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Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
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- Location:
Joondalup - Study Mode:
Full-time
Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus
Online (Off-campus) - Duration:
5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Business and Law - School:
Law and Justice - Code:
Y04 - CRICOS:
061777A - Indicative ATAR (TER):
80
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Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Business
This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Bachelor of Business consists of 720 credit points (48 units) as listed below:
| Bachelor of Laws | Core units | 330 credit points | 22 units |
| Bachelor of Laws | Elective units | 150 credit points | 10 units |
| Bachelor of Business | 240 credit points | 16 units | |
Bachelor of Laws
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Requirements:
- Students should take care in ensuring that they satisfy the pre requisites for any unit.
- Students should check with the School of Law and Justice to determine which elective units are offered by the University in any semester.
- Unspecified Law electives, based on previous studies under a recognised LLB course, may be credited towards the above course by the Bachelor of Laws Course Coordinator and in accordance with the University's rules and policy on advanced standing.
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Bachelor of Business
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Requirements:
- No more than 180 credit points (12 units) completed at level one.
- A minimum of 60 credit points (4 units) completed at level three.
- Students must complete the 4 Business Edge units and a minimum of 5 Business Core units.
- Prerequisite units must be passed before enrolment in subsequent units. In certain circumstances this requirement may be waived by the relevant Major Co-ordinator.
- In general, all level one Business Core units must be completed before level two units are studied and level two units before level three units.
- In general, the Business Edge units must be completed sequentially with BES3100 taken in the final semester or year of study.
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Accounting Major
CPA and ICAA accreditation
In the Accounting Major, students do not need to take LAW2300 Company Law II unit for accounting professional
body accreditation. Instead, LAW3102 Corporations Law (LLB core unit) will be used for accreditation.
- Finance Major
LAW2410 Income Tax Framework is unable to be taken as part of this major if LAW3109 Taxation Law is taken as an
LLB elective unit.
- LAW1100 Legal Framework
Students requiring LAW1100 as a pre-requisite unit for a Level 2 or Level 3 unit can use LAW1111 or LAW1117 as a
substitute for LAW1100 in this double degree only. Students are required to contact the Faculty Student Information
Office for assistance in enrolling into any units that require LAW1100 as a pre-requisite. Planning students will be
required to take an additional Planning elective unit instead of LAW1100.
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All students are required to complete the core units (Business Edge and Business Core units) plus one business major.
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Business Edge units |
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60 credit points |
4 units |
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Business Core units* |
minimum of |
60 credit points |
4 units |
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A Business major program * (which includes one additional Business Core unit) |
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120 credit points |
8 units |
* A Business major program consists of 120 credit points (8 units) of study and includes one additional Business Core unit. Students must ensure their choice of Business core units includes the unit required by that major. All units listed in the major must be completed to satisfy the requirements of that major. Failure to do so may mean that students are required to take additional units to satisfy the requirements of the major.
COURSE PLANNERS (Study Programs)
Course planners are available from the Faculty of Business and Law Student Information Office. Students are encouraged to seek advice from the Faculty of Business and Law Student Information Office to help develop a personalised course planner.
