Please Note: This information is for 2011 and 2012 commencing students. Students who commenced their degree prior to 2011 should refer to the course structure, available major subject areas and resolutions in the faculty handbook for the year they commenced. Archived downloadable faculty handbooks can be accessed on the Handbooks website.

For further information regarding the core units of study and course majors available, students should refer to the information relating to the Bachelor of Commerce.

Degree requirements

To be awarded the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, students must successfully complete a total of 240 credit points (96 credit points from the University of Sydney Business School and the School of Economics (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) and 144 credit points from the Sydney Law School), comprising:

For the Bachelor of Commerce:

• six core units of study (36 credit points), comprising five junior units (30 credit points) and one senior unit (six credit points).
• a major in a Commerce subject area
• No more than 48 credit points in junior units of study (1000-level) from the Business School and School of Economics.
  

For the Bachelor of Laws:

• 10 compulsory units of study (48 credit points) to be completed in the first three years of the combined program in the annual sequence
• An additional eight compulsory and eight elective Law units of study (96 credit points) to be completed over the remaining two years of the degree at the Law School. For details please refer to the Law School Handbook or the Law School website.

Please Note: Students cannot complete any units of study from any other faculty other than the Business School, School of Economics or the Sydney Law School in this combined degree.

Commerce core units of study

Junior units of study (30 credit points):

• BUSS1001 Understanding Business
  
• BUSS1002 The Business Environment
• BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis
• BUSS1030 Accounting, Business and Society
• BUSS1040 Economics for Business Decision Making

Senior unit of study (six credit points):

• BUSS3500 Integrated Business Applications

Transitional arrangements for 2011 commencing students

From 2012, ECOF1003, ECOF1004 and ACCT1005 will no longer be offered and students who have not completed these units must complete the substitute unit as indicated in the following table (i.e. BUSS1001, BUSS1002 and BUSS1030). Students who commenced study in 2011 can still count ECMT1010 and ECON1001 as junior core units. However, if 2011 continuing students have not yet completed these units, it is recommended that they complete BUSS1020 and BUSS1040 instead. 

The senior capstone core unit from 2012 is BUSS3500. This unit substitutes for ECOF3010.

Commerce majors and electives

Majors available under the Commerce degree are listed below. Students need to complete at least one major from this list as part of their degree.

Please Note: Because of the nature of the combined program and the prerequisites and other limitations, not all major combinations maybe available within this combined degree program.

Bachelor of Commerce subject areas for majors or electives

• Accounting
• Business Information Systems
• Commercial Law
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Quantitative Business Analysis

Note. The Quantitative Business Analysis major replaces the Operations Management and Decision Sciences major from 2012. Students who commenced study in 2011 can choose to complete either the Quantitative Business Analysis major or the Operations Management and Decision Sciences major.

Law Units of Study (Compulsory and Elective)

Students must complete the law units of study in the yearly sequence indicated in the following tables. All law units in the first four years of the degree are compulsory. In their fifth year, students choose elective law units to complete their degree requirements.

Compulsory Units of Study (First Three Years)

Students complete their compulsory units as outlined in the following table.

Compulsory Units for Third Year Students Who Commenced or Transferred their Degree Prior to 2007

All students continuing under old resolutions (pre-2007 commencing students in their third year of study and transfer students going into third year) must complete the law units of study according to the old resolutions, which can be found on the Sydney Law School website.

Please contact the Sydney Law School for further details regarding these transitional arrangements.

Compulsory and Elective Law Units (Fourth and Fifth Years of Study)

Students usually complete the Commerce component of the combined degree at the end of their third year of full-time study, however the Bachelor of Laws component continues for another two years. From their fourth year of full-time study, students complete compulsory and elective units of study from the Sydney Law School, as set out in the following table, to meet the requirements for their Law degree.

For full details of the available compulsory and elective 'LAWS' units of study for years, four and five, students should refer to the Sydney Law School's Handbook or the Law School website.

Progression guide

To satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Commerce, students must complete the seven Commerce core units of study and a Commerce major or extended major. Instead of choosing additional elective units of study or majors they complete a specified sequence of compulsory Law units of study. For further information on the majors available students should refer to the Bachelor of Commerce on this website. For full details on all Bachelor of Laws units of study, students should refer to the Sydney Law School Handbook or the Law School website. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the Commerce degree component of this course.

At the end of the third year, full-time students should have completed the requirements for their Commerce degree. An additional two years of study is required at the Law School where the remaining units of study for the Bachelor of Laws are completed. For details on the final years of this program, please refer to the Law School website.

The following table illustrates a generic degree progression example for a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (first three years) on a full-time basis undertaking four units of study per semester. In this table, core units of study for the Bachelor of Commerce are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study are in italics.

Degree Progression Examples - Majors and Major Combinations

Please click on the links below to download some example major/unit of study combinations for the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws.

Please Note:

1. The Laws component of these programs of study relate only to students who commenced their combined degree in 2012. All other students should refer to the degree resolutions of the year they began their degree or refer to the information listed above under "Core Law units of study for the combined degree program".
2. The information listed in these program of study examples are meant as a guide only. This information is intended for students who commenced their degree from 2012. Students should always check the requirements for individual units of study and majors (see information at the bottom of this webpage. Students are advised to plan their degree based upon their individual needs and to contact the Student Information Office if they need any assistance in planning their progression in their degree.
   

Please Note: These programs of study examples are meant for students who commenced their degree from 2012. Students who commenced their degrees prior to 2012 should follow the resolutions in the Handbook of the year they commenced their study (See Handbooks Archive for relevant edition). For details of the appropriate Law units to complete contact the Sydney Law School.

Honours

Both the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws can be awarded with honours.

For the Bachelor of Commerce students must successfully complete an additional honours year of study. For details of this honours year students should refer to the Honours year information listed under the Bachelor of Commerce.

For the award of honours in the Bachelor of Laws, students must complete a supervised dissertation as part of their elective units of study in their fifth year. An additional honours year is not required. For further details, students should refer to the particular combined Law resolution in the resolutions for undergraduate degrees in the Faculty Handbook or the Law School website.