BP346 - Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
Plan: BP346BLDD - Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
Campus: City Campus
Overview
Program detailsPurpose of the ProgramArticulation and pathwaysEntrance requirementsExternal accreditation and industry linksStudent expenses and charges in addition to feesLibrary, IT and specialist resourcesProgram details
Award title: Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
Award abbreviation: BLaws/BBus
Total credit points: 480
Career: UGRD
Duration: Domestic students: 5 years full time; 10 years part time; International students 5 years full time
Location: Melbourne, City Campus
Owning school: Graduate School of Business and Law (660H)
Owning school URL: www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/graduate-school-of-business-and-law
Partnered offering / Corporate client:
ASCED code: 090999
CRICOS code: 110717C
Top of pagePurpose of the Program
This program is a double degree program that comprises the Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business. As a graduate you will be prepared with the business and legal knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world. You will develop foundational business knowledge and combine this with substantive areas of law to develop practitioners who have sound commercial understandings, ethics and skills. As an accredited law degree, you will have access to traditional legal careers requiring admission to practice, and will develop the skills that a law degree affords, such as critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills. Combined with business skills you will be prepared for a range of commercial law careers including legal firms, corporate counsel roles and government. The highly flexible Bachelor of Business component of this double degree, allows you to tailor your degree to your interests in various business disciplines and develop attributes which will open a large range of career opportunities.
During the double degree, career development learning is scaffolded across early, mid and late stages of the program. The program provides courses that deal with law and business, technology and social impact and developes skills for the future of work. The delivery of this program is blended comprising of face-to-face and online learning.
Bachelor of Laws
On the completion of the Bachelor of Laws program, you will possess a detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the Australian legal framework and fundamental legal principles, an understanding of comparative and international legal systems, an understanding of the ethical framework in which the Australian legal system operates, and a fundamental knowledge of the extra-legal factors impinging upon the substantive law.
Learning activities and experiences in this program include case-based learning and you will be encouraged to engage in critical discussion in seminars and online forums, supplemented by active, authentic experiential learning opportunities in various simulations that develop legal skills. These simulations include writing briefs and other legal documents, mooting, interviewing, negotiation and mediation skills. These are integrated into most substantive law courses to ensure that you develop the skills in close connection with the legal knowledge. Clinical legal education and industry placement opportunities are also provided.
A capstone experience will be provided in the course LAW2586 Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions,which will give you the opportunity to critically reflect on the curriculum of this program. The course promotes the integration and synthesis of a range of knowledge and skills gained in the program and the application of these in discipline related real-world scenarios.
Bachelor of Business
The Bachelor of Business is a program that will give you broad and coherent theoretical and technical business knowledge to enter professional work and/or undertake further learning.
For business knowledge, the Bachelor of Business gives you a choice of majors, minors and options. You can choose on a spectrum from generalist (breadth) to specialist (depth) disciplinary knowledge for your learning. In breadth, your learning is organised in a way that provides a wide span of business discipline knowledge. If you choose more depth, you will focus on specific topics, which can be amplified and explored. Importantly, the Bachelor of Business also gives you the option to engage in cross disciplinary knowledge. This approach in the Bachelor of Business allows you to gain new perspectives. It recognises the diversity of business professions and that the future business graduate is unlikely to be trapped solely within traditional business disciplines.
As a graduate of the Bachelor of Business, you will also obtain many transferable skills. These skills will enable you to analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities relating to the discipline of business. The learning of skills in the Bachelor of Business curriculum is achieved through both skills embedded in curriculum design, and through an integrated self-authored skills framework using an eportfolio. Skills extend beyond simply enterprise and human skills, to also include:
- Local, national and global mindsets (ways of knowing, indigenous, eastern and western approaches to knowledge, intercultural, working across borders, diversity and inclusion).
- Digital World - business and future technologies, digital literacy, the role of humans as decision makers in a digitised future.
- Social awareness and commitment - social impact, innovation, the role of business in society, economic futures, sustainability, human well-being.
The Bachelor of Business includes key curriculum features to support your learning and attainment of graduate attributes. This includes:
- Introductory level business foundation courses to allow you to contextualise business education and learning. These courses are intended to be the foundation upon which you can make sense of business. They include four courses: Understanding the Business Environment; Business Decision Making; Business in Society; and Integrated Perspectives on Business Problems. The required study of business foundations also embeds a compulsory academic integrity module, belonging and first year experience elements, a whole-of-course integrated ePortfolio and all graduate attributes and program learning outcomes. Integrated Perspectives on Business Problems will also introduce you to problem- based learning, applying business theory, decision making and foundational research skills.
