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Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Laws

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Faculty:
Faculty of Business and Economics
Award:
Bachelor of Business Administration with the degree of Bachelor of Laws (BBALLB)
English Language Proficiency:
IELTS of 7.0 overall with minimum 6.5 in each band, or equivalent
Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 5 years
Commencement:
North Ryde — Session 1 (February)
North Ryde — Session 2 (July)
Volume of Learning:
Equivalent to 5 years
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 120
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above 81
Minimum number of credit points designated as Commerce 42
Minimum number of credit points from units with a LAW, LAWS or LAWZ prefix 72
Completion of a designated People unit
Completion of a designated Planet unit
Completion of a designated PACE unit with a LAW or LAWS or LAWZ prefix
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below
Note:
Students must complete one designated People unit and one designated Planet unit. Those units must be taken in two different Faculties. Any unit which is listed below will not satisfy the People unit requirement or Planet unit requirement.

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the award.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Accounting in Society (3)
 
Required
3
Finance 1A (3)
 
Required
3
Principles of Management (3)
 
Required
3
Microeconomic Principles (3)
 
Required
3
Introduction to Human Resources (3)
 
Required
3
Introduction to Business Information Systems (3)
 
Required
3
Marketing Fundamentals (3)
 
Required
3
Foundations of Law (3)
 
Required
3
Criminal Justice (3)
 
Required
3
Contracts (3)
 
Required
3
Law, Lawyers and Society (3)
 

200 level

Required
3
Management Accounting (3)
 
Required
3
Introduction to Global Business (3)
 
Required
3
Torts (3)
 
Required
3
Jurisprudence (3)
 
Required
3
Property Law (3)
 
Required
3
Equity and Trusts (3)
 
Required
3
Business Organisations (3)
 
Required
3
International Law (3)
 
Required
3
Consumer Demographics (3)
 

300 level

Required
3
Business Project (3)
C/P
Required
3
Business Forecasting (3)
 
Required
3
Strategic Management (3)
 
Required
3
Constitutional Law (3)
 
Required
3
Administrative Law (3)
 
Required
3
Civil and Criminal Procedure (3)
 
Required
3
Evidence (3)
 
Required
3
The Art of Negotiation (3)
 

Additional

Required
either
or
 
Remedies (3)
 
3
Remedies, Reparations and Resolution in Law (3)
 
Required
27cp from
 
LAW units at 200 level
 
LAWS units at 200 level
 
LAW units at 300 level
 
LAWS units at 300 level
 
LAW units at 400 level
 
LAWS units at 400 level
 
LAWZ units at 400 level
 
LAW units at 500 level
27
LAWS units at 500 level

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
6
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

120
Note:

Completing students may be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Laws (Honours). For further details refer to law.mq.edu.au/current_students/llb_students.

 
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
 
Units marked with a P are PACE units.

Program Learning Outcomes and Additional Information
AQF Level Level 7 Bachelor Degree
CRICOS Code 027346G
Overview and Aims of the Program Study business administration with law and gain a respected legal education with a strong understanding of many areas of business. You'll deepen your understanding of business law and prepare yourself for a managerial or legal career.

In this program you'll study important business areas including marketing, management, accounting, statistics, computing, human resource management and finance.

Macquarie Law will give you knowledge of legal principles and the critical and analytic skills to really understand them. You'll study established areas such as constitutional law, international law, contract law and family law. You'll also look at areas of contemporary concern such as consumer law, environmental law, health law and information technology law.
Graduate Capabilities

The Graduate Capabilities Framework articulates the fundamentals that underpin all of Macquarie’s academic programs. It expresses these as follows:

Cognitive capabilities
(K) discipline specific knowledge and skills
(T) critical, analytical and integrative thinking
(P) problem solving and research capability
(I) creative and innovative


Interpersonal or social capabilities
(C) effective communication
(E) engaged and ethical local and global citizens
(A) socially and environmentally active and responsible

Personal capabilities
(J) capable of professional and personal judgement and initiative
(L) commitment to continuous learning

Program Learning Outcomes By the end of the Bachelor of Business Administration it is anticipated you should be able to:

