BCom/LLB

For the first three years of the combined degree program, in place of elective units of study, students substitute compulsory Law units of study as specified below under Course rules. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the Commerce degree.

For further information regarding the core units of study and course majors available, students should refer to the information relating to the Bachelor of Commerce.

To be awarded the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, students must successfully complete a total of 240 credit points (96 credit points from the Faculty of Economics and Business and 144 credit points from the Faculty of Law), comprising:

From the Faculty of Economics and Business:

• Seven (7) core units of study (42 credit points) as listed under Commerce core units of study
• Either a major or an extended major in a Commerce subject area (See Bachelor of Commerce subject areas under the Bachelor of Commerce
• No more than 48 junior credit points from the Faculty of Economics and Business

From the Faculty of Law:

• Ten (10) compulsory units of study to be completed in the first three years of the combined program in the annual sequence as specified under Compulsory Law units of study
• An additional six (6) compulsory and six (6) elective Law units of study to be completed over the remaining two years of the degree at the Law School. For details please refer to the Law Faculty Handbook or the Faculty of Law website.

Commerce core units of study

• ACCT1001 Accounting 1A
• ACCT1002 Accounting 1B
• ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A
• ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics
• ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics
• INFS1000 Business Information Systems Foundations

• ECOF3001 Business Strategy

Commerce majors and electives

Majors available under the Commerce degree are listed under Bachelor of Commerce subject areas. Students should refer to the information in the Bachelor of Commerce for details of the requirements for majors and subject areas for electives which maybe undertaken in this degree.

Please Note: Because of the nature of the combined program and the prerequisites and other limitations, not all major/extended major combinations maybe available within this combined degree program.

Bachelor of Commerce subject areas for majors, extended majors or electives

The following list indicates the majors available in the Bachelor of Commerce. Students need to complete at least one major from this list as part of their degree. Students should check the Undergraduate subject areas for majors and electives and the Undergraduate units of study for information on the units of study available in each major.

* The Operations Management and Decision Sciences major is a new major for 2009 and replaces the Management Decision Sciences major.

Law units of study (compulsory and elective)

Students commencing their combined degree in 2007/2008 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated in the following information. Students who commenced their combined degree in 2006 and have only completed LAWS1006, LAWS1010 and LAWS1008 must complete the units of study in the yearly sequence indicated under Year 2 and Year 3 (excluding LAWS1019).

* Students who commenced in 2006 are not required to complete this unit.

All students continuing under old resolutions (Students commencing their third year of study and transfer students going into third year) must complete the following LAWS units of study according to the old resolutions.

Year 3 (For students who commenced their degree prior to 2006)

• Either LAWS2008 Contracts (six credit points) OR LAWS2009 Criminal Law (six credit points) (This unit must be completed by transfer students only)
• LAWS3003 Federal Constitution Law (12 credit points)
• LAWS3004 Law, Lawyers and Justice (12 credit points)

To satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce, students must complete the seven Commerce core units of study and a Commerce major or extended major. Instead of choosing additional elective units of study or majors they complete a specified sequence of compulsory Law units of study. For further information on the majors available students should refer to the Bachelor of Commerce information in this handbook. For full details on all Bachelor of Laws units of study, students should refer to the Sydney Law School Handbook or the Faculty of Law website. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the Commerce degree component of this course.

At the end of the third year, full-time students should have completed the requirements for their Commerce degree. An additional two years of study is required at the Law School where the remaining units of study for the Bachelor of Laws are completed. For details on the final years of this program, please refer to the Faculty of Law website.

The following table illustrates a generic example of a program of study for a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (first three years) on a full-time basis undertaking four units of study per semester. In this table, core units of study for the Bachelor of Commerce are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study are in italics.

Sample programs of study

Please click on the links below to download some of the common major/unit of study combinations for the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws.

Please Note.

(i) The Laws component of these programs of study relate only to students who commenced their combined degree in either 2007 or 2008. All other students should refer to the degree resolutions of the year they began their degree or refer to the information listed above under "Compulsory Law units of study for the combined degree program".

(ii) The information listed in these program of study examples are meant as a guide only. This information is intended for students who commenced their degree from 2008. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study and majors (see information at the bottom of this webpage. Students are advised to plan their degree based upon their individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their degree. For majors from other Faculties, students are advised to contact the relevant Department, Discipline or School for further information on what is needed to complete these majors.

• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Accounting
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Business Information Systems
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Commercial Law
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Econometrics
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Economics
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Finance
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in International Business
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Management
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Management Decision Sciences
• Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws with a major in Marketing

Please Note. These programs of study examples are meant for students who commenced their degree from 2007. Students who commenced their degrees prior to 2007 should follow the resolutions in the Faculty Handbook of the year they commenced their study (See Handbooks Archive for relevant edition). For details of the appropriate Law units to complete, students should download the latest details relating to "Sequence of laws units in Combined Law” from the Faculty of Law website.

Both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws can be awarded with honours.

For the Bachelor of Commerce students must successfully complete an additional honours year of study. For details of this honours year students should refer to the Honours year information listed under the Bachelor of Commerce.

For the award of honours in the Bachelor of Laws, students must obtain a certain weighted average mark (WAM) across all Law units of study, including those taken as part of the combined degree. An additional honours year is not required. For further details, students should refer to the particular combined Law resolution in the Faculty resolutions for undergraduate degrees in the Faculty Handbook or the Faculty of Law.

• FH027 Bachelor of Commerce
• FH030 Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws
• Other Faculty combined Law programs:
  • DH021 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
  • DH037 Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) and Bachelor of Laws
  • DH053 Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Laws
  • HH018 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws
  • Bachelor of International and Global Studies and Bachelor of Laws
  • LH006 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws

For more information regarding degree requirements and resolutions for this course in 2008, students should refer to the Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook.

Students who commenced their course prior to 2008, should refer to the handbook of the year they commenced their course.

The following is a list of the core units of study from the Faculty of Economics and Business which are available for enrolment this year.

For information on all the units of study available under this degree (including semester offerings), please refer to unit of study handbook

• ACCT1001 Accounting IA
• ACCT1002 Accounting IB
• ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A
• ECOF3001 Business Strategy
• ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics
• ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics
• INFS1000 Business Information Systems Foundations

• Accounting
• Business Information Systems
• Commercial Law
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations Management and Decision Sciences