Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2014 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Coursework Policy 2014, the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Law School, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended), the Academic Honesty in Coursework Policy 2015 and the Academic Honesty Procedures 2016. Up to date versions of all such documents are available from the Policy Register: http://sydney.edu.au/policies.
Course resolutions
1 Course codes
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Code |
Course title |
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BPECNLAW-07 |
Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws |
2 Attendance pattern
3 Streams
(1)
The Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies in this combined degree is available in the following streams:
(2)
Completion of a stream is not a requirement of the Bachelor of Economics. The requirements for the completion of each stream are as specified in Table A for the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies or, in the case of the Dalyell Stream, in Table S of the Shared Pool for Undergraduate Degrees. Candidates wishing to transfer between streams should contact the Student Centre. Candidates who qualify for the Dalyell Stream may complete that stream while also completing another stream.
(3)
With the permission of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Law School, candidates for the combined Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws degree may undertake the Economics stream in the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies, as listed in the degree resolutions, by fulfilling requirements for the first 144 credit points of the stream in the Bachelor of Economics and then suspending their enrolment in the combined Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws degree and enrolling in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies to complete the requirements of the stream before proceeding with the Bachelor of Laws.
4 Cross-faculty management
(1)
Candidates will be under the general supervision of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences until the end of the semester in which they complete requirements for the Bachelor of Economics. After completion of requirements for the Bachelor of Economics, students will be under the supervision of the University of Sydney Law School.
(2)
The Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Law School shall jointly exercise authority in any matter concerned with the combined course not otherwise dealt with in these resolutions.
5 Admission to candidature
(1)
Admission to this course is on the basis of a secondary school leaving qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents), tertiary study or an approved preparation program. English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English. Special admission pathways are open for educationally disadvantaged applicants and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. Applicants are ranked by merit and offers for available places are issued according to the ranking. Details of admission policies are found in the Coursework Policy.
(2)
Admission to the Dalyell stream requires achievement of a minimum tertiary admission rank (ATAR) set by the Board of Interdisciplinary Studies, or equivalent.
6 Requirements for award
0.
In these resolutions, except where otherwise specified, Table A, the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table, Table S and Table O mean Table A, the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table, Table S and Table O as specified here.
(2)
To qualify for the award of the pass combined degrees, a candidate must complete 240 credit points, comprising:
(a)
a program in Economics (72 credit points) as specified in Table A for the Bachelor of Economics as set out in Section 7 below;
(e)
144 credit points of Law units of study as specified in the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table, of which 48 credit points are Combined Law compulsory units of study for Years 1, 2 and 3 of the combined degree and are credited towards the requirements for both the Bachelor of Economics and the Bachelor of Laws.
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To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Economics, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, comprising:
(b)
48 credit points of Combined Law compulsory subjects from years 1, 2 and 3 from the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table which shall take the place of the compulsory minor specified in the resolutions for the Bachelor of Economics.
(4)
Requirements for students in the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws who also enrol in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies
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For candidates completing the Bachelor of Economics in a combined degree with the Bachelor of Laws who enrol in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies to complete a stream or honours, the requirement in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies for completion of a second major shall be met by the 48 credit points of Law units specified in 6 (3) (b) above.
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To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Laws, a candidate must complete 144 credit points taken from the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table, comprising:
(a)
102 credit points of compulsory units of study as specified in the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table; and
(b)
42 credit points from the Elective Unit of Study Table (undergraduate) for the University of Sydney Law School, of which a maximum of 36 credit points are taken from Part 1, Elective Units of Study or as specified in 6 (5) (c) below, and a minimum of 6
credit points are taken from Part 2, Jurisprudence Units of Study.
(c)
Students may apply to take up to a maximum of 24 credit points of advanced learning Master's units of study as elective units of study
(i)
enrolment in Master's units of study will be subject to availability and any unit pre-requisites or assumed knowledge, which may include relevant industry experience or prior specialist study.
(ii)
enrolment in Master's units is only permitted after a candidate has completed 96 credit points towards the Bachelor of Laws.
(iii)
students may only enrol in Master's units listed in the Bachelor of Laws Elective units of study Table.
7 Programs
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Completion of a program in Economics (72 credit points) as specified in Table A for the Bachelor of Economics is a requirement for this combined degree.
8 Progression rules
(1)
Candidates in a combined law program must successfully complete LAWS1006 Foundations of Law before enrolling in any other Bachelor of Laws units of study.
(2)
Candidates are required to complete Bachelor of Laws units in the order listed in the University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table.
(3)
Except with permission of the Dean of the University of Sydney Law School, candidates must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Economics before proceeding to Year Four of the combined degree with the Bachelor of Laws.
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Except with the permission of the relevant program or major coordinator, candidates must pass all 1000-level units of study within a program, before proceeding to 2000- level units within that program, or else undertake those 1000-level units concurrently with the 2000-level units. Except with the permission of the relevant program or major coordinator, candidates must pass all 2000-level units of study within a program before proceeding to 3000-level units, or else undertake those 2000-level units concurrently with the 3000-level units.
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Candidates in the Dalyell Stream may proceed in the Bachelor of Economics according to the resolutions of the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies and Table S.
9 Requirements for award with Honours
(1)
Honours is available to meritorious candidates in the Bachelor of Laws and in an area of study in Economics by additional enrolment in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies and taking an embedded honours component.
