C10125v9 Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Laws
Award(s): Bachelor of Business (BBus)Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
UAC code: 609010 (Autumn semester)
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
Honours
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 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 academic requirements only for admission as a lawyer.
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 legal adviser within a government department, lawyer in corporate and commercial sector, 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: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
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:
- 108 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
- 30 credit points of law options, and
- 6 credit points of legal theory 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.
For a current listing of subjects in each course refer to the study package directory.
Industrial training/professional practice
To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal academic qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its PLT program.
Students enrolled in this course may complete their practical legal training by undertaking a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
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 law options.
All options shown are law options and are to be drawn from those on offer in CBK90922.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 21129 Managing People and Organisations | 6cp | |
| 22107 Accounting for Business Decisions A | 6cp | |
| 23115 Economics for Business | 6cp | |
| 26100 Integrating Business Perspectives | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 24108 Marketing Foundations | 6cp | |
| 26134 Business Statistics | 6cp | |
| 70102 Foundations of Law | 8cp | |
| 70103 Ethics Law and Justice | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 22207 Accounting for Business Decisions B | 6cp | |
| 70311 Torts | 8cp | |
| 70114 Criminal Law and Procedure | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70211 Contracts | 8cp | |
| 70616 Australian Constitutional Law | 8cp | |
| 25300 Fundamentals of Business Finance | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70104 Civil Practice | 6cp | |
| 70327 Commercial Law | 6cp | |
| 21555 Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21510 Business Futures | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 70317 Real Property | 8cp | |
| 71116 Remedies | 6cp | |
| 70109 Evidence | 6cp | |
| 21440 Management Skills | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70617 Administrative Law | 8cp | |
| 70517 Equity and Trusts | 8cp | |
| 21037 Managing Employee Relations | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 21036 Managing Strategic Performance | 6cp | |
| 21407 Strategic Human Resource Management | 6cp | |
| 21512 Understanding Organisations: Theory and Practice | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 76008 Jurisprudence | 6cp | |
| 76033 Animal Law and Policy in Australia | 6cp | |
| 76057 Judgment and the Rule of Law | 6cp | |
| 76081 Gender, Law and Sexuality | 6cp | |
| 78039 Wickedness and Vice | 6cp | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 70417 Corporate Law | 8cp | |
| 21505 Human Resource Management (Capstone) | 6cp | |
| 70108 Public International Law | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| Select 24 credit points of options | 24cp | |
Honours
Students can graduate with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) if they complete subjects 76090 Research Methodology and 76040 Research Thesis within the course. The degree may be awarded with first or second class honours, which does not require an additional honours year. The rules concerning the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) can be found in undergraduate course information.
Students who meet these criteria for honours are eligible for transfer into the appropriate undergraduate honours exit course on completion of all coursework. This transfer is managed by the Haymarket Student Centre and occurs just prior to graduation.
Professional recognition
This course satisfies the requirements for admission to the Supreme Court of NSW as a lawyer, provided students complete a practical legal training program, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
Other information
Further information is available from:
UTS Student Centre
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
