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Monash University

Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws

Course 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 location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This double-degree program allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Commerce degree and the Bachelor of Laws degree in a minimum of five years of study. The study of law develops problem-solving skills and powers of analysis. It teaches precise and imaginative use of language. It also promotes ethical thinking and a focus on justice and fairness. It enhances students' thinking, reasoning and expressive abilities within legal and related contexts, leading to employment in the legal profession, law reform agencies, government service or other relevant areas of employment. The Bachelor of Commerce provides a professional education in a range of units related to commerce disciplines, with a strong emphasis on developing the analytical skills and professional competence required for careers in the business or public sector.

Course objectives

The objectives of the LLB program at Monash are to enable students to gain an understanding of basic legal concepts and legal institutions and of the historical, social, political and economic factors influencing their development. Upon completion of the LLB, students will be able to identify, use and evaluate the concepts, principles, rules and methods used in legal argument and will have developed oral and written skills, especially of legal argument, legal research and critical analysis. Students will have gained an understanding of concepts of justice, a concern to promote justice and an appreciation of their professional responsibilities.

The learning goals of the Bachelor of Commerce are to: develop an understanding of the key issues facing the Australian and international economy, and the role of business and government in improving the welfare of our societies; develop general analytical and technical skills in the faculty disciplines of economic marketing and business law, analysis, quantitative and computer methods, accounting and finance and management; develop specialised analytical and technical skills in one or more of the disciplines taught within the faculty to assist with problem solving in their future careers in business, the public sector and the professions; develop effective oral, written and interpersonal communication skills; develop a capacity for independent critical analysis and a desire for future learning through examination of the latest ideas and research from Australia and overseas.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Laws course consists of 12 compulsory units which must be completed by all students enrolled in an LLB program plus a further six 'quasi-compulsory' units which must be completed by students who wish to be qualified for admission to practice as a barrister or solicitor in Victoria. The remainder of the program consists of law elective units chosen by the student.

The commerce course structure has two main components:

  • a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
  • a major from the Faculty of Business and Economics. All units taken as part of this major must be from your campus of enrolment. For details of the units required, see the entry for the Bachelor of Commerce in the Faculty of Business and Economics section of this handbook.

Bachelor of Commerce component requirements

Students 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 (12 points):

  • AFC2100 Introduction to finance, or AFC1030 Introductory financial accounting
  • ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
  • ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
  • MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

(iii) a major of eight units (48 points)

  • the major must come from the approved list of majors detailed in the Bachelor of Commerce entry
  • at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iv) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units.

Additional degree requirements:

  • BTC1110 Business Law is excluded from this degree
  • two law units (12 points) comprising LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning and LAW2101 Contract A as a substitute for compulsory core unit BTC1110
  • a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
  • a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points), from those offered by the faculty at the Clayton campus
  • in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second year-level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units.

Bachelor of Laws component requirements

Students must complete 26 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.

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

  • LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
  • LAW1104 Research and writing
  • LAW2101 Contract A
  • LAW2102 Contract B
  • 24 points first-year-level core units from the Faculty of Business and Economics

Second year - 54 points

  • LAW3401 Property A
  • LAW3402 Property B
  • 6 points elective law units
  • 36 points approved by the Faculty of Business and Economics

Third year - 54 points

  • LAW4169 Equity
  • LAW4171 Corporations law
  • LAW4170 Trusts
  • 36 points approved by the Faculty of Business and Economics

Fourth year - 48 points

Fifth year - 48 points

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

Course progression requirements

Students may graduate with the Bachelor of Commerce, or undertake honours in business and commerce at the end of three years of study, provided they have met the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce program and completed a minimum of 144 points of total study.

Contact details

Undergraduate student services, telephone +61 3 9905 3300, visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/undergraduate/courses.html or email enquiries@law.monash.edu.au.