Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Laws - BBus(Bkg&Fin)/LLB

• General
• Course objectives
• Mode of offering
• Credit for work done elsewhere
• Course structure
  • Year one
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year two
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year three
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year four
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year five
    • First semester
    • Second semester

General

Course code: 0816

Course coordinator: Mr Ghia Chong

This combined course is designed for students seeking either a career in law or in the banking and finance industry. Some students may already be involved in the banking and finance industry and seeking to gain relevant tertiary qualifications on a full-time or part-time basis. In addition to providing a core of law and business foundation subjects the course provides specialist study in key areas.

Course objectives

The objectives for the Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)/Bachelor of Laws double degree are to:

• provide a course of direct relevance to careers in the legal profession and in business specifically in the banking and finance industry, which should allow the graduate to make an early contribution;
• provide thorough exposure to a wide range of disciplines to ensure that the graduate achieves a comprehensive legal and business training and develops a broad perspective on business and law and their roles beyond his or her specialised area of interest;
• provide an education that emphasises the changing nature of the theory and practice of business and law, thereby encouraging the student to become an independent learner cognisant of his or her needs for continuing education;
• develop skills in communication and interpersonal behaviour, allowing students to work effectively both in a team and independently;
• develop the capacity to synthesise and apply knowledge from a number of separate disciplines when analysing specific problems;
• establish a suitable basis for postgraduate study.

Mode of offering

The first three years of the course will be combined studies in business and law and require students to study at the Caulfield and Clayton campuses. The remaining two years will be undertaken at the Faculty of Law, Clayton campus.

Credit for work done elsewhere

Information on credit for work done elsewhere will be available from the relevant faculty administration offices.

Course structure

Subjects offered at Caulfield campus are taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Subjects taught by the Faculty of Law at Clayton campus are marked **.

Year one

First semester

• ECX1710 Macroeconomics
• ETX1640 Business mathematics and statistics
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year subject)**
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year subject)**

Second semester

• MGX1230 Business communication
• AFX1300 Money and capital markets
• LAW1100 Legal process (full-year subject)**
• LAW3300 Criminal law and procedure (full-year subject)**

Year two

First semester

• ECX2710 Microeconomics
• AFX1110 Accounting and financial decision making
• MKX1120 Marketing theory and practice
• AFX2401 Commercial banking and finance
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year subject)**

Second semester

• MGX1300 Introduction to management
• AFX2051 Financial modelling
• MKX2111 Buyer behaviour
• LAW2100 Contract (full-year subject)**

Year three

First semester

• AFX2631 Financial management
• AFF3651 Treasury management
• MGX3401 Strategic management
• LAW3400 Property (full-year subject)**

Second semester

• AFF3841 Lending decisions
• AFF3331 International banking and finance
• MKX3141 Issues in competitive advantage
• LAW3400 Property (full-year subject)**

Year four

First semester

• LAW2200 Torts (full-year subject)**
• LAW3200 Constitutional law (full-year subject)**

• Elective law subjects totalling 30 credit points⁺

Second semester

• LAW2200 Torts (full-year subject)**
• LAW3200 Constitutional law (full-year subject)**

Year five

First semester

• LAW3100 Administrative law (full-year subject)**
• LAW5500 Moot court (full-year subject)**

• Elective law subjects totalling 42 credit points⁺

Second semester

• LAW3100 Administrative law (full-year subject)**
• LAW5500 Moot court (full-year subject)**

** Taught by the Faculty of Law on the Clayton campus.

+ Subjects can be undertaken in semester one and/or two. A maximum total of thirty credit points in any semester.

Full details of each subject are available in the Business and Economics handbook and the Law handbook.