Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Business

The combined degrees program of Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Business requires the completion of a minimum of 180 units of study*.

Students enrolled in a combined degree program must complete the full program specified within the combined program for each degree before they can graduate with either award.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Laws programs and to receive credit for some or all of the topics already completed.

*198 units minimum for the Bachelor of Laws when combined with the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management).

Admission requirements

For admission to the program, students must apply for admission to Bachelor of Laws combined degrees through SATAC.

Eligible students who decide to take up the combined degrees program in a subsequent year will be required to apply to SATAC, or via university internal transfer, for admission to the Bachelor of Business.

Program of study

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• a Law component of 117 units for the Bachelor of Laws (which consists of 94.5 units of core topics and 22.5 units of option topics) [see Bachelor of Laws entry for further information];

• a Business component of:
  • 63 units consisting of 36 units of core topics and a 27 unit specialisation in Marketing, Management, International Business and Innovation and Enterprise or if no specialisation is selected, 27 units of BUSN electives) or
  •  81 units consisting of 36 units of core topics and a 45 unit specialisation in Human Resource Management
• Students are required to enrol in the Law Innovation topics INNO1100 and INNO2100 as per the combined degree Program of Study.  Where applicable BUSN option topics will replace the core INNO topics in the Business degree. 
• If INNO1001 and/or INNO2001 have been completed prior to enrolment, credit will be granted for INNO1100 and INNO2100 and BUSN elective topics will be completed to make up the required units. 

Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.

Bachelor of Business component

Core topics

BUSN1011  Accounting for Managers  (4.5 units)
BUSN1009  Quantitative Methods  (4.5 units)
BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
BUSN1022  Marketing Principles  (4.5 units)
BUSN2019  International Business Context  (4.5 units)
BUSN2038  Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN3055  Strategic Management  (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognizing Opportunities (4.5 units)

Business specialisations

Students must select no specialisation or one of the specialisations as indicated below:

No specialisation

27 units of BUSN electives

Human Resource Management

45 units comprising:

BUSN1021  Organisational Behaviour  (4.5 units)
BUSN2030  Training and Development  (4.5 units)
BUSN2032  Human Resource Planning, Recruitment and Selection  (4.5 units)
BUSN2044  Managing Diversity  (4.5 units)
BUSN3032  Reward and Performance Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN3033  Work Health and Safety  (4.5 units)
BUSN3035  Employee Relations  (4.5 units)
BUSN3050  International HRM  (4.5 units)
BUSN3059  Human Resources Strategy and Change Management  (4.5 units)
LLAW3253  Labour Law  (4.5 units)

Innovation and Enterprise

27 units comprising:

INNO1003 Collaboration, Co-Creation and the Crowd: Leveraging your Ecosystem for Innovation (4.5 units)
INNO2001 Innovation for Social Impact: Doing Good While Doing Well (4.5 units)
INNO2004 From Intuition to Insight: Validating Desirability, Feasibility and Viability (4.5 units)
INNO3001A From Innovation to Impact: Creating a Roadmap from Opportunity to Action (4.5 units)
INNO3002 Going Live! Entrepreneurial Strategies, Resources and Activities (4.5 units)

Including 4.5 units from:

BUSN2026 Entrepreneurship and Small Business (4.5 units)
BUSN3026 Business Planning (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 Digital Marketing and Analysis (4.5 units)
INNO3003 Finding Backers and Champions: Pitching for Financial Resources and Support (4.5 units)
INNO3005 Early Wins Matter: Nothing Happens Without a Sale (4.5 units)

International Business

27 units comprising:

BUSN2039  International Business Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN3037  Import-Export: Theory and Practice  (4.5 units)
BUSN3050  International HRM  (4.5 units)
BUSN3051  International Marketing  (4.5 units)

Including 9 units from:

BUSN2046  Operations and Supply Chain Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN3044  Industry Placement  (4.5 units)
BUSN3052  Leadership in Business and Society  (4.5 units)
BUSN3056  International Trade  (4.5 unit)

Management

27 units comprising:

BUSN1021  Organisational Behaviour  (4.5 units)
BUSN2039  International Business Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN3059  Human Resources Strategy and Change Management  (4.5 units)

Including 13.5 units from:

BUSN2024  Sustainable Resource Management  (4.5 units)
BUSN2046  Operations and Supply Chain Management  (4.5 units) 
BUSN3027  Digital Marketing and Analysis  (4.5 units)
BUSN3044  Industry Placement  (4.5 units)
BUSN3052  Leadership in Business and Society  (4.5 units)

Marketing

27 units comprising:

BUSN2020 Consumer Behaviour  (4.5 units)
BUSN2028 Market Research  (4.5 units)
BUSN3042 Marketing Planning and Strategy: Contemporary and Future Focused  (4.5 units)
BUSN3051 International Marketing  (4.5 units)

Including 9 units from:

BUSN2033 Branding and Advertising  (4.5 units)
BUSN2048 Social Media Marketing (4.5 units)
BUSN3027 Digital Marketing and Analysis  (4.5 units)
BUSN3030 Marketing Applications  (4.5 units)
BUSN3041 Services Marketing  (4.5 units)
BUSN3044  Industry Placement  (4.5 units)