Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor's degree

In Melborne and Sydney (Australia)

Price on request

Description

  • Duration

    5 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws is designed to produce well- rounded graduates ready for legal practice and a range of professional careers in an increasingly global environment.

As a graduate you can pursue a range of legal careers including:

private practice as a solicitor or barrister
legal officer in the public sector
in-house counsel for a wide range of organisations including corporations, regulatory authorities and NGOs.
In addition to a career in the law, this double degree is excellent preparation for careers in accounting, administration, banking, business analysis/development, business management, regulatory compliance, communications, computing, financial management, human resource management, international business, international marketing, management consultancy, marketing recruitment, staff development and sales.

As part of this degree you complete 80 hours of pro bono work (after your first year), providing you with firsthand experience of the legal system while allowing you to contribute to the common good.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Melborne (Australia)
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Start date

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Sydney (Australia)
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About this course

You will also study business administration, which provides knowledge in many areas of business management including:

accounting
business information systems
commercial law
finance
human resource management
international business
management
marketing
occupational health, safety and environment.

This double degree is designed to produce well-rounded graduates ready for legal practice and a wide range of professional careers in an increasingly global environment.

Graduates can pursue a range of legal careers including: private legal practice as a solicitor or barrister; legal officer in the public sector (for example in federal or state government departments and publicly-funded organisations such as universities or public broadcasters); in-house counsel to a wide range of organisations from corporations to trade unions; public interest legal work in community legal centres; and legal research.

This double degree is also excellent preparation for pursuing a career in areas such as accounting, administration, banking, business analysis/development, business management, communications, computing, financial management, human resource management, international business, international marketing, management consultancy, marketing recruitment, staff development, and sales.

English (Standard) (Band 3) or English as an Additional Language (EAL) (Band 4)
English (4, SA) at year 12 level

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Business Administration
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Business and Administration
  • Communications
  • Public
  • Law
  • Global
  • International Business
  • Resource Management
  • Legal reasearch
  • Law and legal reasearch

Course programme

Year 1 - Semester 1
  • LAWS104 Foundations of law and legal reasearch
  • LAWS105 Contract law
  • BUSN113 Managing people and organisations
  • BUSN111 Working with technology
Year 1 - Semester 2
  • LAWS107 Introductions to Australian Public Law
  • LAWS108 Commercial Law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105)
  • UNCC100 Self and community: exploring the anatomy of modern society
  • BUSN112 Managing markets
Year 2 - Semester 1
  • LAWS106 Criminal Law and Procedure
  • LAWS206 Torts (Pre: LAWS104)
  • BUSN104 Money matters
  • ECON200 Economics: policy frameworks and markets
Year 2 - Semester 2
  • LAWS200 Business Organisations
  • LAWS403 Legal theory (Pre: LAWS104)
  • BUSN201 International business
  • MKTG202 Marketing communications: engaging stakeholders
Year 3 - Semester 1
  • LAWS314 Statutory interpretation
  • LAWS205 Property (Pre: LAWS104)
  • UNCC300 Justice and change in a global world (Pre: UNCC100)
  • HRMG204 Organisational behaviour
Year 3 - Semester 2
  • LAWS201 Civil procedure and alternative dispute resolution (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS206 )
  • LAWS204 Land law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS205)
  • MGMT310 Sustainable organizational change
  • Business elective 1
  • BIPX202 Community engagement: building strengths and capabilities
Year 4 - Semester 1
  • LAWS304 Evidence (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106)
  • LAWS421 Legal ethics and professional responsibility (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106)
  • MGMT311 Managing entrepreneurship and innovation
  • HRMG200 Applied human resource management
Year 4 - Semester 2
  • LAWS419 Constitutional law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107)
  • LAWS420 Equity and trusts (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS205 )
  • LAWS213 Community legal engagement (Pre: LAWS104)
  • MGMT304 Strategic management
Year 5 - Semester 1
  • LAWS421 Administrative law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107)
  • LAWS404 International law (Pre: LAWS107)
  • Law elective 1 (Pre: LAWS104)
  • BUSN304 Working with diversity and conflict
  • BIPX301 Professional experience
Year 5 - Semester 2
  • Law elective 2 (Pre: LAWS104)
  • Law elective 3 (Pre: LAWS104)
  • Law elective 4 (Pre: LAWS104)
  • Law elective 5 (Pre: LAWS104)

Additional information

Start dates

Melbourne
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised

North Sydney
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised

Course costs - Average first year fee: $10389 Commonwealth Supported (indicative only; subject to passage of legislation)

Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws

Price on request