Information for Continuing Bachelor of Financial Administration/Bachelor of Laws Students for 2008

Bachelor of Financial Administration/Bachelor of Laws (post 2005)

Course Requirements
To qualify for the degree a student must pass units equivalent to 240 cp.

Bachelor of Financial Administration Component
The Bachelor of Financial Administration component must include units to the value of 96 cp comprising:
(a) compulsory units to the value of 66 cp:
AFM 101, 112, 202, 211, 231, 232, 272; COMP 100; ECON 101, 102; QM 161.
(b) other units (excluding Law units), to the value of sufficient cp to provide the total of 96 cp from the School of Business, Economics and Public Policy and/or units approved by the Course Coordinator, from other Schools (excluding Law), provided that the program includes units to the value of at least 24 cp at 300 level of which at least 18 cp shall be from those with an AFM prefix.

Bachelor of Laws Component
The Bachelor of Laws component must include units to the value of 144 cp comprising:
(a) Compulsory units to the value of 96 cp.
LS 100, 160, 200, 210, 220, 231, 232, 240, 281, 282, 320, 351, 355, 371, 372, 480.
(b) Elective units to the value of 48 cp.
ELS 378 (withdrawn as an approved elective from 2008); LS 301, 315, 321, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 341, 342, 352, 357, 358, 360, 361, 364, 368, 370, 377 (off-campus only), 378, 379, 400, 403, 459, 471, 478.

Full-time students: Except with the permission of the Course Coordinator the maximum number of units which a full-time student may complete in any semester is four, and in any year, eight.

Part-time students: Except with the permission of the Course Coordinator the maximum number of units which a part-time student may complete in any semester is two, and in any year, four.
Eligible students may include one LLM unit in their program of study (except LLM 619, 620, 621 or 622).

Eligibility for Honours in Law
Students who, on entering their final year, have obtained a grade point average of 5.5 or better in the preceding eight units (where High Distinction = 7; Distinction
= 6; Credit = 5; Pass = 4) with no failures, are eligible to enrol in LS 400, Honours in Law, and be admitted to the Honours program. The Course Coordinator has discretion to allow a student to enrol in LS 400 and be admitted to the Honours program if the student does not meet the preceding criteria. Students who completed any of their preceding eight LS units prior to the start of Semester 1, 2006 may, with the permission of the Course Coordinator, enrol in
LS 400 with a grade point average between 5.0 and 5.499.

Requirements for Honours
LS 400 Honours in Law is listed in the elective offerings and is completed in the final year of the Bachelor of Laws program.
Students enrol in and complete the unit LS 400, Honours in Law and, if the thesis component and final grade for that unit are Pass or better, must lodge with the Unit Coordinator both a hard-bound and electronic copy of their Honours thesis for retention in the Law Library.
The award of Honours is at the discretion of the faculty on the recommendation of the School of Law. However the following matters shall be considered in determining the level of award:
(a) the student's level of performance in LS 400;
(b) the student's performance in their best 15 LS units taken for the Bachelor of Laws component of a double degree program;
(c) the student's rate of progress through the degree program.

Professional Legal Training
Graduates who wish to be admitted to practise as a solicitor, barrister or legal practitioner anywhere in Australia will also have to undertake a course of professional legal training. This can consist of approximately half a year's full-time or part-time equivalent training, undertaken on-campus or off-campus. In some jurisdictions, it is still possible to do articles of clerkship instead of a course of professional legal training. Because the system adopted varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, enquiries should be made to the admission authority in the state or territory in which you intend to practise; this is usually a committee of the Supreme Court of that state or territory.
For more information see Bachelor of Laws.

Professional Accounting Requirements
The following units are required to satisfy the educational requirements for admission to the major professional accounting bodies. Some of these units are compulsory to either the Bachelor of Financial Administration or the Bachelor of Laws components; others may be taken as electives towards the appropriate component.

AFM 101, 112, 202, 211, 231, 272, 311, 312*; ECON 101, 102; LS 100, 371, 372, 351, 352*; QM 161.
* If these units are not completed as electives in the BFA/LLB degree program you will be required to complete equivalent subjects in the CPA Program for eligibility to CPA status.

Bachelor of Financial Administration/Bachelor of Laws (pre-2005)

Course Requirements
To qualify for the degrees a student must pass units to the value of 240 cp comprising:
(a) 108 cp from the Bachelor of Financial Administration component; and
(b) 132 cp from the Bachelor of Laws component and the unit *LS 280 (Moot Court) see note.

Bachelor of Financial Administration Component
The course must include:
(a) compulsory units to the value of 66 cp from:
AFM 101, 202 (replaces AFM102), 211, 212, 231, 232, 272; COMP 100; ECON 101, 102; QM 161.
(b) other units, excluding Law units, to the value of sufficient cp to provide the total of at least 108 cp from the School of Business, Economics and Public Policy and/or units approved by the Course Coordinator, from other Schools, provided that the program includes units to the value of at least 24 cp at 300 level of which at least 18 cp shall be from those with an AFM prefix.

Bachelor of Laws Component
The course must include units to the value of 132 cp and the unit *LS 280 (see note).
(a) units to the value of 90 cp from Group A:
LS 100 Introduction to Legal Systems and Methods
LS 120 Constitutional Law (now offered as LS 220)
LS 125 Administrative Law (now offered as LS 200)
LS 160 Criminal Law and Procedure
LS 210 Civil Procedure and Evidence
LS 231 Law of Torts I
LS 232 Law of Torts II
LS 240 Equity and Trusts
LS 281 Property Law I
LS 282 Property Law II
LS 301 Succession
LS 351 Corporation Law
LS 355 Jurisprudence
LS 371 Law of Contract I
LS 372 Law of Contract II
(b) units to the value of 42 cp from Group B, C and D:
Group B
ELS 378 Law and Literature (withdrawn as an approved elective from 2008)
LS 311 Criminology (no longer offered)
LS 320 Professional Conduct
LS 335 Human Rights Law
LS 345 International Environmental Law (no longer offered)
LS 360 Private International Law
LS 361 Public International Law
Group C
LS 321 Conveyancing
LS 331 Intellectual Property Law
LS 332 Industrial Law
LS 334 Banking and Finance Law
LS 336 Local Government Law
LS 341 Introduction to Environmental Law
LS 342 Medico-Legal Issues
LS 352 Taxation Law
LS 354 International Trade Law (no longer offered)
LS 357 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LS 358 Natural Resources Law
LS 364 Indigenous Australians and Law
LS 368 Commercial Transactions
LS 370 Family Law
LS 377 Information Technology Law
LS 378 Media Law
LS 390 Trial Advocacy (no longer offered)
Group D
LS 400 Honours in Law
LS 402 Advanced Trust Law (no longer offered)
LS 403 Research Topic in Legal Studies
LS 430 Contemporary Issues in Administrative Law (no longer offered)
LS 453 Advanced Business Law (no longer offered)
LS 459 Advanced Torts
LS 470 Advanced Family Law (no longer offered)
LS 471 Advanced Contract Law
LS 478 Advanced Criminal Law

*LS 480 Advanced Research, Writing and Advocacy (for students who have not completed Moot Court)

Note: One unit must be completed from each of these groups.

* As LS 280 is no longer offered, students who have not successfully completed LS 280 must meet this requirements with successful completion of LS 480 Advanced Research, Writing and Advocacy