The Bachelor of Laws degree may be combined with a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Accounting, Actuarial Studies, Business Economics, Business Statistics, Business Strategy and Economic Management, Economic History, Finance, Financial Economics, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business, Marketing or Management.

This program provides an opportunity to obtain two degrees of professional importance to business, administration and commercial law practice.

Duration/Award
The program is a five year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (BCom/LLB).

Distinction
The BCom degree may be awarded with Distinction where a student has achieved a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75% in the UNSW courses completed as part of that degree.

Transferring Majors (Plans)
Students must nominate a major (plan code) at enrolment. Subsequent transfers to another major may be possible subject to the approval of both Faculties.

Graduation
Candidates enrolled in the combined degree programs may be awarded the degree of BCom after the completion of specified requirements. Full details are given in the 'Rules Relating to the Award of Degrees'.

Commerce & Economics Courses
Apart from service courses for other Faculties, and unless specified as from which discipline they must be chosen, commerce & economics options may be chosen from any course taught by the Faculty of Business according to the requirements for the selected Commerce major. (The usual course pre-requisites, co-requisites and exclusions apply). No course can be counted both as an option and as a prescribed course.

Approved Sequence of Study
Students must study commerce and economics courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Business and law courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Law. Approved sequences for each combined program are given below; other sequences may be approved under special circumstances.

At the completion of this program, students will have obtained a sound knowledge base in the disciplines of both Commerce and Law.

The single major requirement for the BCom is 48 UOC.

Approved Sequence of Study

Plan LAWSA14733 provides a standard outline of the sequence of law courses in Years 1-5 of the combined Commerce/Law specialisations.

Plan for Commerce/Law 4733

Please refer to the relevant plan entry for Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) major requirements:

ACCTA14733 Accounting*
ACTLB14733 Actuarial Studies
ECOHB14733 Economic History*
ECONF14733 Business Economics*
ECONH14733 Business Statistics*
ECONI14733 Business Strategy & Economic Mgmt*
ECONJ14733 Financial Economics
FINSA14733 Finance
IBUSA14733 International Business
INFSA14733 Information Systems
MGMTH14733 Human Resources Management
MARKA14733 Marketing
MGMTA14733 Management

* Two of the required courses in these majors are included in BCom core courses. After meeting plan requirements, students may choose two courses as free options from any offered by the Australian School of Business where the prerequisites are met in order to obtain the 48 UOC required for a single major in BCom.

Students enrolled in combined law degrees are not required to complete general education courses. However, as stated above if a student wished to graduate with their BCom degree after 3 years students are required to complete 12uoc of General Education from Faculties other than Law and Business as well as the required law and commerce courses for years 1-3.

Honours in Commerce

The BCom degree is available with Honours. This normally requires an extra year of study between Years 3 and 4. Students interested in studying at Honours Level should refer to the relevant Honours plan record for entry requirements.

Notwithstanding the above regulations, students undertaking the combined Bachelor of Commerce at Honours level may be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Commerce at Honours level once they have completed the Honours year and the requirements of the first three years of the combined Bachelor of Commerce at Honours Level.

Candidates for Honours in the Commerce degree course must complete one year additional to the minimum of five years required for the Commerce/Law program at Pass level.

The requirements relating to Honours in the BCom degree courses are noted at the end of the program for each specialisation. Students ordinarily will interpolate an Honours year between Years 3 and 4 of the combined course.

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded with the following levels of Honours:

Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2

The award of Honours in the LLB program is based on two requirements:

1) the Weighted Average Mark (WAM); and
2) satisfactory performance in written research.

1) Weighted average mark

In general terms, students who score a WAM in the top 10% of the graduating cohort in each semester will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 1; students with a WAM in the next 10% will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 2, Division 1; and students with a WAM in the next 10% will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 2, Division 2.
All courses taken towards the Law degree will be taken into account for written research requirements, but only those taken at UNSW Law School will count towards the WAM.

2) Satisfactory performance in written research

To demonstrate “satisfactory performance in written research” a student must complete one long substantial piece or three shorter substantial pieces of research writing in their program. In particular, a student must attain at least a credit grade either in LAWS 2423 Research Thesis (8 uoc); or (16 uoc); or in each of three (3) research papers of at least 3000 words each, taken in any three (3) courses in the LLB program.
At the time of enrolment in courses in their final semester, students who have demonstrated satisfactory performance in written research must submit an approved Honours Nomination Form to the Honours Committee detailing the basis upon which the research requirement has been met, and the course or courses in which the requisite grades were attained. If a student has not met the Honours research requirement before the end of their penultimate semester, he or she must notify the Honours committee of the LLB courses in which they propose to meet the requirement before the census date in their last semester.

Failures and Academic Misconduct

In no circumstances will a student be eligible for the award of Honours if he or she has

(a) failed more than one course in the LLB program;
(b) been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion.

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4790. A direct link is given below:

Bachelor of Laws 4790

Rules Relating To The Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws Program and the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Law Program

Rules relating to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce:

The rules as set out in other sections of this Handbook, shall apply wherever relevant to candidates for the program of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws.

BCom: Candidates for the combined Commerce/Law degree program may be awarded the degree of BCom either when they have successfully completed the entire combined program or, for students enrolling from 1996, when they have completed the requirements for the award of the first three years of the combined Bachelor of Commerce/ Bachelor of Laws program - as set out in the program outline - and subject to satisfaction of completion of 12uoc of General Education requirements for the single pass degree.

Concessions apply in deciding when students enrolled prior to 1995 who have not completed the requirements of the combined degree have nevertheless completed the requirements of the BCom degree. Please consult earlier faculty handbooks for the appropriate 'Rules relating to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Commerce prior to the completion of the Combined Degree'.


Commerce and Economics Options: Apart from service courses for other faculties, and unless specified as from which discipline they must be chosen, Commerce and Economics Options may be chosen from any offered by the Faculty of Business. Prerequisites apply. No course can be counted both as an option and as a prescribed course.

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