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This combined degree course provides students with the opportunity to major in a commerce program in conjunction with legal studies with a view to satisfying the academic requirements for admission into the legal profession and, depending on the specialization completed in the commerce program, possibly the accounting profession.
The Law course aims to provide knowledge of the legal system and legal principles, and to cultivate a capacity for legal research, analysis and communication. The course also deals with theoretical perspectives on the law and encourages an appreciation of legal issues of special significance to the Northern Territory, including Aboriginal legal issues.
The Commerce course caters for individuals working in or intending to work in commerce or government in fields such as economics, accounting, management, human resources, or marketing. It is of particular relevance to Australian or international students seeking membership of Australian professional bodies in these or related fields. The program provides students with the career and professional skills needed in a rapidly changing business environment. It allows for flexibility of study and prepares students for careers in a variety of business fields. In addition, communication, presentation and problem-solving skills are emphasised.
After completing the equivalent of one year full time study, students will have the option of transferring from the Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws into the Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws, which directly addresses the requirements for membership of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. However, it is possible to satisfy the entry requirements of the two major Australian accounting professional bodies by the selection of appropriate units in the Bachelor of Commerce.
Graduates of this combined degree are awarded both the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Laws.
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| Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.
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| For detail on English Language Entry Requirements please read the entry requirements provided for International students.
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Pathways for VET to Higher Education
Guaranteed credit transfer arrangements are available to students commencing a Bachelor degree at Charles Darwin University with completed Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree qualifications in the same field or discipline at Charles Darwin University. Students who hold completed qualifications should refer to the additional information provided by using one of the following links:
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For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
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Candidates may complete the requirements for the course by completing two common units, core and specialist elective and general elective units.
The commerce component is comprised of three core units, six specialist electives from in accounting, economics, human resource, management, marketing, or organisational informatics.
The law component requires the completion core units in the areas of Legal Interpretation, Introductory units in Legal Studies and Public Law, Constitutional Law, Principles of Criminal Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Torts A, Torts B, Contracts A, Contracts B, Equity, Trusts, Administrative Law, Property and Corporations Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure and Professional Responsibility.
Students choose a sequence of study from: Commercial Law, Natural Resources Law and Legal Skills. The Legal Skills sequence should be undertaken by students seeking admission as legal practitioners. Students who do not intend to seek admission to legal practice may complete a sequence of studies in either Commercial Law or Natural Resources Law. These sequences provide an opportunity to include non-Law undergraduate units from any other disciplines offered by the University.
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A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 400 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements | Common
(2 units) | 20 | Units totalling 20 credit points selected from Common Units available at the time (e.g. units coded with a prefix of "CUC"). Students must complete the compulsory regional and indigenous Iisues unit (CUC107) and one of the two academic skills units.
CUC107 Northern Perspectives (compulsory)
Plus either:
CUC100 Academic Literacies (recommended for this course) or
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units or Advanced Standing options.
| Core
(19 units) | 190 | Compulsory Core units totalling 190 credit points as detailed below.
LWZ100A Introduction to Legal Studies
LWZ100B Legal Interpretation
LWZ104 Principles of Criminal Law
LWZ105 Criminal Law and Procedure
LWZ106 Torts A
LWZ107 Torts B
LWZ108 Contracts A
LWZ109 Contracts B
LWZ202 Introduction to Public Law
LWZ213 Property Law A
LWZ203 Constitutional Law
LWZ210 Equity
LWZ211 Trusts
LWZ312 Administrative Law
LWZ315 Corporations Law
LWZ316 Evidence
LWZ214 Property Law B
LWZ317 Civil Procedure
LWZ320 Professional Responsibility | Specialist Electives
(5 units) | 50 | Specialist Elective units totalling 50 credit points from the following. Students must
choose to complete either LWS221 or LWS320. Students are not precluded from
completing both units.
LWS221 Dispute Resolution
LWS320 Practical Advocacy
Please note that not all Specialist Elective units are offered every year.
Specialist Electives offered each year
LWA112 Environmental And Planning Law
LWA137 Commercial and Corporate Law
LWA210 Contemporary Issues 1
LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2
LWA213 Family Law
LWA316 Intellectual Property Law
LWA318 International Law
LWB201 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System
LWB206 Human Rights Law
LWC304 Research Paper
Specialist Electives offered in alternate years
LWA204 Advanced Criminal Law
LWA214 Employment Law
LWA325 Succession
LWA328 Trade Practices
LWA329 Vendor and Purchaser
LWA330 Cyber Law
LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence
LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law | Commerce Core and Specialist Electives
(9 units) | 90 | Commerce Core and Specialist Electives totalling 90 credit points.
Compulsory Commerce Core units totalling 30 credit points as detailed below.
CMA100 The Business Environment
PMO201 Project Management
STA101 Statistics 1
Students intending to graduate with the BCOM before completing the BLAWS component of the combined degree course must also complete the Law Core Unit LWZ202 Introduction to Public Law to qualify for the BCOM award
Commerce Specialist Electives totalling 60 credit points selected from one of the seven Specialisations detailed below.
ACCOUNTING - All of:
CMA201 Introduction to Financial Accounting
CMA202 Cost Accounting
CMA203 Financial and Corporate Accounting
CMF201 Business Finance (FIN201)
Plus any two of:
CMA301 Accounting Theory and Contemporary Issues (ACC380)
CMA302 Management Control Issues
CMA303 Auditing Principles (ACC381)
CMA304 Computer Based Accounting Systems (ACC387)
CMT301 Taxation 1 (TAX301)
ECONOMICS - All of:
ECO102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECO103 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECO201 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECO202 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECO304 Advanced Economics
Plus any one (1) of:
ECO210 Economics Contemporary Issues 1 (previously ECO206 Money and Banking)
ECO310 Economics Contemporary Issues 2 (previously ECO301, ECO302, and ECO303 International Economics or Economic Development or Public Finance)
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:
HRM101 Human Resources in Organisations
Plus any 5 from:
MAN211 Human Resource Management
MAN202 Decision Making in Organisations
MAN212 Organisational Behaviour
HRM301 Indigenous Employment
MAN302 Industrial Relations
MAN303 Corporate Strategy
MANAGEMENT:
MAN101 Understanding Organisations
Plus any 5 from:
MAN211 Human Resource Management
MAN202 Decision Making in Organisations
MAN212 Organisational Behaviour
MAN302 Industrial Relations
MAN303 Corporate Strategy
MAN304 Program Evaluation
MARKETING - All of:
MKT101 Principles of Marketing
MKT201 Consumer Behaviour
MKT202 Marketing Communications
MKT301 Marketing Research
MKT303 International Marketing
MKT304 Services Marketing
ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATICS - All of:
HIT151The Mobile Net (last offered in 2008)
or
HIT125 Application Concepts
HIT234 Database Concepts
HIT342 Information Systems Management (new unit title as of 2009)
HIT343 Business Analysis and Re-Engineering
HIT243 Internet Security and Risk
HIT225 Web Development and Scripting
Students who have completed, prior to 2009,
either
HIT381 Interactive Mobile Systems Design
or
HIT241 IT Project Management
may count these unit in place of either HIT243 or HIT225.
GENERAL BUSINESS:
Choose a combination of 6 from the units listed in the Specialisations above. | Electives
(5units) | 50 | Units totalling 50 credit points selected from units offered by the University. Students may select additional units from one of the approved sequences as electives if desired. |  | 400 | Total Credit Points |
Of the total 400 credit points:
· not more than 140 credit points may be taken from 100 level units - A minimum of 40 credit points must be taken from 300 level units
· Not more than 50 credit points shall be included with a grade of "PT" or "PC" or "PS"
The law degree will only be awarded following completion of the non-law and law course components totalling 400 credit points. Law double degree courses require completion of at least 20 credit points of common units, 240 credit points of law units and 140 credit points of non-law units.
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COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2010
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws prior to 2010 will note that the Course Structure and unit codes indicate some changes. - The revised course includes one additional core unit, which has been offset by a reduced number of Specialist Electives units.
- Students who wish to complete the course under the 2009 award conditions are not required to complete the additional core unit LWZ320 Professional Responsibility. Students who wish to complete this unit can do so, and count LWZ320 as a Specialist Elective unit.
- The new award offers an opportunity to students to take some Specialist Elective and Elective units at undergraduate level from non-Law disciplines.
- LWZ001 Legal Process Research Writing (20 credit point) has been replaced by two 10 credit point units, namely: LWZ100A Introduction to Legal Studies and LWZ100B Legal Interpretation; Students who have successfully passed LWZ001 should not enrol in LWZ100A or LWZ100B.
- LWA008 Commercial Law A and LWA009 Commercial Law B have been replaced by LWA137 Commercial and Corporations Law. Students who have successfully passed LWA018 and/or LWA009 should not enrol in LWA137.
- LWB007 and LWB010 have been replaced by LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence. Students who have successfully passed LWB007 and/or LWB010 should not enrol in LWB205
- LWS003 Advocacy and LWS010 Moot Court have been replaced by LWS320 Practical Advocacy. Students who have successfully passed LWS003 and/or LWS010 should not enrol in LWS320.
- LWS012 Negotiation and Mediation and LWS017 Client Interviewing have been replaced by LWS221 Dispute Resolutions. Students who have successfully passed LWS012 and/or LWS017 should not enrol in LWS221
Changes to Unit Codes (and/or titles)
Students who complete the unit under the 2009 unit code should not enrol in the 2010 unit codes (unless the unit is marked otherwise).
| 2009 Unit Code | 2010 Unit Code | Unit Title | LWZ001
(20 credit points) | LWZ100A
LWZ100B
(10 credit points each) | LWZ100A Introduction to Legal Studies
LWZ100B Legal Interpretation
| | LWZ004 | LWZ104 | Principles of Criminal Law | | LWZ005 | LWZ105 | Criminal Law and Procedure | | LWZ006 | LWZ106 | Torts A | | LWZ007 | LWZ107 | Torts B | | LWZ008 | LWZ108 | Contracts A | | LWZ009 | LWZ109 | Contracts B | | LWZ002 | LWZ202 | Introduction to Public Law | | LWZ013 | LWZ213 | Property Law A | | LWZ003 | LWZ203 | Constitutional Law | | LWZ010 | LWZ210 | Equity | | LWZ011 | LWZ211 | Trusts | | LWZ012 | LWZ312 | Administrative Law | | LWZ015 | LWZ315 | Corporations Law | | LWZ016 | LWZ316 | Evidence | | LWZ014 | LWZ214 | Property Law B | | LWZ017 | LWZ317 | Civil Procedure | | | LWZ320 | Professional Responsibility (new unit as of 2010) | | LWA012 | LWA112 | Environmental And Planning Law | | LWA037 | LWA137 | Commercial and Corporate Law | | LWA004 | LWA204 | Advanced Criminal Law | | LWA011A | LWA210 | Contemporary Issues 1 (the content of the 2010 unit code is not the same as in the 2009 unit code) | | LWB004A | LWA211 | Contemporary Issues 2 (the content of the 2010 unit code is not the same as in the 2009 unit code) | | LWA013 | LWA213 | Family Law | | LWA014 | LWA214 | Employment Law | | LWA029 | LWA329 | Vendor and Purchaser | | | LWA330 | Cyber Law (new unit as of 2011) | | LWA016 | LWA316 | Intellectual Property Law | | LWA018 | LWA318 | International Law | | LWA025 | LWA325 | Succession | | LWA028 | LWA328 | Trade Practices | | LWB001 | LWB201 | Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System | | | LWB205 | Legal History and Jurisprudence (new unit as of 2010 - content equivalent to LWB007 and LWB010) | | LWB006 | LWB206 | Human Rights Law | | LWB013 | LWB313 | Indigenous Peoples and Property Law | | LWC004 | LWC304 | Research Paper | | LWS221 | Dispute Resolution (new unit as of 2010 content is equivalent to LWS003 and LWS010) | | LWS320 | Practical Advocacy (new unit as of 2010 content is equivalent to LWS012 and LWS017) | |
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Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:
Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873 |
- Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
- Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
- Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.
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Students Commencing in Semester 1 | Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. PMO201. | Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CCO = Commerce Core Unit
LCO = Law Core Unit | CSE = Commerce Specialist Elective
LSE = Law Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
GENERIC STUDY PLAN | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | Year 1 | CUC100 Academic Literacies or
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology | CU | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | CMA100 The Business Environment | CCO | Commerce Specialist Elective 1 | CSE | | LWZ100A Introduction to Legal Studies | LCO | Elective 1 | E | | LWZ100B Legal Interpretation | LCO | LWZ106 Torts A | LCO | | Year 2 | | Commerce Specialist Elective 2 | CSE | Commerce Specialist Elective 3 | CSE | | STA101 Statistics 1 | CCO | PMO201 Project Management | CCO | | LWZ108 Contracts A | LCO | LWZ104 Principles of Criminal Law | LCO | | LWZ107 Torts B | LCO | LWZ109 Contracts B | LCO | | Year 3 | | Commerce Specialist Elective 4 | CSE | Commerce Specialist Elective 6 | CSE | | Commerce Specialist Elective 5 | CSE | Elective 2 | E | | LWZ105 Criminal Law and Procedure | LCO | LWZ203 Constitutional Law | LCO | | LWZ202 Introduction to Public Law | LCO | Law Specialist Elective 1 | LSE | | Year 4 | | Commerce Specialist Elective 6 | CSE | LWZ211 Trusts | LCO | | LWZ210 Equity | LCO | LWZ214 Property Law B | LCO | | LWZ213 Property Law A | LCO | LWZ317 Civil Procedure | LCO | | LWZ312 Administrative Law | LCO | Law Specialist Elective 2 | LSE | | Year 5 | | LWZ315 Corporations Law | LCO | LWZ320 Professional Responsibility | LCO | | LWZ316 Evidence | LCO | Law Specialist Elective 4 | LSE | | Law Specialist Elective 3 | LSE | Elective 4 | E | | Elective 3 | E | Elective 5 | E |
Placement of Electives and Law Specialist Electives are for illustrative purposes only. Non-law electives can be studied in any year or any semester where a Specialist Elective is listed, provided no more than 5 such Electives are taken overall.
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Law Specialist Elective (SE) units may be selected from the following
Law Special Elective units on offer each year
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | | LWA316 Intellectual Property Law | LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law | LWA210 Contemporary Issues 1 | | LWA318 International Law | LWA137 Commercial and Corporate Law | LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2 | | LWB201 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System | LWA213 Family Law | LWC304 Research Paper | | LWB206 Human Rights Law | LWC304 Research Paper | | | LWC304 Research Paper | LWS221 Dispute Resolution** | | | LWS320 Practical Advocacy** | | ** Students must select at least one of these Specialist Electives to meet degree requirements.
Law Specialist Elective units on offer each alternate year
Unit availability for 2010: | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | LWA214 Employment Law | SE | LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence | SE | | LWA329 Vendor and Purchaser | SE | LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law | SE | Unit availability for 2011: | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | LWA328 Trade Practices | SE | LWA204 Advanced Criminal Law | SE | | LWA330 Cyber Law | SE | LWA325 Succession | SE | | |
| Students Commencing in Semester 2 | Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010. The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan: ♦ ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study; ♦ maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and ♦ check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level. 200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. PMO201. | egend: | CU = Common Unit | CCO = Commerce Core Unit
LCO = Law Core Unit | CSE = Commerce Specialist Elective
LSE = Law Specialist Elective | E = Elective |
GENERIC STUDY PLAN | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | Year 1 | | | CUC107 Northern Perspectives | CU | | | CUC100 Academic Literacies | CU | | | Commerce Specialist Elective 1 | CSE | | | LWZ100A Introduction to Legal Studies | LCO | | Year 2 | | CMA100 The Business Environment | CCO | PMO201 Project Management | CCO | | Commerce Specialist Elective 2 | CSE | Commerce Specialist Elective 3 | CSE | | LWZ100B Legal Interpretation | LCO | LWZ106 Torts A | LCO | | LWZ108 Contracts A | LCO | LWZ109 Contracts B | LCO | | Year 3 | | Commerce Specialist Elective 4 | CSE | Commerce Specialist Elective 5 | CSE | | STA101 Statistics 1 | CCO | Elective 1 | E | | LWZ107 Torts B | LCO | LWZ104 Principles of Criminal Law | LCO | | LWZ202 Introduction to Public Law | LCO | LWZ203 Constitutional Law | LCO | | Year 4 | | Commerce Specialist Elective 6 | CSE | LWZ211 Trusts | LCO | | LWZ105 Criminal Law and Procedure | LCO | LWZ214 Property Law B | LCO | | LWZ213 Property Law A | LCO | LWZ317 Civil Procedure | LCO | | Elective 2 | E | Elective 3 | E | | Year 5 | | LWZ210 Equity | LCO | LWZ320 Professional Responsibility | LCO | | LWZ312 Administrative Law | LCO | Law Specialist Elective 2 | LSE | | Law Specialist Elective 1 | LSE | Law Specialist Elective 3 | LSE | | Elective 4 | E | Elective 5 | E | | Year 6 | | LWZ315 Corporations Law | LCO | | | | LWZ316 Evidence | LCO | | | | Law Specialist Elective 4 | LSE | | | | Law Specialist Elective 5 | LSE | | | Placement of Electives and Law Specialist Electives are for illustrative purposes only. Non-law electives can be studied in any year or any semester where a Specialist Elective is listed, provided no more than 5 such Electives are taken overall. | |
Law Specialist Elective (SE) units may be selected from the following
Law Special Elective units on offer each year
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester | | LWA316 Intellectual Property Law | LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law | LWA210 Contemporary Issues 1 | | LWA318 International Law | LWA137 Commercial and Corporate Law | LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2 | | LWB201 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System | LWA213 Family Law | LWC304 Research Paper | | LWB206 Human Rights Law | LWC304 Research Paper | | | LWC304 Research Paper | LWS221 Dispute Resolution** | | | LWS320 Practical Advocacy** | | ** Students must select at least one of these Specialist Electives to meet degree requirements.
Law Specialist Elective units on offer each alternate year
Unit availability for 2010: | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | LWA214 Employment Law | SE | LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence | SE | | LWA329 Vendor and Purchaser | SE | LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law | SE | Unit availability for 2011: | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | | LWA328 Trade Practices | SE | LWA204 Advanced Criminal Law | SE | | LWA330 Cyber Law | SE | LWA325 Succession | SE | | |
| Students Commencing in Summer Semester |
Students commencing in Summer Semester will enrol for the introductory law unit in the first semester of study.
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in Summer Semester, enrolling in the introductory law unit and continuing study in a standard full time load. Students should use this table as a guide if planning a reduced or individual program of study.
| Legend: | CU = Common Unit | CCO = Commerce Core Unit
LCO = Law Core Unit | CSE = Commerce Specialist Elective
LSE = Law Specialist Elective | E = Elective | Placement of Law Specialist Electives and non-law Electives are for illustrative purposes only. Non-law electives can be studied in any year or any semester where a Specialist Elective is listed, provided no more than 5 such Electives are taken overall.
For selection of Specialist Elective units please refer to the tables provided above. |
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Successful completion of the accounting component with the selection of appropriate electives will satisfy the entry requirements of the professional accounting bodies in Australia. |
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