- An integrated capabilities framework throughout the entire curriculum - This framework gives you an opportunity to shape your professional and personal identity, in the context of the development of human, enterprise and technology skills.
- Professional and experiential learning to assist you to learn the skills, qualities and attributes as a Bachelor of Business student. A whole-of-program embedded eportfolio assists you to capture artefacts and evidence of learning for the purpose of careers and employability and the next step after graduation. A required eportfolio capstone consolidates your learning journey. This aspect of the curriculum also encompasses concepts such as authentic learning and assessment, industry engagement and opportunities for you to learn in the context of work.
- Capstone - The integrated skills framework commences at first entry into the program, whether in first year first semester or at a later point for students receiving recognition of prior learning. A required, capstone course at the conclusion of the program is intended to conclude your learning experience in the Bachelor of Business - BUSM2582 Business Graduate Folio, the embedded capstone experience. In the final year, this practically-based capstone course integrates outcomes of your self- directed journey for the purpose of careers, employability, further study, research, professional learning and/or self-reflection and celebration.
Pathways and Graduate Outcomes:
The Bachelor of Business is a generalist business education degree that equips you with career outcomes in a wide area of professional work in global contexts.
As a graduate from this program, you are expected to have the requisite skills and knowledge for employment in large corporations, government, small to medium enterprise and small business, not for profit organisations to lead change in response to the developing nature of the economy and its effect on business activity, decision making and investment.
As a graduate you will gain deep discipline knowledge constructed through majors, minors and Business option courses in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Financial Planning, People and Organisations. You will have the ability to pursue careers in Business Professions. Business professions are occupations which are highly specialised and usually subject to guidelines or codes of conduct set by professional bodies such as: Accountant, Actuary, Auditor, Economist, Financial Analyst, Financial Planner, Human Resource Professionals, Investment Adviser, Legal Professionals, Marketing Professionals.
Bachelor of Business students who focus on the application of knowledge across more than one area of study, either cross-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary, that provides a deep understanding of how businesses function with a broader combination of courses, majors and minors such as: Business and Technology, Global Procurement and Sourcing, Marketing, Data Insights, Global Business, Managing Global Team, Social Impact, may pursue transformative roles. Mature occupations that have been transformed by data and technology have created hybrid roles, such as: Digital Marketing Analyst, Logistics Analyst, Business Behaviouralist, Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media Assistant, Transformation Manager, Community Manager (Public Relations), Ethical Sourcing/Procurement Manager.
Bachelor of Business graduates will be preparing for jobs that are growing or yet to be defined, alongside those training for professional occupations that may be more resistant to change. New occupations are emerging, often as the result of disruptions and megatrends. Recently, new occupational groups have formed due to high demand for specialised and/or hybrid skills and knowledge in areas such as nanotechnology,big data, data analysis, digitalisation, AI and automation, and the green and circular economies. Roles in fields of Data, such as: Data Analyst, Pricing Analyst, HR Analytics Manager, Data Scientist, Growth Hacker. Roles in Emerging Business Practices, such as: Agile Coach, Logistics Analyst, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Customer Success Specialist, Social Entrepreneur. Roles in Online Engagement, such as: Digital Marketing Analyst, Social Media Specialist, User Experience (UX) Analyst, Digital Content Curator, Marketing Personalisation Specialist, Employee Experience (EX) Manager, Digital capability coordinator, Corporate strategist, Concept designer, Corporate development analyst, Social innovationprojects manager and Enterprise architect. These occupations can be pursued with curated courses, majors and minors available through the Bachelor of Business.
Research Pathways
The Bachelor of Business provides a specific and clearly articulated option for research pathways. Research related courses are nominated as part of the program structure and research is embedded as a component of the integrated skills framework mentioned above. Students interested in a career in research have an option to pathway into the Bachelor of Business (Honours) or Higher Degree by Research.
Top of pageArticulation and pathways
Pathway:
Applicants who do not meet the published program entry requirements may wish to consider a Pathway.
