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BP339 - Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)
Plan: BP339BLDD - Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureProgram transition planApproach to learning and assessment
Over the duration of your program, you will experience a variety of approaches to teaching and learning. The approaches used in each course will be appropriate to the core curriculum areas and graduate capabilities. They are designed to develop, and to assist you in developing skills as an independent learner.
The major styles of teaching and learning you will experience throughout your program will include:
Classroom teaching: utilises a range of teaching and learning techniques including lectures, guest lectures by legal practitioners, class presentations, group discussion and student-led discussion. This style of learning is designed to maximise your understanding of the curriculum content and skills. It is designed to provide an environment where you can ask questions and seek feedback as well as contribute to class discussion with your peers. Classes may be offered in intensive mode over weekends or in week long blocks.
Problem-based learning: you may be in a small legal practice group or team, or work individually to apply knowledge to solve problems and examine case studies. This technique is designed to simulate the experiences you will encounter working as a lawyer.
Assignments and projects: these may be either research or problem-based, and may be undertaken in teams or individually. They will provide you with experience at undertaking legal research and legal reasoning, to write effectively and to present your findings and advice to a range of audiences; and may also require
you to provide oral presentations. Assignments and projects are also designed to provide a way to receive feedback on your skills development and be able to utilise this feedback to improve your skills and further develop your capabilities in the relevant area.
Moots: you will be requested to participate in moots (mock courts), in which you may play the role of a solicitor, barrister, expert witness or negotiator. These moots will develop your capabilities in relation to substantive legal writing and drafting, legal research and legal reasoning, judgment and strategy and oral communication in advocacy and negotiation solutions.
Flexible delivery: The program will incorporate extensive use of online teaching resources; in the provision of support resources to you, and for accessing research sites of relevance to the course content. myRMIT will be used to provide your work to a range of resources for online learning, as set out below.
Learning resources: You will have access to course materials on myRMIT. These will include:
- Lecture notes and presentation slides which can be used as either preparation or revision materials
- Staff and Guest lectures which have been digitally recorded, and provided online as audio-stream files for access from a computer or digital device.
- Courseware delivered via myRMIT may comprise fully online, media rich content (HTML, animations, audiovisual, etc), or text-based resources designed for on-screen viewing or printing.
Legal research activities: Legal research is a key stone to becoming a lawyer and extensive online materials will be provided, both through the RMIT Library’s database subscriptions to case law and journals, and through individual course research references. You will be directed to legal case studies prepared to illustrate specific principles and made available via myRMIT.
Assessment and feedback tools: A range of assessment tools will be provided online to assist with course content and to provide you with immediate feedback.
- Discussion boards may be used as a forum to discuss and analyse readings, theories, events etc.
- Quizzes may be used for formative assessment and self-tests, incorporating a range of designs and feedback options.
Assessment is designed to provide you with opportunities to demonstrate the extent to which you have developed your capabilities and achieved specified learning outcomes in a given area. Methods of assessment will vary between courses, as it is appropriate to the objectives, learning outcomes and capabilities to be developed in each course. Assessment may take the form of:
Formal examinations: which provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding and application of fundamental legal principles to either practical or theoretical issues.
Assignments, case studies and projects: may be completed individually or in teams. They will provide you opportunities to develop your abilities in legal communications, research and reasoning, and problem solving.
Research projects: which assess your ability to fixate, assimilate, analyse and critically reflect on information.
In-class tests: provide you with feedback on your early understanding within a course and allow feedback to assist you in further developing your skills and abilities.
Reflective papers: where you reflect on what you have learnt and the methods you have utilised to enhance your learning, and develop your judgment and strategy capabilities.
Presentations: which provide you opportunities to develop your research, legal reasoning and oral communication skills.
Moots: which provide you with opportunities to demonstrate advocacy, negotiation, problem solving, leadership, judgment, legal reasoning and communications skills.
For more information on assessment, refer to the RMIT Assessment and Assessment Flexibility policy.
Please note that if you have a long-term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage we can support you by making adjustments to activities in your program so that you can participate fully in your studies. To receive learning adjustments, you need to register with Equitable Learning Service https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/equitable-learning.
The University considers the wellbeing and safety of all students, staff and the community to be a priority in on-campus/online learning and professional experience settings.
Academic Integrity: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/academicintegrity.