BACHELOR OF LAWS Students must complete the following 330 credit points (22 units) of core units:
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW1113 | Criminal Law I | 15 | |
| LAW1214 | Criminal Law II | 15 | |
| LAW1111 | Contract Law I | 15 | |
| LAW1212 | Contract Law II | 15 | |
| LAW1117 | Torts I | 15 | |
| LAW1218 | Torts II | 15 | |
| LAW1116 | Legal Process | 15 | |
| LAW1600 | Legal Writing and Research | 15 | |
| LAW2102 | Property Law I | 15 | |
| LAW2312 | Property Law II | 15 | |
| LAW2350 | Administrative Law | 15 | |
| LAW2104 | Constitutional Law I | 15 | |
| LAW2314 | Constitutional Law II | 15 | |
| LAW3102 | Corporations Law | 15 | |
| LAW3106 | Evidence | 15 | |
| LAW3107 | Law of Trusts | 15 | |
| LAW3103 | Equity | 15 | |
| LAW4604 | Civil Procedure I | 15 | |
| LAW4614 | Civil Procedure II | 15 | |
| LAW4605 | Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting I | 15 | |
| LAW4615 | Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting II | 15 | |
| LAW4704 | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | 15 | |
BACHELOR OF LAWS Elective units Students must complete 150 credit points (10 units) selected from:
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRI1103 | Criminology | 15 | |
| CRI3109 | International Human Rights | 15 | |
| LAW2105 | Employment Law | 15 | |
| LAW2106 | Intellectual Property Law | 15 | |
| LAW2600 | Terrorism and the Law | 15 | |
| LAW2601 | Planning and Development Law I | 15 | |
| LAW2602 | Environmental Law and Administration | 15 | |
| LAW3105 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | 15 | |
| LAW3109 | Taxation Law | 15 | |
| LAW3201 | Law of Banking and Credit III | 15 | |
| LAW3260 | Asian Legal and Political Systems III | 15 | |
| LAW3608 | Advanced Taxation Law | 15 | |
| LAW3600 | Coronial Law and Mortuary Practice | 15 | |
| LAW3602 | Community Legal Practice | 15 | |
| LAW3605 | Occupational Health, Safety and Security Law and Policy | 15 | |
| LAW3700 | Supervised Legal Research Paper | 15 | |
| LAW4108 | International Law | 15 | |
| LAW4110 | International Trade Law | 15 | |
| LAW4130 | Innocence Project | 15 | |
| LAW4206 | Advanced Criminal Law | 15 | |
| LAW4607 | Family Law | 15 | |
| LAW4609 | Remedies | 15 | |
| LAW4601 | Mining and Resource Law | 15 | |
| LAW3221 | Trade Practices, Competition and Consumer Protection Law | 15 | |
| IAS1115 | Indigenous Australians, Cultural Competence and the Criminal Justice System | 15 | |
| LAW2410 | Income Tax Framework II | ** | 15 |
| FBL3501 | Business Practicum | 15 | |
** LAW2410 is only available to students taking the Accounting major in the Bachelor of Business.
HONOURS - LAW An undergraduate law student, who has not more than 120 points of study left to complete to qualify for a Bachelor of Laws degree and who has achieved a weighted average mark of not less than 70% across previously completed Bachelor of Laws units, may be eligible to graduate with Honours. Eligible students must complete LAW4710 - Advanced Legal Research Thesis in lieu of 30 credit points of law elective units. Completion of LAW4710 does not guarantee a student will receive a Bachelor of Laws (Honours). Except as otherwise provided, the policy Management of Honours Candidature, Grading of Honours Performance and Student Support applies. The Honours grade will be based on both completed units within the Bachelor of Laws degree as well as LAW4710. The coursework and dissertation mark are combined in proportion to the credit point values in determining the overall mark and honours grade. There is no third class honours.
ELECTIVE UNIT - HONOURS
| Unit | Description | Points | |
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| LAW4710 | Advanced Legal Research Thesis | 30 | |
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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS
| Unit | Description | Points | |
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| Business Edge units (4 units) | |||
| BES1100 | Foundations of Business Knowledge | 15 | |
| BES1200 | Business Knowledge Development | 15 | |
| BES2100 | Foundations of Business Leadership | 15 | |
| BES3100 | Business Career Development | 15 | |
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| FBL3501 | Business Practicum | 15 | |
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| Business Core units* (4 units) selected from: | |||
| ACC1100 | Accounting I | 15 | |
| ECF1110 | Economics I | 15 | |
| ECF1120 | Finance I | 15 | |
| ECF1151 | Quantitative and Statistical Techniques for Business | 15 | |
| MAN1100 | Management I | 15 | |
| MAN1600 | Information Systems for Business | 15 | |
| MKT1600 | Marketing Principles & Practices | 15 | |
* As each Bachelor of Business major contains one additional business core unit within its structure students must ensure their choice of Business core units includes the unit required by that major. Failure to do so may mean that students are required to take additional units to satisfy the requirements of the major. LAW1100 Legal Framework Students requiring LAW1100 as a pre-requisite unit for a Level 2 or Level 3 unit can use LAW1111 or LAW1117 as a substitute for LAW1100 in this double degree only. Students are required to contact the Faculty Student Information Office for assistance in enrolling into any units that require LAW1100 as a pre-requisite. Planning students will be required to take an additional Planning elective unit instead of LAW1100.