Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (BCLA) - BComLLB
QTAC code (Australian and New Zealand applicants): Toowoomba campus: 904941; External: 904945; Springfield campus: 924941
CRICOS code (International applicants): 070615M
On-campus* | External | |
Semester intake: | Semester 1 (February) Semester 2 (July) Semester 3 (November) | Semester 1 (February) Semester 2 (July) Semester 3 (November) |
Campus: | Springfield, Toowoomba | - |
Fees: | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place | Commonwealth supported place Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place |
Standard duration: | 5 years full-time, up to 10 years part-time |
Notes
Students can commence study in semester 3 at Springfield campus
or via distance education only.
Limited law courses are available in semester 3.
Footnotes | |
* | Not all Commerce majors are available on-campus at Springfield. |
Contact us
Future Australian and New Zealand students | Future International students | Current students |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au |
Phone: +61 7 4631 5543 Email: international@usq.edu.au |
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au |
Professional accreditation
The Bachelor of Laws has been accredited by the , and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland as an approved academic qualification under the Supreme Court (Admission) Rules 2004 (Qld). This will partially satisfy the requirements to practise as a solicitor or barrister in Queensland, or as a legal practitioner elsewhere in Australia. Intending solicitors and barristers must also complete an approved practical legal training course in order to become admitted to practise law. USQ does not offer practical legal training, but advice on practical legal training programs can be obtained through .
Accounting major graduates will meet the educational entrance requirements of and (ICAA). This provides Associate membership of CPA Australia, eligibility to study the CPA professional exams and eligibility to study the ICAA professional exams.
Successful completion of the Accounting major can qualify students for exemptions from the Fundamental level (9 papers) of the (ACCA) exams. For further details please refer to the ACCA website.
Finance major graduates will meet the educational entrance requirements to become a member of the .
The Information Technology Management major is accredited at professional level by the and, through the Seoul Accord, is recognised in other countries.
Program aims
The program aims to produce graduates who meet the aims and objectives of both the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Laws. This double degree offers students the benefit of exposure to multiple disciplines.
Program objectives
At the completion of the program, students should be able to:
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demonstrate strong communication skills
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identify, analyse and solve problems in different decision contexts
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think constructively and logically
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make effective and creative use of modern technologies
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acquire specific knowledge and skills relevant to their major study areas
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demonstrate an understanding of the principles of accounting, finance, economics and business
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satisfy educational entrance requirement of relevant professional bodies
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act within the ethics of their profession
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demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical framework of subject areas of study
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apply theoretical knowledge, concepts and principles to areas of practical significance
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research legal issues proficiently l
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critically appraise law reform trends and recent developments and assess their impact upon legal practice and public policy.
Admission requirements
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Year 12 English [4,SA] or equivalent.
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Admission to the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws is in accordance with for undergraduate programs.
All students are required to satisfy the applicable .
If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, you may be admitted to an award program.
Program fees
Commonwealth supported place
A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government
makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and
you as a student pay a , which varies depending on the
courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may
be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .
Domestic full fee paying place
Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through
the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the
courses that are taken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular
course via the
Domestic full fee paying students
may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship
requirements.
Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa
holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens
who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program
pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .
International full fee paying place
International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Program structure
The Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws double degree comprises 40 units as follows:
Area of study | Number of courses |
Commerce courses | 16 courses (7 x core courses; plus 1 x 8鈥揷ourse major, plus 1 elective course*) |
Law courses | 24 courses (19 core courses; plus 5 law elective courses) |
Footnotes | |
* | Students can choose from undergraduate courses from across the 精东传媒app subject to meeting any prerequisite requirements. |
The structure is set out in the following table:
All majors | ||
Commerce core | 7 courses | Refer to the Commerce core course list below. |
Commerce major | 8 courses | Choose a Commerce major from the following:
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Elective | 1 course | Any elective from USQ undergraduate programs subject to pre-requisite requirements. |
Law core | 19 courses | Refer to the Law core course list below. |
Law electives | 5 courses | Refer to the Law elective course list below. |
Core courses
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
Commerce core courses | |||
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 1, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 2, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
1, 3 | 1 | 1, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 | 1, 2 | 2, 3 | |
Select one of the following two courses: * | |||
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1, 2, 3 | |
1, 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Law core courses | |||
1, 2 | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | |
1, 2 | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2, 3 | 2 | 2 | |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
1, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
2 | 2 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | Students undertaking the Business Economics major should select . |
Electives/Approved courses
Choose five of the following Law electives. Some courses are offered biennially.
Course | Semester of offer Distance/Online |
Semester of offer Toowoomba campus |
Semester of offer Springfield campus |
3 | |||
1 | 1 | ||
2 | 2 | ||
1 | |||
2 | 2 | ||
1, 2, 3 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | |||
1 | |||
1 | 1 | ||
3 | |||
2 | 2 | ||
3 | |||
2 | |||
2 | |||
LAW3442 Workplace Law* | 2 | 2 | |
LAW3444 Competition and Consumer Law* | 2 | ||
2 | 2 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
LAW3467 Health Law* | 2 | 2 | |
LAW3468 Regional and Rural Legal Practice * | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | ||
LAW3470 Principles of Public Law* | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | ||
LAW3473 Construction Law* | 1 | 1 | 1 |
~^ | 2, 3 |
Footnotes | |
* | This course will not be offered in 2016. |
~ | is not available to international students regardless of location or mode of study as it is an elective course. Australian regulations do not allow an elective work-based training course that is not a mandatory program requirement to be offered to international students. |
^ | A student must have completed 16 units before enrolling in . |
Exit points
If students commence the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws and wish to exit with a Bachelor of Commerce , then they may do so if they have completed the Commerce core courses; one Commerce major; at least 4 courses in Law constituting a minor study in Law and 5 electives.
