INTRODUCTION

The five-year Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Business double degree at Edith Cowan University combines a Law degree program with a Business degree program.  The double degree provides students with lifelong transferable skills equipping them for employment in a wide range of professions, and for further study in a variety of disciplines.

SPECIAL EXIT POINTS

Bachelor of Laws OR Bachelor of Business can be awarded if sufficient credit points in the relevant program are completed and subject to meeting the course structure of that award.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The ECU Bachelor of Laws degree satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia.  As with other Bachelor of Laws degrees in Australia, before a law graduate may be admitted to the legal profession in that state or territory, certain additional requirements must be satisfied after completion of the Bachelor of Laws degree.  For law graduates seeking admission in Western Australia, refer to the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA).

For the Bachelor of Laws (LLB)/Bachelor of Business double degree in which students are majoring in Accounting please note the following:

Law units required for CPA and ICAA accreditation:  Student seeking CPA and other professional body accreditation must take LAW3109 Taxation Law in addition to LAW3102 Corporations Law which is a compulsory unit in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.

In accordance with the University admission requirements - as determined from time to time.

There are a number of possible entry options. Reference should be made to the ECU (Academic, Enrolment and Academic Progress Rules) and to the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) Guide.  The university may control and limit the admission and enrolment of students

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) / Bachelor of Business consists of 690 credit points (46 units x 15 credit points).  The program will include twenty-one (21) LLB core units and eleven (11) LLB elective units and fourteen (14) Bachelor of Business units.

In the Accounting Major, the unit LAW2300 Company Law II must not be undertaken. LAW3102 Corporations Law in the LLB program is the required unit.

In the Management Major, the unit LAW2150 Employment Law II must not be undertaken. LAW2105 Employment Law in the LLB program is the required unit.