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Bachelor of Business Information Systems - Bachelor of Laws

Testamur Title of Degree:

Bachelor of Business Information Systems - Bachelor of Laws

Abbreviation:

BBIS-LLB

UOW Course Code:

1852

CRICOS Code:

072570C

Study Area / Discipline / My University Key Words:

Business Information Systems, Web Technologies, eBusiness, Database, Management Law, Legal

Duration:

5 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Total Credit Points:

288*

Delivery Mode:

On-campus

Intake Session(s):

Autumn

Delivery Campus / UAC Code:

Wollongong / 751214

ATAR:

92

* This is a minimum figure and may vary depending on major.

Course Description

Students commencing University study directly from school may enrol in a double degree course with the Bachelor of Laws. Study in another academic discipline allows students to recognise how law functions in social, economic, technical, environmental and scientific contexts. The Bachelor of Business Information Systems - Bachelor of Laws degree provides opportunities for students to combine the knowledge and skills to design, develop and integrate information systems to support a client's business needs and to achieve a competitive edge in the global marketplace with a legal education that equips students with a critical and questioning attitude; offers a broad perspective and provides the foundation for a career in an extensive range of legal work.

For the first year of the double degree, students enrol in subjects as prescribed in the table below. The first year of the LLB must be completed full time, except where approval is given on equity grounds. In the following four years of the degree, students enrol in subjects from the Law and the Business Information System schedule.

Course structure

Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems- Bachelor of Laws, must complete each of the following:

    a) all compulsory Law subjects as set out in the relevant Course Program;
    b) elective subjects to the value of 40 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws Elective Law Schedule;
    c) subjects to the value of at least 108 credit points from the School of Information Systems and Technology Course Schedule or the General Schedule including:
      i) 96 credit points of compulsory (core) subjects from the SISAT Course Schedule;
      ii) 24 credit points of 300-level subjects, of which 12 credit points must be ISIT318;
      iii) 2 elective subjects to the value of 12 credit points from the Bachelor of Information Technology Commerce Options list or the Bachelor of Business Information Systems Electives list.

    Note: Some of the subjects which satisfy rule ii) or iii) will also satisfy rule i) so there is an overlap. The total number of credit points is only 108 although the sum of the credit points in rules ii) to iii) is 132.

 

Subjects (by year)

Session

Credit Points

First Year

LLB 100

Foundations of Law A

Autumn

8

LLB 110

Legal Research and Writing

Autumn

4

LLB 120

Law of Contract A

Autumn

8

LLB 130

Criminal Law and Process A

Autumn

8

LLB 150

Communication Skills

Autumn

2

LLB 140

Advocacy Skills

Spring

2

LLB 160

Foundations of Law B

Spring

8

LLB 170

Law of Contracts B

Spring

8

LLB 180

Criminal Law and Process B

Spring

8

LLB 197

Lawyers and Australian Society

Spring

6

Second Year

LLB 220

Property and Trusts A

Autumn

8

LLB 230

Administrative Law

Autumn

8

LLB 270

Property and Trusts B

Spring

8

LLB 280

Constitutional Law

Spring

8

Subjects from the BBIS program

  

Third Year

LLB 240

Law of Torts

Autumn

8

LLB 260

Dispute Management Skills

Autumn

2

LLB 250

Drafting Skills

Spring

2

LLB 290

Legal Theory

Spring

8

LLB 397

Legal Internship

Autumn/Spring

2

Subjects from the BBIS program

  

Fourth Year

LLB 300

Remedies and Procedure

Autumn

8

LLB 302

Law of Business Organisations

Autumn

8

LLB 301

Evidence

Spring

8

2 LLB Electives

Spring

16

Subjects from the BBIS program

  

Fifth Year

2 LLB Electives

Autumn

16

1 LLB Electives

Spring

8

Subjects from the BBIS program

  

Majors

Majors are NOT available in the Bachelor of Laws course.

Electives

Students must successfully complete elective subjects to the value of 40 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws Elective Law Schedule - see Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry).

Honours

To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Laws Honours, a candidate must complete the elective LLB313 Legal Research Project as part of the above Course Requirements. The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 4. Refer to the University's General Course Rules (8.37), for information on the methods of calculating Honours.

As an alternative to the WAM-based Honours system, eligible students may complete an additional year of study towards the award of a Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree or the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree.

In order to be eligible for the Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree (an 'end-on' full year honours), students must have completed all LLB degree requirements with a WAM calculated by Method 4 of 70% or more. To be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research, a candidate must complete LLB448 Research Honours in Law in addition to the above Course Requirements. The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 1. Refer to the University's General Course Rules (8.37), for information on the methods of calculating Honours. See the Bachelor of Laws Honours by Research degree entry for further details.

In order to be eligible for the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree (an 'end-on' full year honours), students must have completed all requirements for their double degree with a WAM calculated by Method 4 in the University's General Course Rules (8.37) of 70% or more* in their LLB subjects and overall in order to be eligible to apply. Entry must be approved by the School of Law in consultation with the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other discipline. The School of Law shall not approve entry into this course unless the LLB Honours Coordinator and the relevant authority in the other disciplines have agreed, in consultation with the student, on the program of study that will form the basis of the course curriculum for the degree. See the Bachelor of Laws Joint Honours by Research degree for further details.

* The other discipline may specify other minimum entry requirements.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder 
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au or eis@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 24 January, 2017