Articulation:
The below articulation and credit arrangements are only applicable to students who have met the published program entry requirements and are subject to change.
Credit and exemptions will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT University Credit Policy and Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) requirements.
Applicants who have completed or partially completed a similar program at another institution (with entry criteria similar to this program) may be granted some credits or exemptions towards this program.
Bachelor of Business
Credit and exemptions will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT University Credit Policy. Students enrolled in RMIT programs are required to complete a minimum amount of study in an RMIT program to be eligible for an award. The minimum amount of study in the Bachelor of Business is 96 credit points.
Applicants who have completed studies or have partially completed a similar program at another institution (with entry criteria similar to this program) may be accepted with some credits or exemptions being granted towards this program. Please refer to the RMIT website for more information on how to apply for credit.
Credit pathways between RMIT University VE programs, Higher Education Diplomas & Associate Degrees in the same or related discipline, may enable you upon successful completion of a lower level qualification, at the required standard for admission, to apply for advanced standing in a higher-level qualification.
Credit pathways between RMIT University programs may enable you upon graduating from an RMIT University qualification to apply for advanced standing in a higher-level qualification. The Bachelor of Business provides specific options for research pathways. Students interested in a career in research have an option to pathway into the Bachelor of Business Professional Practice, Bachelor of Business (Honours) or Higher Degree by Research. For more information about admissions and credit please refer to the RMIT University Credit Policy.
If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program you can apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for RPL. These arrangements may be subject to change.
Bachelor of Laws
Credits for Law Courses in this double degree will be assessed as set out here.
Australian law degrees are required to include 11 core areas of knowledge – the ‘Priestley 11’. These areas are: Criminal Law and Procedure, Tort, Contract, Property, Equity, Company Law, Administrative Law, Federal and State Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Professional Conduct. Exemptions towards the Priestley 11 courses are not possible unless the equivalent Priestley 11 courses have been completed in an undergraduate law program from an accredited law school. Students are advised to seek clarification from the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) to ensure the credit will not impact admission to legal practice.
Credit for all other law courses can only be granted if a course has been completed at an accredited law school. This means the course code must contain LAW, indicating a law discipline.
The only exception is if a student has been admitted via the RMIT BP204 Bachelor of Legal and Dispute Studies program. Students will be exempt from completing LAW2580 Becoming a Lawyer in a Globalised World, if they have successfully completed the following four courses: HUSO2235 Introduction to Law HWSS1144 Alternative Dispute Resolution POLI1025 Power and Governance SOCU2095 Sociology of Law.
Top of pageEntrance requirements
Applicants with recent secondary education (current and within the past two years):
Successful completion of an Australian Year 12 senior secondary certificate of education, or equivalent. VCE study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL or equivalent.
If applicable, this includes equity access schemes and any other adjustment factors.
Associate Degree applicants:
Applicants who have successfully completed an Australian Associate Degree, or equivalent, with GPA converted to ATAR.
All Bachelor of Business Degree applicants:
Applicants who have successfully completed the equivalent of four courses (subjects) in an Australian Bachelor Degree with GPA converted to ATAR and no double-fail in any required course of the receiving degree.
Open Universities Australia (OUA) applicants:
Successful completion of four Open Universities Australia higher education units with a with GPA converted to ATAR. Scored or graded results are required.
Work and Life Experience:
Entry to this program is competitive. Applicants are ranked and selected in order of merit based on their academic achievement, e.g., Special Tertiary Admission Test (STAT) score (including any adjustment factors).
You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent qualification) and meet the stated prerequisites. Work and life experience does not provide any additional consideration for entry to this program. You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice.
You may satisfy the academic requirements by completing the STAT multiple choice.
If you are applying to RMIT as an applicant with vocational education training, you may sit the STAT multiple choice if you:
- are 19 years of age or over as of 1 January in the year in which you will start your studies; and
- have not been enrolled in secondary studies for at least two years; and
- have no prior secondary school (Year 12), VET studies, HE studies or relevant work experience that can be considered for entry, or these do not meet the minimum academic requirements for the program.
STAT results are valid for two years prior to the commencement of study and can be used to meet Year 12 English prerequisites. You are still required to meet all other program prerequisites or equivalents.
Learn more about RMIT STAT results including minimum STAT scores required to meet prerequisites.
