The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice/Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/(Finance)/(Sustainability) requires the completion of a minimum of 198 units of study and a minimum of 180 units for Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/(Finance)/(Sustainability)/Bachelor of Laws.
For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice combined degrees through SATAC.
Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)/Bachelor of Commerce (Sustainability) or the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.
Program of study
To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice/Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/(Finance)/(Sustainability) a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:
- a Law component of 135 units for the Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (which consists of 90 units of core topics, 22.5 units of Legal Practice Training and 22.5 units of option topics) or 117 units for the Bachelor of Laws (which consists of 90 units of core topics and 27 units of option topics) [see Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice or Bachelor of Laws entry for further information];
- a Commerce component of 63 units, consisting of:
- 27 units of core topics;
- a 36-unit specialisation in either Accounting or Finance or Sustainability as specified below.
Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.
Core - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics
27 units comprising:
BUSN1001 Accounting Principles (4.5 units)
BUSN1009 Quantitative Methods (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3043 Governance Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)
COMP1301 Information Systems in Business (4.5 units)
Specialisation - Accounting - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics
36 units comprising:
BUSN1002 Financial Accounting Processes (4.5 units)
BUSN2029 Accounting Theory in Practice (4.5 units)
BUSN2035 Cost and Management Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN2036 Financial Accounting Issues (4.5 units)
BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3047 Company Accounting (4.5 units)
BUSN3048 Auditing (4.5 units)
BUSN3054 Taxation Law and Practice (4.5 units)
Specialisation - Finance - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics
36 units comprising:
BUSN1008 Introductory Macroeconomics (4.5 units)
BUSN1014 Financial Markets (4.5 units)
BUSN2021 Management of Financial Institutions (4.5 units)
BUSN2027 International Finance (4.5 units)
BUSN2037 Financial Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3029 Investments and Portfolio Management (4.5 units)
BUSN3049 Corporate Finance (4.5 units)
Plus one of:
BUSN2040 Macroeconomics (4.5 units)
BUSN3028 Personal Financial Planning (4.5 units)
BUSN3031 Derivatives and Risk Management (4.5 units)
Specialisation - Sustainability - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics
For students who commenced before 2016 only
36 units comprising:
BUSN2024 Sustainable Resource Management (4.5 units)
ENVS2742 Environment, Economy and Culture (4.5 units)
POLI2012 Environmental Politics (4.5 units)
Plus 18 units selected from:
ASST3011 Environment and Development in Asia (4.5 units)
DVST2701 Sustainable Development (4.5 units)
ENVS3732 Environmental Impact Assessment (4.5 units)
ENVS3742 Emerging Issues in Australia Environmental Management (4.5 units)
GEOG2711 Australian Environmental Change (4.5 units)
GEOG2712 Asian Regional Development (4.5 units)
GEOG2722 Society and Space (4.5 units)
LLAW3242 Environmental Law^ (4.5 units)
PHIL2604 Environmental Philosophy (4.5 units)
BUSN3026 Business Planning for New Ventures*^ (4.5 units)
BUSN3045 Enterprise and Innovation Project#* (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units of BUSN topics, where topic prerequisites are met.
*Permission must be sought to enrol in this topic
^Permission required as prerequisites apply
#Quotas apply and access will be competitive