Additional Information
Please note that this program’s courses (whether core, option, or university elective courses) may have mandatory in-person attendance or assessment to pass the course.
If you are choosing to enrol in a course which has mandatory in-person attendance or assessment, you will need to comply with RMIT vaccination requirements which are applicable during the duration of the course. This RMIT requirement includes being vaccinated against COVID-19 or holding a valid medical exemption.
Please read this RMIT Enrolment Procedure as it has important information regarding COVID vaccination and your study at RMIT: https://policies.rmit.edu.au/document/view.php?id=209.
Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus.
Top of pageWork integrated learning
As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will be provided with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. In particular, you will:
- undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice; and
- be involved in authentic engagement with partner organisations that includes industry feedback.
Work Integrated Learning in the Bachelor of Laws
The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) courses in the Bachelor of Law are LAW2589 Justice Innovation (12 credit points) and LAW2586 Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions (12 credit points).
In LAW2589 Justice Innovation you will work in partnership with industry and with your peers to develop an innovative justice solution to a current social problem. LAW2586 Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions is based on a law firm simulation advising start ups on their legal issues. These courses will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context.
Work Integrated Learning in the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)
The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) courses in the Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) are BAFI1042 Equity Investment and Portfolio Management (12 credit points) and ECON1061 Forecasting and Quantitative Analysis (12 credit points). These courses will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context.
These learning opportunities may be in the form of industry based projects, simulations or placements.
Top of pageProgram Structure
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Program transition plan
The BP339 Bachelor of Law / Bachelor of Business (Economics & Finance) final intake will be Semester 1 2022 and formally discontinued Semester 2 2022. The program will be taught out until Semester 1 2033.
EFFECTIVE CHANGE FROM SEMESTER 1, 2023
If you commenced the program before Semester 1 2023, please refer to the following transition rules:
LAW2585 Contract Law has been replaced by LAW2632 Introduction to Contract Law and LAW2631 Advanced Principles of Contract Law.
(a) If you have completed LAW2585 Contract Law
1. You do not need to complete LAW2632 Introduction to Contract Law or LAW2631 Advanced Principles of Contract Law; and
2. You need to complete a total of six (6) law courses from the Approved Law Options List.
(b) If you have not completed LAW2585 Contract Law
1. You need to complete both LAW2632 Introduction to Contract Law and LAW2631 Advanced Principles of Contract Law; and
2. You need to complete a total of five (5) law courses from the Approved Law Options List.
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EFFECTIVE CHANGE FROM SEMESTER 2, 2022
If you commenced the program before Semester 2 2022, please refer to the following transition rules:
1. LAW2599 Taxation Law has been replaced with LAW2453 Taxation 1 in the Approved Electives Options List.
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EFFECTIVE CHANGES FROM SEMESTER 1, 2022
If you commenced the program before Semester 1 2022, please refer to the following transition rules:
1. If you have completed ECON1082 International Monetary Economics, you are not required to complete ECON1586 Diverse Perspectives on the World Economy, which is a replacement course.
2. If you have completed BAFI1002 Financial Markets, you do not need to complete BAFI1002 Financial Markets and Institutions, as this is a course title change only.
3. If you have completed ECON1042 Macroeconomics 2, you do not need to complete ECON1042 Macroeconomics for Decision Making, as this is a course title change only.
4. If you have completed BAFI1008 Business Finance, you do not need to complete BAFI1008 Corporate Finance, as this is a course title change only.
5. If you have completed ECON1061 Quantitative Analysis, you do not need to complete ECON1061 Forecasting and Quantitative Analysis, as this is a course title change only.
6. If you have completed ECON1048 Price Theory, you do not need to complete ECON1048 Managerial and Business Economics, as this is a course title change only.
7. If you have completed BAFI1026 Risk Management, you do not need to complete BAFI1026 Derivatives and Risk Management, as this is a course title change only.
8. If you have completed ECON1086 International Trade, you do not need to complete ECON1086 Business in the Globalised Economy, as this is a course title change only.
9. If you have completed BAFI1042 Investment, you do not need to complete BAFI1042 Equity Investment and Portfolio Management, as this is a course title change only.
10. If you have completed LAW2457 Law of Investments and Financial Markets, you are not required to complete LAW2450 Company and Finance Law, which is a replacement course.
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