Credit
Credit may be permitted for a limited number of courses, equivalent in content and level, successfully completed recently with a recognised institution, in accordance with USQ policy.
Honours
For details regarding the award of Honours in the Bachelor of Laws program, please refer to the Bachelor of Laws (Honours).
Recommended enrolment patterns
In this section:
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba and external (semester 1 intake)
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba and external (semester 2 intake)
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield (semester 1 intake)
- Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield (semester 2 intake)
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba and external (semester 1 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Commerce major 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Commerce major 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
Commerce major 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Commerce major 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||
Commerce major 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
Commerce major 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - ( and ) or LAW1201; All other students - ( and ) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 and LAW2203). | |||
Commerce major 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
Commerce major 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: {( and ) or LAW1201} and and | |||
Elective* | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
Law elective 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW3201 and LAW3461) | |||
4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203) | |||
4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or LAW1202 | |||
Law elective 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
Law elective 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or LAW3205 | |||
5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - or LAW3205. | |||
5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2202) | |||
5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2205 and LAW3423) | |||
Law elective 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
Law elective 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | Students can choose from undergraduate courses from across the 精东传媒app, subject to meeting any prerequisite requirements. |
Recommended enrolment pattern - Toowoomba and external (semester 2 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||
2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
Commerce major 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||
Commerce major 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Pre-requisite: {( and ) or LAW1201} and and | |||
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Commerce major 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or LAW1202 | |||
Commerce major 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - ( and ) or LAW1201; All other students - ( and ) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 and LAW2203). | |||
Commerce major 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW3201 and LAW3461) | |||
4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||
4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203) | |||
Commerce major 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||
4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or LAW3205 | |||
Commerce major 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
Commerce major 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
Elective* | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2202) | |||
5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2205 and LAW3423) | |||
Law elective 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
Law elective 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||
5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - or LAW3205. | |||
Law elective 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
Law elective 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
Law elective 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Footnotes | |
* | Students can choose from undergraduate courses from across the 精东传媒app, subject to meeting any prerequisite requirements. |
Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield (semester 1 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 1 | ||||||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||||
1 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||||
1 | 2 | ||||||
1 | 2 | ||||||
Commerce major 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Commerce major 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
2 | 1 | ||||||
2 | 1 | ||||||
2 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
2 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
Commerce major 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Commerce major 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
2 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||||
2 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||||
Commerce major 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Commerce major 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
3 | 1 | ||||||
3 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - ( and ) or LAW1201; All other students - ( and ) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 and LAW2203). | |||||
Commerce major 7 | 3 | 2 | |||||
3 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
Commerce major 8 | 3 | 2 | |||||
3 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
4 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
4 | 1 | Pre-requisite: {( and ) or LAW1201} and and | |||||
Elective* | 4 | 1 | |||||
Law elective 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW3201 and LAW3461) | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203) | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or LAW1202 | |||||
Law elective 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Law elective 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||
5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or LAW3205 | |||||
5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - or LAW3205. | |||||
5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2202) | |||||
5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2205 and LAW3423) | |||||
Law elective 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||
Law elective 5 | 5 | 2 |
Footnotes | |
* | Students can choose from undergraduate courses from across the 精东传媒app, subject to meeting any prerequisite requirements. |
Recommended enrolment pattern - Springfield (semester 2 intake)
Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.
Course | Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied | Enrolment requirements | |||||
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On-campus (ONC) | External (EXT) | Online (ONL) | |||||
Year | Sem | Year | Sem | Year | Sem | ||
1 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||||
1 | 2 | Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLA or BCBL or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU | |||||
Select one of the following two courses: | |||||||
1 | 2 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | ||||||
1 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
1 | 1 | ||||||
2 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||||
2 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BEDU (Legal Studies) Students or LAW1201; all other Students ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
2 | 2 | ||||||
2 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2203) | |||||
Commerce major 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
2 | 1 | Pre-requisite: {( and ) or LAW1201} and and | |||||
2 | 1 | ||||||
Commerce major 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Commerce major 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
3 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or LAW1202 | |||||
Commerce major 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||
3 | 2 | Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
3 | 1 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
3 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - ( and ) or LAW1201; All other students - ( and ) or (LAW2201 and LAW2202 and LAW2203). | |||||
Commerce major 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||
3 | 1 | ||||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW3201 and LAW3461) | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or LAW1201 | |||||
4 | 2 | Pre-requisite: ( and ) or (LAW3205 and LAW3203) | |||||
Commerce major 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
4 | 1 | Pre-requisite: or LAW3205 | |||||
Commerce major 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Commerce major 8 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Elective* | 4 | 1 | |||||
5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2201 and LAW2202) | |||||
Law elective 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||
Law elective 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||
5 | 2 | Pre-requisite: or (LAW2205 and LAW3423) | |||||
5 | 1 | Pre-requisite: Students enrolled prior to 2016 - or (LAW2205 and LAW3423); All other students - or LAW3205. | |||||
Law elective 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Law elective 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Law elective 5 | 5 | 1 |
Footnotes | |
^ | This course is offered at Springfield campus in semester 1 only. If a student wishes to complete this course, they should either enrol in distance/online mode or select another course which is offered at Springfield campus in semester 2. |
* | Students can choose from undergraduate courses from across the 精东传媒app, subject to meeting any prerequisite requirements. |