UTS course code: C10125
UAC code: 609010
Testamur titles: Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Laws
Abbreviation: BBus LLB
Course fee: HECS (local); $8,000 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 240

Overview
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Course diagram
Course program
Other information

Overview

The Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws program is offered jointly by the Faculty of Business and the Faculty of Law and is awarded with two testamurs. The program provides full-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional qualification that satisfies the academic requirements of the Supreme Court of NSW for admission as a legal practitioner, and seeking a business qualification at the same time.

Admission requirements

Local students are required to apply for admission through the NSW Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). For school leavers, admission is based on UAI scores. Non-current school leavers should apply through UAC in addition to sending a Personal Statement to UTS. Applications are taken from August to end of October each year. Considerations for admission as a non-current school leaver takes into account the following:

• English proficiency and written expression
• previous legal study
• tertiary study
• legal experience or related employment
• motivation and the reason for wanting to study law (and other discipline in the case of a combined or double degree)
• commitment to study law, and
• supporting material such as professional and personal references and/or letter of employer's support.

International students should contact the UTS International Office for application procedures. In addition to academic requirements, students are required to meet English language proficiency requirements.

Subject to an agreed quota, students who have completed the first or second year of the Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Laws course with an average mark at Distinction level may apply to transfer to the BBus LLB course.

Bachelor of Business students who complete the Foundations in Law sub-major may also apply to transfer to the BBus LLB course.

Course duration

The course is of five years' duration undertaken on a full-time basis. The Law component may require attendance at evening classes.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws program comprises 240 credit points. All students must complete 14 core law subjects and eight core business subjects, plus a business major, four law elective subjects, and either an additional four law electives, or Practical Legal Training.

Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws students must complete a total of 96 credit points of Faculty of Business subjects plus 48 credit points of Bachelor of Law subjects to be eligible for graduation from the Bachelor of Business only.

After successful completion of the program, the students are awarded two testamurs, i.e. BBus and LLB. The LLB component may be awarded with First or Second Class Honours.

Law component

The Law component allows students to complete Practical Legal Training (24 credit points) as elective subjects within the LLB and by undertaking a concurrent Graduate Certificate of Legal Practice (12 credit points), all under HECS arrangements. Upon completion of their degree, students must then complete 16weeks of practical experience as part of the concurrent Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice. Students are also able to complete up to one half of their practical experience requirements (i.e. maximum eight weeks) up to one year prior to their commencement of Practical Legal Training. Approval for any practical experience placement must be obtained in advance from the Faculty of Law's Practical Experience Committee. This component is offered face-to-face or by distance in full-time and part-time mode.

Alternatively, students may choose to complete their undergraduate degree from the choice of electives and delay Practical Legal Training, or even forego such studies completely. Students who decide on this latter option must realise that, under the current rules of the Legal Practitioners Admission Board (LPAB), upon graduation they will not be able to practise as a solicitor or barrister in NSW unless they are able to demonstrate substantial legal experience to the satisfaction of the LPAB.

Business component

In the Business component, students have the option to major in Accounting, Advertising and Promotions Management, Banking, Economics, Electronic Business, Finance, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Sport Management, or Tourism. The Information Technology major is not available to students in this program.

Course diagram

Course program

Other information

Further information on the overall program and administrative matters for this course is available from the Faculty of Law on telephone (02) 9514 3444. Specific inquiries about the Business component may be directed to the Faculty of Business on telephone (02) 9514 3500.