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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Combine law with one of eight business study areas. Ideal for roles in corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions or intellectual property law.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
5.5 years full-time
Course Code
419222, 083022G
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
87

About this course

Highlights
  • Gain a valuable commercial perspective, ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance law, taxation law, insolvency practice and intellectual property law.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
  • Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
  • Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
  • Attend classes with leading and expert teachers.
  • Join work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of law.
  • Explore international study and placement opportunities during your studies.
  • Enjoy inner city facilities including the QUT Law Library and courtrooms.
  • Access a range of scholarships and support to assist you with your studies, life at uni and preparation for your career.
Highlights
  • Gain a valuable commercial perspective, ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, compliance law, taxation law, insolvency practice and intellectual property law.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
  • Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
  • Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
  • Attend classes with leading and expert teachers.
  • Join work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of law.
  • Explore international study and placement opportunities during your studies.
  • Enjoy inner city facilities including the QUT Law Library and courtrooms.
  • Access a range of scholarships and support to assist you with your studies, life at uni and preparation for your career.

Entry requirements

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Assessment items or practicum

Designed in consultation with industry to ensure you acquire a strong foundation of knowledge and experience our law programs support and develop students to successfully transition from university to their legal career.

Students benefit from innovative scholarly teaching and learning through:

  • progressive assessments and open book exams
  • an emphasis on independent learning and research skills
  • small groups in core subjects
  • practical skills and industry connections from work placements industry projects mock trials mooting competitions and analysis of real cases and legislation.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

This double degree offers you the ultimate in career choice. You may find employment as a solicitor in-house lawyer Crown Law officer corporate secretary policy officer or public servant or take on roles in business or industry such as an accountant or merchant banker. Your business degree will give you a broad base of commercial knowledge making you more attractive to employers in legal environments.

Our graduates have an excellent track record of securing exciting positions. Legal career options include private practice in-house counsel government (local state federal) ministerial adviser researcher in parliamentary libraries court registrar public prosecutor public defender (Legal Aid) crown lawyer (civil litigation) community legal centres alternative dispute resolution legal academic law librarian and legal publishing.

This course is ideal for specialist areas such as corporate law company takeovers mergers and acquisitions corporate governance compliance law taxation law insolvency practice and intellectual property law.

Professional recognition

This course is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. If you want to become a lawyer at the end of your degree you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply for admission to practice. We offer PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Please refer to the Bachelor of Business online course information for professional recognition details on your intended business major.

Research pathways

QUT's Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree as it has honours-level content integrated throughout the course. The advanced knowledge and skills in this course will benefit your professional career or future research and study.

Bachelor of Business (Honours) option

High-achieving students who wish to take further studies may enrol in BS63 Bachelor of Business (Honours).

Possible careers
  • Accountant
  • Advertising professional
  • Banker
  • Banking and finance professional
  • Business analyst
  • Commercialisation officer
  • Corporate secretary
  • Crown law officer
  • Digital economy lawyer
  • Economist
  • Financial advisor/analyst
  • Financial project manager
  • Funds manager
  • In-house lawyer
  • International business specialist
  • Investment manager
  • Lawyer
  • Manager
  • Market research manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • Policy officer
  • Risk manager
  • Solicitor
  • Stockbroker

Course structure

Students are required to complete 528 credit points comprised of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Business program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study business and law units in your first four years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.

Under the business component students will complete 192 credit points (16 units) consisting of eight Business School core units and an eight-unit major.

Students must choose a major from:

  • accounting
  • advertising
  • behavioural economics
  • economics
  • entrepreneurship and innovation
  • finance
  • financial planning
  • human resource management
  • international business
  • management
  • marketing
  • public relations.

For professional recognition the accounting structure is slightly different. Please complete the units outlined in the structures below in order to meet the academic entry requirements for the relevant professional bodies. If you commenced in 2021 or prior please ensure you complete LLB347 Taxation Law in the Law component of your double degree.

Under the law component you will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of

  • 19 Core units (240 credit points)
  • 1 introductory law elective* (12 credit points)
  • 5 general law electives** (60 credit points)
  • 2 advanced law electives (24 credit points)

*Students commencing from 2019 may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective

**Students commencing from 2019 have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives (48 credit points) or a university wide minor in place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points). Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.

Honours-level units

96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):

  • Legal Research (LLH201)
  • Administrative Law (LLH206)
  • Ethics and the Legal Profession (LLH302)
  • Corporate Law (LLH305)
  • Legal Research Capstone (LLH401) (24 credit points
  • two 12-credit point Advanced Law Electives

Students are required to complete 528 credit points comprised of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Business program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study business and law units in your first four years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.

Under the business component students will complete 192 credit points (16 units) consisting of eight Business School core units and an eight-unit major.

Students must choose a major from:

  • accounting
  • advertising
  • behavioural economics
  • economics
  • entrepreneurship and innovation
  • finance
  • financial planning
  • human resource management
  • international business
  • management
  • marketing
  • public relations.

For professional recognition the accounting structure is slightly different. Please complete the units outlined in the structures below in order to meet the academic entry requirements for the relevant professional bodies. If you commenced in 2021 or prior please ensure you complete LLB347 Taxation Law in the Law component of your double degree.

Under the law component you will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of

  • 19 Core units (240 credit points)
  • 1 introductory law elective* (12 credit points)
  • 5 general law electives** (60 credit points)
  • 2 advanced law electives (24 credit points)

*Students commencing from 2019 may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective

**Students commencing from 2019 have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives (48 credit points) or a university wide minor in place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points). Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.

Honours-level units

96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):

  • Legal Research (LLH201)
  • Administrative Law (LLH206)
  • Ethics and the Legal Profession (LLH302)
  • Corporate Law (LLH305)
  • Legal Research Capstone (LLH401) (24 credit points
  • two 12-credit point Advanced Law Electives