Courses and programs offered
Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Economics (LZLE)
The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Economics is a five-year combined degree providing an accredited professional qualification in law as well as a degree in economics. The program includes all the compulsory law subjects required by the Council of Legal Education for admission to practice in Victoria and a wide range of law electives. It also includes compulsory specialised subjects relevant to economics such as Banking and Finance Law, Competition Law and Policy, or an approved subject from the Master of Laws in Global Business Law. For further information about core subjects and electives, please refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) in the Faculty of Law and Management section of this handbook. Students can specialise in business economics, business models and forecasting, macroeconomics analysis and policy, microeconomics and policy, international trade and finance, or resource and environmental economics.
Admission requirements
Admission requirements are VCE units 3 and 4, and a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English and a study score of at least 20 in mathematics (any).
Degree requirements
Students must:
- complete a total of at least five years full-time study or its equivalent
- complete in sequence the compulsory law subjects
- complete in sequence the compulsory economics subjects
- complete a total of 645 credit points (375 credit points in law and 270 credit points in economics and other subjects from the School of Accounting, School of Economics and Finance, or School of Management)
- complete a total of 22 subjects in law (17 compulsory subjects and 5 electives)
- complete a total of 18 School subjects from the School of Economics and Finance, School of Accounting and/or School of Management (10 compulsory subjects and 8 electives)
- complete a maximum of 90 credit points at first year and a minimum of 90 credit points at third year in subjects from the School of Economics and Finance, School of Accounting, and/or School of Management
- complete no more than 180 credit points at first year level overall.
Course structure
First year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Dispute Resolution | LAW1DR | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Legal Institutions and Methods | LAW1LIM | 15 |
| either | |||
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Introduction to Quantitative Analysis | ECO2IQA | 15 |
| or | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | Calculus and Functions for Economics (teaching period 1) 1 | MAT1CFE | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Macroeconomics | ECO1IMA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Criminal Law | LAW2CRM | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Public Law | LAW2PPL | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Introductory Statistics for Business | ECO1ISB | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Microeconomics | ECO1IMI | 15 |
Second year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Contracts | LAW2CNT | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Torts | LAW2TOR | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomic Theory | ECO2MIT | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | History of Globalisation | ECO1HOG | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Commercial and Consumer Contracts | LAW2CCC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Constitutional Law | LAW2CNL | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Management Information Systems | BUS1MIS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 | Finance | FIN2FIN | 15 |
Third year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Criminal Procedure and Evidence | LAW3CPE | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Intermediate Statistics for Business | ECO2ISB | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomic Analysis | ECO3MIA | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Civil Procedure | LAW3CIV | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Property Law | LAW3PRP | 20 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Macroeconomic Theory | ECO2MAT | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One second or third year economics elective2, 3 | 15 |
Fourth year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Law of Equity and Trusts | LAW3EQT | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | One second or third year economics elective2, 3 | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | One third year elective from School of Accounting, School of Economics and Finance, or School of Management3 | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Administrative Law | LAW3ADM | 20 |
| Either | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | Competition Policy and Law4 | LAW2CPL/ LAW3CPL |
15 |
| Or | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | One subject from Master of Laws in Global Business Law with permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Macroeconomic Analysis | ECO3MAA | 15 |
Fifth year
| Teaching period |
Subject title | Subject code | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Corporations Law | LAW4COR | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Two third year economics electives2, 3 | 30 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Banking and Finance Law | LAW2BFL/ LAW3BFL |
15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Legal Practice and Conduct | LAW4LPC | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | One law elective | 15 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One third year economics elective2, 3 | 15 |
Key: 1 Students with a strong background in mathematics, including VCE Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics, are urged to consider taking MAT1CFE instead of ECO1IQA, and to take MAT1CLA as a first year School of Business elective in teaching period 1, second year.
2 Economics subjects include any subjects required for the six economics specialisations listed in foot note 3.
3 Students may specialise in any of the following areas: business economics, business models and forecasting, macroeconomic analysis and policy, microeconomic analysis and policy, international trade and finance, and resource and environmental economics. It is not possible to major in money and banking. See School of Business for details of subjects required for specialisations. Students intending to undertake honours in economics are advised to take either Introduction to Time-series Econometrics (ECO3ITE) or Econometric Methods (ECO3EME) in their final year of economics studies. By completing approved subjects, graduates may satisfy the educational requirements of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA). See School of Business for details..
4 Students may substitute a subject from the Master of Laws in Global Business Law with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Compulsory and Elective Law Subjects
For lists of compulsory and elective law subjects, refer to lists under Bachelor of Laws Graduate Entry (LBLG).