C10125v7 Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws
Award(s): Bachelor of Business (BBus)Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
UAC code: 609010
CRICOS code: 008756B
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Location: City campus
Overview
Career options
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course diagram
Course program
Levels of award
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This combined program is offered jointly by UTS: Law and UTS: Business. One of the most popular combined degrees offered by UTS: Law, the Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws (BBus LLB) combines foundational understanding of law and important aspects of business with a wide choice of business majors and sub-majors, with real-world experience to make students work-ready upon graduation.
The program provides full-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer (providing they undertake the optional practical legal training (PLT) component) together with a business specialisation.
The degree seeks to provide students with the knowledge, competencies and values necessary to develop critical, analytical and evaluative skills essential for a dynamic and rewarding career in business and law.
Career options
Career options include a lawyer or adviser specialising in corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, property, and intellectual property, as well as management consultant or professional in the chosen business specialisation (such as an accountant or marketing executive).
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 575 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 90 overall with a writing score of 21; or DEEP: C; or PTE: 64
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Assumed knowledge
Proficiency in english and mathematics.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is five years of full-time study. The law component requires attendance of 10–15 hours of lectures a week and timetable constraints may require attendance at both daytime and evening classes.
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 240 credit points, allowing students to graduate with the separate degrees of Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws. The study components for course completion are as follows.
The law component of 144 credit points is made up of:
- 102 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
- 18 credit points of law options, and
- either 24 credit points of PLT subjects or an additional 24 credit points of law options.
The business component of 96 credit points comprises:
- 48 credit points of core business subjects, and
- 48 credit points of subjects within a business major.
Refer to the course entry in the UTS: Handbook 2007 for the pre-2008 course structure. For a current listing of subjects in each course refer to the study package directory. In particular, refer to the correct structure of the PLT options in CBK90437.
Industrial training/professional practice
To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training, which UTS offers through its PLT program.
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws have the option of completing the PLT program within their undergraduate law degree. Alternatively, students who wish to practise as lawyers in NSW can complete their Bachelor of Laws by including further law electives and then undertake a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (C07075).
Course completion requirements
| STM90273 Core subjects (Business) | 48cp | |
| STM90691 Law stream | 144cp | |
| CBK90169 Major choice (Business) | 48cp | |
| Total | 240cp |
Course diagram
Course program
The standard program shown is for a full-time student who has chosen the Human Resources Management major in the Bachelor of Business and has elected to undertake PLT within the Bachelor of Laws.
All options shown are law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK90592.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 21129 Managing People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| 22107 Accounting for Business Decisions A | 6cp | |
| 25115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| 26100 Integrating Business Perspectives | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 24108 Marketing Foundations | 6cp | |
| 70115 Perspectives on Law | 8cp | |
| 70120 Legal Method and Research | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn or Spring semester | ||
| 22207 Accounting for Business Decisions B | 6cp | |
| Autumn semester | ||
| 26134 Business Statistics | 6cp | |
| 70311 Torts | 8cp | |
| 70218 Criminal Law | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70211 Contracts | 8cp | |
| 70616 Australian Constitutional Law | 8cp | |
| 25300 Fundamentals of Business Finance | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp | |
| 70327 Commercial Law | 6cp | |
| 21555 Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21510 The Global Context of Management | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70517 Equity and Trusts | 8cp | |
| 21440 Management Skills | 6cp | |
| 70617 Administrative Law | 8cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 21036 Managing Strategic Performance | 6cp | |
| 70417 Corporate Law | 8cp | |
| 70717 Evidence and Criminal Procedure | 6cp | |
| 21037 Managing Employee Relations | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 21407 Strategic Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21512 Understanding Organisations: Theory and Practice | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points of options | 12cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 21505 Human Resource Management (Capstone) | 6cp | |
| 75420 Ethics and Professional Conduct | 6cp | |
| 75421 Civil Litigation | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 75402 Property Transactions | 6cp | |
| 75403 Commercial and Estate Practice | 6cp | |
| 75411 Practical Experience | 0cp | |
| 75412 Legal Skills | 6cp | |
| 75413 Advocacy | 6cp | |
Levels of award
The Bachelor of Laws may be awarded with first or second class honours, which does not require an additional honours year. Honours candidates must complete the research thesis within the law option component. The rules concerning the Bachelor of Laws with honours can be found in undergraduate course information.
Professional recognition
This course satisfies the requirements for admission to the Supreme Court of NSW as a lawyer, provided students undertake the optional PLT component.
Other information
Further information on the law component is available from:
Further information on the business component is available from UTS: Business on:
www.business.uts.edu.au
