Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws – Progression guide
The following table illustrates a degree progression example for a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws on a full-time basis undertaking a total of 24 credit points per semester.
Note: In this table, core units of study for the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study are in italics.
YEAR |
SEMESTER |
UNITS OF STUDY |
CREDIT POINTS |
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Year 1 |
Semester 1 |
BUSS1001 Understanding Business |
BUSS1030 Accounting, Business and Society |
BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making |
LAWS1006 Foundations of Law |
24 |
|
Semester 2 |
BUSS1002 The Business Environment |
BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis |
BCom |
LAWS1012 Torts |
LAWS1013 Legal Research I + |
24 |
|
Year 2 |
Semester 1 |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
BCom |
LAWS1015 Contracts |
LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
24 |
|
Semester 2 |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
BCom junior or senior unit of study |
LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
24 |
||
Year 3 |
Semester 1 |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
BCom senior unit of study |
LAWS1023 Public International Law |
24 |
|
Semester 2 |
BUSS3500 Integrated Business Applications |
BCom senior unit of study (for the major) |
LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
LAWS1021 Public Law |
LAWS1019 Legal Research II + |
24 (144*) |
|
Year 4 | Semester 1 |
LAWS2010 Administrative Law |
LAWS2011 Federal Constitution Law |
LAWS2012 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law |
LAWS2013 The Legal Profession |
24 |
|
Semester 2 |
LAWS2014 Corporations Law |
LAWS2015 Equity |
LAWS2016 Evidence |
LAWS2017 Real Property |
24 |
||
Year 5 | Semester 1 |
LAWS2018 Private International Law A |
Bachelor of Laws - Part 1 and Part 2 electives * |
48 (6+42) |
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Semester 2 | Bachelor of Laws - Part 1 and Part 2 electives * | ||||||
240 |
* To complete years four and five, students graduate from the Bachelor of Commerce and transfer into the single Bachelor of Laws degree, administered by the Sydney Law School.
+ These units are zero credit point units.
Note: The information listed in this example is based on the unit of study offerings for 2016 and is intended as a guide only.
Students are usually able to complete the units of study for their course in different sequences to that which is listed (including enrolling in units in Summer or Winter School sessions when available).
Students are advised to plan their course based upon their individual needs and to contact Staff and Student Services if they need any assistance in planning their degree progression.
The Business School website illustrates units of study progression sequences for specific majors in this combined degree. This information can be accessed at sydney.edu.au/business/courses/BComLLB.
Progression into the Bachelor of Laws single degree
By the end of the third year in the combined degree program, full-time students should have completed the requirements for their Bachelor of Commerce degree (144 credit points) and will be eligible to graduate with this degree.
Students then transfer to the single Bachelor of Laws degree in their fourth year and complete the remaining requirements for this degree under the supervision of the Sydney Law School. An additional two years of study are required at the Law School ('Year 4' and 'Year 5' as indicated under Law units of study (core and elective) in the preceding information, where the remaining units of study for the Bachelor of Laws are completed.
Further information on the final years of this program is available in the Sydney Law School Handbook.