Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (BEc/LLB)
| Course Code | FH030 |
| Course Type | Undergraduate |
| Credit Points Required | 240 |
| CRICOS code | 006443B |
Description
This degree is no longer accepting new enrolments through the University of Sydney Business School. The following information is for students who commenced study in this degree prior to 2011. All new students from 2011 must enrol in the degree DH065 Bachelor of Economics and bachelor of Laws through the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Students complete the core junior units and major or extended major for the Bachelor of Economics. For the first three years of the combined degree program, in place of elective units, students substitute compulsory Law units of study. Students should note that the units of study in Law cannot be counted as a major in the Economics award course. At the end of their third year, full-time students should have completed the requirements for the Economics degree. An additional two years of study is required at the Law School where the remaining units for the Bachelor of Laws are completed (see the Sydney Law School Handbook for further details).
Please Note. Students who commenced their degree prior to 2010 can complete their degree according to the resolutions in force at the time of their commencement of study. Students who commenced prior to 2006 may complete their award under the pre-2006 award course resolutions. Students should refer to the handbook for the year they commenced their degree for details.
Degree requirements
To be awarded the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws, students must successfully complete a total of 240 credit points (96 credit points from the former Faculty of Economics and Business and 144 credit points from the Sydney Law School), comprising:
For the Bachelor of Economics component:
- four core junior units of study (24 credit points)
- a major in Economics, Econometrics (with 12 senior credit points in Economics units) or Financial Economics*
- No more than 48 credit points in junior units (1000-level) from the former Faculty of Economics and Business (Business School and School of Economics)
For the Bachelor of Laws component:
- 10 compulsory units of study (48 credit points) to be completed in the first three years of the combined program in the annual sequence as specified under 'Law Units of Study (Compulsory and Elective)'
- six compulsory and six elective Law units of study (72 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
* Continuing students may choose to complete a Financial Economics major under 2011 resolutions.
Students who commenced prior to 2010 may complete their award under the pre-2010 award course resolutions.
Bachelor of Economics core units of study
Junior units of study (24 credit points)
- ECON1001 Introductory Microeconomics
- ECON1002 Introductory Macroeconomics
- ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A
- ECMT1020 Business and Economic Statistics B
Majors and electives in the Bachelor of Economics
In this combined degree, because of the nature of the combined program, prerequisites and other limitations, only the required major in Econometrics, Economics, or Financial Economics are available within this combined degree program. Students who choose to complete an Econometrics major must complete at least 12 credit points in senior Economics units (ECOS2001/2901 and ECOS2002/2902 are recommended). Students may also choose to follow 2011 resolutions and complete a Financial Economics major as their compulsory major.
Students can complete additional elective units of study from any of the following subject areas. For details of these majors, please refer to the Undergraduate majors page.
Accounting | Business Information Systems | Commercial Law |
Econometrics | Economics | Finance |
Financial Economics | Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management | International Business |
Management | Marketing | Operations Management and Decision Sciences* |
* The Quantitative Business Analysis major will replace the Operations Management and Decision Sciences major in 2012. Continuing students can choose to complete either an Operations Management and Decision Sciences major or complete the requirements for the new Quantitative Business Analysis 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.
| Year | Sem | Units of study | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | LAWS1006 Foundations of Law | 6 |
| 2 | LAWS1013 Legal Research I | 0 |
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| 2 | LAWS1012 Torts | 6 |
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| 2 | 1 | LAWS1015 Contracts | 6 |
| 1 | LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure | 6 |
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| 2 | LAWS1016 Criminal Law | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | LAWS1023 Public International Law | 6 |
| 2 | LAWS1019 Legal Research II | 0 |
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| 2 | LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II | 6 |
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| 2 | LAWS1021 Public Law | 6 |
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.
| Year | Sem. | Units of study | Credit points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 6 |
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| 1 | 6 |
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| 1 | 6 |
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| 1 | 6 |
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| 2 | LAWS2014 Corporations Law | 6 |
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| 2 | LAWS2015 Equity | 6 |
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| 2 | 6 |
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| 2 | LAWS2017 Real Property | 6 |
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| 5 | 1 & 2 | Students select elective units of study from Part 1 and Part 2 tables as set out in the Sydney Law School Handbook. |
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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.