(2)
Candidates undertaking an honours component within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences must complete the requirements for the honours course full-time over two consecutive semesters. If the School is satisfied that a student is unable to attempt the honours component on a full time basis and if the Associate Dean so recommends, permission may be granted to undertake honours part-time over four consecutive semesters. For candidates undertaking an honours component with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, admission, requirements and award of honours are according to these resolutions and the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
(3)
Candidates who qualify to undertake honours in the Bachelor of Economics may elect to enrol in the honours program:
(a)
with the permission of the University of Sydney Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Laws degree for one year, with the permission of the University of Sydney Law School; and enrolling in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies and taking an embedded honours component; or
(b)
by enrolling in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies and undertaking an embedded honours component after completion of both degrees in the combined program.
(4)
Admission to the embedded honours component in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies is by permission of the relevant honours coordinator or head of department after the completion of 144 credit points and the requirements for the Bachelor of Economics, including a program in Economics with an embedded Economics major and 12 credit points from Table O. Admission requires a WAM of at least 70 in units of study completed to that point, and a major or study of equivalent depth in the area of the proposed honours component.
(5)
To qualify for an award in the Bachelor of Economics and an embedded honours component in the Bachelor Advanced Studies, a candidate must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Advanced Studies (noting clause 9 (7) below), but include 48 credit points of honours units at 4000 level comprising five coursework seminars and a thesis.
(6)
For candidates completing the Bachelor of Economics in a combined degree with the Bachelor of Laws and also completing the embedded honours component in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies, the requirement in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies for completion of a second major shall be met by the 48 credit points of Law units specified in 6 (3) (b) above.
(7)
The grade of honours awarded on the basis of an embedded component in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies will be determined by an honours mark calculated from work in the embedded honours component as specified in Table A for the Bachelor of Economics.
(8)
Honours in the Bachelor of Laws is available to meritorious students who complete an alternative set of units of study in the final year of the combined degree program. Admission, requirements and calculation of the honours grade are as set out in the resolutions for the Bachelor of Laws.
10 Award of the degree
(1)
The Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws are awarded in the grades of either Pass or Honours.
(2)
Candidates who successfully complete the Bachelor of Economics as specified in 6 (3) and also complete an embedded honours component or a stream with the Bachelor of Advanced Studies as specified in clause 6 (4) or clause 9 (2) shall be awarded the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Advanced Studies with the appropriate stream or honours.
(3)
Candidates for the Bachelor of Economics with an embedded honours component in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies with honours who do not meet the requirements for honours but who meet the requirement for the pass degree, may be awarded the relevant degrees for which they fulfil requirements at pass level.
(4)
Honours in the Bachelor of Economics with an embedded honours component in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies taken as part of a combined degree with the Bachelor of Laws as specified in 9 above is awarded in classes ranging from First Class to Third Class in accordance with the following table and the resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
| A student who achieves an honours mark in the range... | will be awarded honours... | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80≤ honours mark ≤ 100 | First Class |
| 2 | 75 ≤ honours mark < 80 | Second Class / Division 1 |
| 3 | 70 ≤ honours mark < 75 | Second Class / Division 2 |
| 4 | 65 ≤ honours mark < 70 | Third Class |
(5)
Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in First Class or Second Class in accordance with the Resolutions of the Bachelor of Laws.
(6)
Candidates for the award of the Honours degree who do not meet the requirements, and who have not already graduated, will be awarded the pass degree.
(7)
For candidates qualifying for the Dalyell Stream, the words “Dalyell scholar” will be inserted below the degree name on the testamur.
11 Cross-institutional study
0.
Cross-institutional study is available in this course subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences during the first 144 credit points of the combined degree and subsequently subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the University of Sydney Law School.
12 International exchange
0.
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Law School encourage candidates in this course to participate in international exchange programs subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences during the first 144 credit points of the combined degree and subsequently subject to the terms set out in the Resolutions of the University of Sydney Law School.
13 Course transfer
(1)
A candidate may withdraw from the combined degree program and elect to transfer to the Bachelor of Economics by written application to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and complete the requirements in accordance with the resolutions governing that degree at the time of transfer. Candidature in the Bachelor of Laws will cease in these circumstances.
(2)
A candidate who has suspended enrolment in the combined degree to enrol in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies to complete an embedded honours component or a stream may abandon the Bachelor of Advanced Studies and return to the combined Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws.
14 Credit for previous study
0.
Credit transfer is subject to the relevant provisions of the Coursework Policy and the Resolutions of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of Sydney Law School.
15 Transitional provisions
(1)
These resolutions apply to students who commenced their candidature after 1 January, 2018 who are not seeking credit for prior study and students who commenced their candidature prior to 1 January, 2018 who elect to proceed under these resolutions.
(2)
Candidates who commence candidature after 1 January, 2018 who are seeking credit for prior study should note that the University does not undertake to offer 3000 level units in the Bachelor of Economics prior to 2020 and that it may not be possible to complete requirements for the Bachelor of Economics degree before the end of Semester 2 of that year. Where a student in the Bachelor of Economics proceeding under these resolutions applies for and is granted credit and wishes to complete the degree before 1 January 2020, the student will be offered the opportunity to complete the combined degree in a sequence that matches the availability of units in line with these resolutions.