Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
Course code/s: LWLBUS
Note – subject to university approval, some changes to this program are pending, particularly at first year.
Course Description
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 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 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 Business, Economics and Law section of this Handbook. The course is also available at Bendigo campus, but students commencing their studies at Bendigo normally 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 eight (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 | Academic Integrity Module (online) | |
| TE-SEM-1* | Business Foundations | BUS1BUF |
| TE-SEM-1* | Accounting and Finance for Business | BUS1AFB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Dispute Resolutions | LAW1DR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Legal Institutions and Methods | LAW1LIM |
| TE-SEM-2* | Business Economics | BUS1BUE |
| TE-SEM-2* | Business Analytics | BUS1BUA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Criminal Law | LAW1CRL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Public Law | LAW1PPL |
* This is the preferred order in which these subjects should be taken.
Note: MGT1AIM is a not-for-credit subject which students are required to complete at the commencement of their first semester. The subject is designed to enhance the student's knowledge and awareness of issues concerning academic integrity
Second year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 1 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Either an FBEL or LTU free elective # | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Contract Law A | LAW2CTA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Principles of Tort Law | LAW2TOT |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 1 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Either an FBEL or LTU free elective # | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Contract Law B | LAW2CTB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Constitutional Law | LAW2CSL |
# Unless taking a sequence of two language subjects, students are limited to one LTU elective in second year.
Third year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 2 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 2 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Statutory Interpretation | LAW2STA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Foundations of Property Law | LAW2FPL |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 2 or 3 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 3 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Civil Procedure | LAW2CIV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Real Property Law | LAW2RPT |
Fourth year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 3 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Evidence and Criminal Procedure | LAW2ECP |
| TE-SEM-1 | SoL level 2 or 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 3 elective (Major) | |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Principles of Administration Law | LAW3ADN |
| TE-SEM-2 | SoL level 3 List A elective | |
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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 | SoL level 2 or 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | SoL level 2 or 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Legal Practice and Conduct | LAW3LPC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Remedies | LAW3REM |
| TE-SEM-2 | SoL level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | SoL level 3 List A elective | |
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Compulsory and Elective Law Subjects
For lists of compulsory and elective law subjects, refer to the entries for Bachelor of Laws Compulsory subjects and Bachelor of Laws electives.