Business Law
The units of study listed in the following table are those available for the current year. Students may also include any units of study, which are additional to those currently listed, which appear under these subject areas in the Business School handbook/website in subsequent years (subject to any prerequisite or prohibition rules).
Timetabling information for the current year is available on this website: Timetables.
Table A - The University of Sydney Business School
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Business Law |
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Honours in Business Law |
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| Achievement of Honours in Business Law requires 48 of credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 48 credit points of 4000-level core units. | |||
Business Law major |
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| Achievement of a major in Business Law requires 48 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units. | |||
Business Law minor |
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| Achievement of a minor in Business Law requires 36 credit points from this table comprising: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 18 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
Units of study |
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| The relevant units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core * |
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| CLAW1001 Foundations of Business Law |
6 | N CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW1003 Company Law |
6 | P CLAW1001 N CLAW2214 or CLAW2201 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| * Students who wish to combine a Business Law major or minor with the Professional Accounting program must complete CLAW1001 and CLAW1003, which will satisfy the requirements of the Professional Accounting Program unit CLAW2214. | |||
2000-level units of study |
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Selective |
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| CLAW2202 Business Failure and Restructuring |
6 | P CLAW2201 or CLAW1003 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW2203 Regulation of Securities Markets |
6 | P CLAW2201 or CLAW1003 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW2205 Competition and Consumer Law |
6 | P CLAW1001 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW2207 Business, Ethics and the Law |
6 | P CLAW1001 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW2208 Business Regulation, Risk and Compliance |
6 | P 24 credit points of study |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW2209 Intellectual Property for Business |
6 | P 24 credit points of study |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW2211 Commercial Practice in China |
6 | P 24 credit points of study |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW2212 Franchising |
6 | P 24 credit points of study |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW2213 Legal Regulation of Int'l Business |
6 | P 24 credit points of study |
Semester 2 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core (major only) |
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| CLAW3600 Business Law in Practice |
6 | P completion of at least 120 credit points including 3 x CLAW 2000 level units and 1 x CLAW 3000 level unit This unit should only be undertaken by students in their final semester of the Business Law major. |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| CLAW3201 Australian Taxation System |
6 | P CLAW1003 or CLAW2201 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CLAW3202 Tax Strategies for Business |
6 | P CLAW3201 |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW3206 Regulation of Mergers and Acquisitions |
6 | P CLAW1003 or CLAW2201 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW3207 Legal Regulation of Employment |
6 | P 24 credit points of study; including CLAW1001 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 2 |
| CLAW3208 Corporate Crime and Business |
6 | P CLAW1003 or CLAW2201 or CLAW2214 |
Semester 1 |
| CLAW3209 The Environment, Law and Business |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CLAW3210 Banking and Financial Law |
6 | P completion of at least 48 credit points N CLAW2204 |
Semester 1 |
4000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| BUSS4000 Honours in Business |
P BUSS4001 AND 2 x Honours coursework units in the specialisation area ((BUSS4112 and BUSS4113) or (BUSS4212 and BUSS4213) or (BUSS4312 and BUSS4313) or (BUSS4412 and BUSS4413) or (BUSS4512 and BUSS4513) or (BUSS4612 and BUSS4613) or (BUSS4712 and BUSS4713) or (BUSS4812 and BUSS4813)). C BUSS4104 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BUSS4001 Business Honours Research Methods |
12 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4712 Business Law Honours A |
6 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area C BUSS4001; BUSS4713 |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4713 Business Law Honours B |
6 | P Students must meet the entry requirements to the Honours program, including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in the specialisation area C BUSS4001; BUSS4712 |
Semester 1 |
| BUSS4104 Business Honours Thesis |
24 | P BUSS4001 + 2 x Honours coursework units in the specialisation area C BUSS4000 |
Semester 2 |