BTF3951 Business taxation

(d) A total of 24 units (144 points) over a maximum of 10 years of study.

(e) A maximum of 10 first-year-level units (60 points).

(f) A minimum of six third-year-level units (36 points), of which at least four (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program.

(g) An option to include a maximum of six units (36 points) in disciplines taught by other Monash faculties or from units offered on campuses other than the campus delivering this program.

(h) At least two non-compulsory units (12 points) must be outside the main field of study.

Professional recognition

This degree with relevant units is recognised by the following legal entity:

• Tax Agents’ Board

It is important to note that professional recognition may be dependent upon the correct choice of units. For further details, refer to 'Professional recognition' in the 'Faculty information' section of the Faculty of Business and Economics entry.

Contact details

Inquiries: telephone +61 3 9902 6011, fax +61 3 9903 2955, email enquiries.caulfield@buseco.monash.edu.au or visit www.buseco.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Mr Brendan Sweeney

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