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Units indexed by faculty Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of LawsCourse code: 0546 + Course abbreviation: BCom/LLB + Total credit points required: 252 + 5 years full-time, 10 years part-time + Managing faculty: Law Study mode and course locationOn-campus (Clayton) Course descriptionThis 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. Course structureThe commerce component requires that students complete 96 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, marketing, Asian development and transition, international commerce, competition regulation and public policy, information strategy and decision making, labour and employment, and human resource management. For details of the units required for major specialisations, refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of this handbook. Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Commerce degree after three years of study, provided they have completed a minimum of 144 points of study including the 96 points of commerce units and met all the requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce degree. The law component requires that students complete 156 points of study, including 16 compulsory units and a further 12 elective law units. Course requirementsBachelor of Commerce degree requirementsStudents must complete 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics as follows: (i) Five compulsory common core units (30 points):
(ii) At least two units from the following list:
(iii) A major specialisation of at least eight units (48 points) in a discipline or field of study of the faculty with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year levels. To complete a major in the department of Business Law and Taxation, students must complete seven units (42 points) of study in units with a prefix of BTC or BTX offered on the Clayton campus, with at least 12 points at each of second and third-year levels, in addition to completing at least 6 points of study in an approved law unit (normally LAW2101 (Contract A)). All units taken as part of the commerce component must be taught by departments of the faculty on the Clayton campus. (iv) A maximum of eight first-year-level units (48 points). (v) A minimum of four third-year-level units (24 points) must be from those offered by the faculty on the campus delivering this program. (vi) 48 points of law units identified below (*). Bachelor of Laws degree requirementsStudents must complete 28 units (156 points including the 48 points of law units counted as part of the Bachelor of Commerce degree) from the Faculty of Law as specified below. First year -- 54 points
Second year -- 48 pointsThird year -- 54 points
Fourth year -- 51 points
Fifth year -- 45 points
Students have a maximum time limit of 10 years to complete the course from the date of commencement. Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents |