Course

Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws

Approved Abbreviation: BEc/LLB

Western Sydney University Course Code: 2526.2

AQF Level: 7

CRICOS Code: 041124D

Students should follow the course structure for the course version relevant to the year they commenced. This version applies to students whose commencement year for this course is 2008.

Units may be revised or replaced to ensure students are provided with up to date curriculum throughout their studies, and this may result in a new course version. Refer to the Check My Course Progress page in MySR for the most up to date information for your course.

The Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws double degree permits students to undertake multi-skilling and offers diverse career paths providing high marketability in multiple legal and economics areas. The Law degree provides students with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles; an understanding of the relationship between law and society; the skills to analyse and solve non-legal problems and specialised legal study. The Economics degree provides a broad based and highly flexible education in understanding how the economy works. The topics covered span political, and social sciences, financial and business disciplines.

For information about Honours please see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.2 or any later version of course 2501.

Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

Study Mode
Five years full-time

Accreditation
Graduates from the Bachelor of Laws are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training.

Course Structure

Qualification for a double degree in Law requires the successful completion of 400 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence for the relevant double degree programs.

Students are eligible to graduate in the associated degree at the end of three years of full-time study, only when they have completed all non-law units plus the eight law units specified in the study sequence as being in the first three years of the relevant double degree.

Economics Units

Students should refer to course 2504.2 Bachelor of Economics for details of the Economics requirements. Students must complete the compulsory units required for one of the Bachelor of Economics key programs

Bachelor of Economics

Alternate Units

LLB alternate units are to be chosen from the list of LLB alternate units found in Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), course code 2501.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Campbelltown students

Year 1

Autumn session

200006

Introduction to Law

200007

Law Foundation