INTRODUCTION

The five-year Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Business double degree at Edith Cowan University combines a new law degree program (subject to recognition by the Legal Practice Board) with an existing 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.

COURSE LOCATION AND MODE OF STUDY

The course is available full-time or part-time at Joondalup Campus.   

COURSE FEE STATUS

HECS based.

SPECIAL ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

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.

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 RECOGINITION

The Bachelor of Laws degree is an academic qualification which (subject to recognition by the Legal Practice Board) qualifies a graduate to undertake further training (articled training program) governed by the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA) which then qualifies the graduate to practice as a restricted and/or fully qualified legal practitioner in WA.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) / Bachelor of Business consists of 46 units.  Each unit is valued at 15 credit points giving a total course value of 690 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.

The Double Degree Structure:

21 LLB Core Units

11 LLB Elective Unit

14 Business Units as outlined below:

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) Component

A student must complete units to a total value of 210 points comprising:

Bachelor of Business (Accounting Program)

Foundation Program:

BES1100 Foundations of Business Knowledge

BES1200 Business Knowledge Development

BES2100 Foundations of Business Leadership

BES3100 Business Career Development

ACC1100 Accounting I (this is the first unit in the Accounting Major)

ECF1110 Economics I

ECF1120 Finance I

Bachelor of Business (Management) Component

A student must complete units to a total value of 210 points comprising:

Bachelor of Business (Management Program)

Foundation Program:

BES1100 Foundations of Business Knowledge

BES1200 Business Knowledge Development

BES2100 Foundations of Business Leadership

BES3100 Business Career Development

MAN1100 Management I (this is the first unit in the Management Major)

Plus choose two units from:

ACC1100 Accounting I

ECF1110 Economics I

ECF1120 Finance I

MIS1600 e-Business Systems

MKT1100 Marketing I