Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
Course code/s: LWLBUS Melbourne
The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business is a five-year combined degree at Melbourne campus providing an accredited professional qualification in law as well as a degree in business. The program offers an innovative, high quality legal education with a strong global and social justice perspective and a real emphasis on hands-on experiences. It 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, including subjects complementary to business such as banking and finance law, income taxation law and international 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 complete a business major in business economics, financial management, financial planning, human resource management, macroeconomics, management information systems, international management, management or marketing. For further information, see the entry for the Bachelor of Business in the Faculty of Law and Management section of this Handbook. The course is also available at Bendigo campus, but students commencing their studies at Bendigo transfer to Melbourne after two full-time years of study where they complete the remainder of their course.
Admission requirements
Admission requirements are VCE units 3 and 4 of English, with a study score of at 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English.
Degree requirements
Students must:
- complete a total of at least five years of full-time study or equivalent;
- complete in sequence the compulsory law subjects;
- complete in sequence the compulsory business subjects;
- complete a total of 600 credit points (360 credit points in law and 240 credit points in accounting, business, economics, finance, management and marketing)
- complete a major from a business discipline
Note - a major consists of 8 (120 credit points) prescribed subjects and will include no more than 30 credit points at first-year level, 30 or more credit points at second-year level, and 45 or more credit points at third-year level. For more information on subjects that are part of business majors link to Business Majors .
Course structure
First year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Dispute Resolution | LAW1DR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Legal Institutions and Methods | LAW1LIM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Accounting for Management Decisions | ACC1AMD |
| TE-SEM-1 | Microeconomics | ECO1IMI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Criminal Law | LAW1CRL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Public Law | LAW1PPL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Foundations of Management | MGT1FOM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Macroeconomics | ECO1IMA |
Second year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Contract Law A | LAW2CTA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Principles of Tort Law | LAW2TOT |
|
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2 |
Management Information Systems | BUS1MIS |
| Either | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Sustainability in Global Business | ECO1SGB |
| or | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Climate, Sustainability and Society | ENV1CSS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Contract Law B | LAW2CTB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Constitutional Law | LAW2CSL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introductory Statistics for Business | ECO1ISB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Marketing: Defined, Planned and Delivered (Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus) | MKT1MDP |
Third year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Statutory Interpretation | LAW2STA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Foundations of Property Law | LAW2FPL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Finance | FIN2FIN |
| TE-SEM-1 | Second Year Subject from chosen Business Major | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Civil Procedure | LAW2CIV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Real Property Law | LAW2RPT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Two Second Year Subject from chosen Business Major |
Fourth year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Evidence and Criminal Procedure | LAW2ECP |
| TE-SEM-1 | One Third Year Law Elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Two 3rd Year Subject from chosen Business Major | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Administrative Law | LAW3ADN |
| TE-SEM-2 | One Law Elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One Third Year FLM Elective from approved menu-see below1 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One Third Year Subject from chosen Business Major |
Fifth year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Company Law | LAW3CMP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Principles of Equity and Trusts | LAW3ETR |
| TE-SEM-1 | One Law Elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Third Year Subject from chosen Business Major | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Remedies | LAW3REM |
| TE-SEM-2 |
Legal Practice and Conduct |
LAW3LPC |
| TE-SEM-2 | One Law Elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | One Third Year FLM Elective from approved menu-see below1 |
Law Menu
- Elective must be taken from one of: Banking and Finance Law LAW3BFL; Employment and Labour Relations Law LAW3ELR; Income Taxation Law LAW3ITL; Advanced Tax Law LAW3ATL; or a subject from the Master of Laws in Global Business Law program or an approved subject relevant to the major.
Compulsory and Elective Law Subjects
For lists of compulsory and elective law subjects, refer to lists under Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) (LVLGE).