Entrance requirements for international onshore applicants:
All non-Australian residents and overseas full-fee paying students are required to meet RMIT English language requirements. For more information on these requirements see English Language Requirements at RMIT.
Adjustment Factors:
You may be eligible for adjustment factors which will be applied to your selection rank.
Available ONLY to applicants currently study Year 12 at a SNAP partner school:
RMIT’s School Network Access Program (SNAP) is designed to increase tertiary participation by giving priority access to RMIT diploma and degree programs to eligible applicants currently studying Year 12 at a SNAP partner school.
Available only to applicants currently studying Year 12 or whose highest qualification is a completed Year 12:
Subject Adjustments: study score of 25 in Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Geography, any Information Technology, Legal Studies, any Mathematics, Industry and Enterprise or Psychology equals 1 aggregate point per study; A study score of 35 in any English equals 2 aggregate points per study; up to a maximum of 5 points.
Regional Adjustments: RMIT automatically allocates adjustment factors to Year 12 applicants from a low socio-economic status area for all certificate IV, diploma, advanced diploma, associate degree and degree level programs that select primarily on ATAR. Low socio-economic status areas area determined by applying the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation.
Available to ALL applicants:
Equity Access Schemes: Equity access schemes take into account personal information and location, difficult circumstances, disadvantaged financial background and disability or medical condition that may have impacted on your most recent academic performance.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People:
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander access program is an early offer model that allows applicants to be selected for programs independent of their final results. Capacity and capability for success are determined by selection staff through an interview process managed by the Ngarara Willim Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Adjustments received for eligible applicants will not contribute to the overall maximum adjustments factors an applicant may receive.
Elite Athlete Adjustment:
The RMIT Elite Athlete Program (REAP) supports eligible elite and emerging athletes to achieve sporting and academic excellence, allowing students to balance the demands of both their studies and their athletic responsibilities.
Eligible elite or emerging athletes who are seeking admission into a vocational education or degree course will receive adjustment factors applied to their ATAR.
Top of pageExternal accreditation and industry links
This program is accredited by the statutory and professional bodies listed in the table below.
To be eligible to be admitted to practice law in Australia, graduates must additionally complete the Practical Legal Training (PLT) requirements, either a one year of Supervised Workplace Training with a law firm or an approved PLT course. The PLT course can be undertaken on a fee paying basis through Leo Cussen Centre for Law or The College of Law.
| Statutory/Professional Body | Accreditation Description |
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Victorian Legal Admissions Board [VLAB] www.lawadmissions.vic.gov.au |
Program satisfies the academic requirements forgraduate admission to the Australian Legal Profession. |
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Council of Australian Law Deans [CALD] www.cald.asn.au |
The School is compliant with the standards for Australian Law Schools adopted by the Council of Au tralian Law Deans and assessed by the Australia Law Schools Standards Committee [ALSSC] |
Top of pageStudent expenses and charges in addition to fees
Once you are enrolled as a student in this program you will need to allow for expenses other than university tuition fees. Additional expenses may relate to the purchase of lecture notes, textbooks, stationery, consumables such as printer paper, fees levied by commercial internet service providers for internet access outside of the university campus, and other relevant costs.
Top of pageLibrary, IT and specialist resources
RMIT Library provides extensive resources, services and study space. All RMIT students have access to scholarly resources including course related material, books, e-books, journals and databases. Computers, printers and group study rooms are available at each Melbourne Library location. You can access the Internet and Library e-resources. You can also access the RMIT University wireless network in the Library. Contact Ask the Library for assistance and further information www.rmit.edu.au/library.
Study Support is available for assistance with assignment preparation, academic writing, information literacy, referencing, maths and study skills.
Online learning tools and content
As a student in this program, you may access online learning tools and content for your program and associated courses from the student portal www.rmit.edu.au/students.
Services available to you as a student at RMIT University
RMIT University provides a wide range of resources and opportunities to assist your learning and wellbeing so you can achieve your study and career goals. Services are available face to face and online assisting with:
- transition to tertiary study and learning
- study skills, academic skills including literacy, mathematics and basic sciences if relevant
- enabling assistance if you have a disability, long term medical condition or other form of disadvantage which may impact on your learning
- career development and employment
- living and wellbeing (including advice on health, housing and financial matters)
- opportunities for scholarships, leadership and study abroad.
We also offer a dedicated support service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. You can find more information at www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/indigenous.
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