1. demonstrate knowledge of consumer demographics in businesses (K);
2. develop knowledge of accounting's contribution to business decision making (K);
3. display knowledge of the challenges facing international businesses (K);
4. demonstrate competence in relation to forecasting (K);
5. apply critical thinking to strategy in analysing firm behaviour (T, I);
6. develop sound solutions to business problems (P, J);
7. demonstrate communication skills relevant to an appropriate professional environment (C);
8. understand contemporary challenges to business organisations (E, A);
9. demonstrate an awareness of ethical issues that challenge business organisations (E, A);
10. apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration to achieve diverse purposes in a range of contexts (E).
By the end of the Bachelor of Laws it is anticipated you should be able to:
11. explain fundamental areas of legal knowledge prescribed for accreditation as a legal practitioner in Australia (K);
12. apply and integrate fundamental areas of legal knowledge and skills to analyse and evaluate socio-legal problems and policy challenges in diverse contexts, including from broader international, comparative and interdisciplinary contexts within which socio-legal issues arise (T);
13. identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues to solve legal problems, and apply reasoning and research skills to generate appropriate responses (P);
14. advocate alternative strategies and approaches to solving problems, resolving disputes and pursuing remedies that are responsive to the interdisciplinary and global realities of professional life (I);
15. communicate in oral and written form in ways that are professional, effective, appropriate and persuasive for legal and non-legal audiences (C);
16. recognise, reflect upon and apply approaches to ethical decision-making to addressing issues of disadvantage and social justice, and the impact of globalisation on legal and professional practice in Australia (E);
17. collaborate and reflect upon their professional responsibilities in service to the community and in promoting a just and a sustainable global society through participation in advocacy, social innovation and socio-legal reform (A);
18. exercise sound judgement and to respond proactively to challenges they will face in professional and personal life (J);
19. reflect on and assess their capabilities and performance and work independently to support ongoing personal and professional development (L).
Learning and Teaching Methods Refer to the corresponding entry in the BBA and the LLB.
Assessment Refer to the corresponding entry in the BBA and the LLB.
Recognition of Prior Learning

Macquarie University may recognise prior formal, informal and non-formal learning for the purpose of granting credit towards, or admission into, a program. The recognition of these forms of learning is enabled by the University’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy (see www.mq.edu.au/policy) and its associated Procedures and Guidelines. The RPL pages contain information on how to apply, links to registers, and the approval processes for recognising prior learning for entry or credit. 


Domestic Students
For undergraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/nonschoolrpl
For domestic postgraduate RPL information visit www.goto.mq.edu.au/pgrpl


International Students
For RPL information visit www.mq.edu.au/international/rpl

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Support for Learning

Macquarie University aspires to be an inclusive and supportive community of learners where all students are given the opportunity to meet their academic and personal goals. The University offers a comprehensive range of free and accessible student support services which include academic advice, counselling and psychological services, advocacy services and welfare advice, careers and employment, disability services and academic skills workshops amongst others. There is also a bulk billing medical service located on campus.

Further information can be found at www.students.mq.edu.au/support/

Campus Wellbeing contact details:
Phone: +61 2 9850 7497
Email: campuswellbeing@mq.edu.au
www.students.mq.edu.au/support/wellbeing

Program Standards and Quality

The program is subject to an ongoing comprehensive process of quality review in accordance with a pre-determined schedule that complies with the Higher Education Standards Framework. The review is overseen by Macquarie University's peak academic governance body, the Academic Senate and takes into account feedback received from students, staff and external stakeholders.

Graduate Destinations and Employability Career opportunities:
• legal practitioner (barrister or solicitor), legal officer in public or private sectors, legal academia.
• accounting, banking, business computing, financial management, hospitality and tourism, human resource management, international business, marketing, recruitment and staff development and management consulting.

Employers:
• banks and other financial institutions
• boutique law firms
• international agencies
• multinational corporations
• public sector
• community legal centres
• environmental organisations
• health services including hospitals
• large national and international legal firms
• media organisations
• trade unions
• the judiciary
• universities.
Assessment Regulations

This program is subject to Macquarie University regulations, including but not limited to those specified in the Assessment Policy, Academic Honesty Policy, the Final Examination Policy and relevant University Rules. For all approved University policies, procedures, guidelines and schedules visit www.mq.edu.au/policy.

Accreditation This is an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) accredited qualification.

Graduates of the BBALLB degrees will be entitled to admission for professional practice in New South Wales, subject to the requirements of professional training. The program will contain all subjects required by the authorities concerned with professional practice and necessary for admission to the College of Law.

2017 Unit Information

When offered:
S1 Day
Prerequisites:
Permission of Executive Dean of Faculty
Corequisites:
None
NCCWs:
HSC Chinese, CHN113, CHN148