Degree Progressions
The following tables illustrate degree progression examples of the three options for students under this degree based upon the compulsory major chosen:
These tables show each option and illustrate a degree progression example for a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws on a full-time basis completing units of study with a total value of 24 credit points per semester for both options. It is recommended that students follow one of these example options.
Option 1 - Major in Economics
In this table, units of study (including core units of study) for the required major for the Bachelor of Economics are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study in italics. 'E&B' is an abbreviation for 'Economics and Business'.
| Year | Sem | Unit of study 1 | Unit of study 2 | Unit of study 3 | Unit of study 4 | Unit of study 5 | Total credit points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ECON1001 | ECMT1010 | E&B junior (elective) | LAWS1006 | N/A | 24 |
1 | 2 | ECON1002 | ECMT1020 | E&B junior (elective) | LAWS1012 | LAWS1013 | 24 |
2 | 1 | ECOS2001/ECOS2901 | E&B senior (elective) | LAWS1015 | LAWS1014 | N/A | 24 |
2 | 2 | ECOS2002/ECOS2902 | E&B senior (elective) | E&B senior (elective)* | LAWS1016 | N/A | 24 |
3 | 1 | Economics senior (major) | Economics senior (major) | E&B senior (elective)* | LAWS1023 | N/A | 24 |
3 | 2 | Economics senior (major) | Economics senior (major) | LAW1017 | LAWS1019 | LAWS1021 | 24 |
Option 2 - Major in Econometrics
In this table, units of study (including core units of study) for the required major for the Bachelor of Economics are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study in italics.
| Year | Sem | Unit of study 1 | Unit of study 2 | Unit of study 3 | Unit of study 4 | Unit of study 5 | Total credit points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ECMT1010 | ECON1001 | E&B junior (elective) | LAWS1006 | N/A | 24 |
1 | 2 | ECMT1020 | ECON1002 | E&B junior (elective) | LAWS1012 | LAWS1013 | 24 |
2 | 1 | ECMT2110 | ECOS2001/ECOS2901 | LAWS1015 | LAWS1014 | N/A | 24 |
2 | 2 | Econometrics senior (major) | ECOS2002/ECOS2902 | E&B senior (elective)* | LAWS1016 | N/A | 24 |
3 | 1 | ECMT3110 | Econometric senior (major) | senior E&B senior (elective)* | LAWS1023 | N/A | 24 |
3 | 2 | Econometrics senior (major) | Econometrics senior (major) | LAWS1017 | LAWS1019 | LAWS1021 | 24 |
Option 3 - Major in Financial Economics
In this table, units of study (including core units of study) for the required major for the Bachelor of Economics are indicated in bold type and compulsory Law units of study in italics. 'E&B' is an abbreviation for 'Economics and Business'.
| Year | Sem | Unit of study 1 | Unit of study 2 | Unit of study 3 | Unit of study 4 | Unit of study 5 | Total credit points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ECON1001 | ECMT1010 | E&B junior (elective) | Foundations of Law | N/A | 24 |
1 | 2 | ECON1002 | ECMT1020 | E&B junior (elective) | Torts | Legal Research I | 24 |
2 | 1 | ECOS2001/ECOS2901 | ECMT2110 | Contracts | Processes of Justice | N/A | 24 |
2 | 2 | ECOS2002/ECOS2902 | ECMT2130 | E&B senior (elective)* | Criminal Law | N/A | 24 |
3 | 1 | ECOS3022 | Financial Economics senior (major) | E&B senior (elective)* | Public International Law | N/A | 24 |
3 | 2 | Financial Economics senior (major) | Financial Economics senior (major) | Torts and Contracts II | Public Law | Legal Research II | 24 |
Please Note. These degree progressions are meant as examples only. Students may complete units of study in a different order to those set in these tables (depending upon unit prerequisites and other requirements of the degree and major).
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 Sydney Law School.
Honours
Both the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws can be awarded with honours.
For the Bachelor of Economics, 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 Economics.
For the award of honours in the Bachelor of Laws, students must complete a supervised dissertation as part of their elective unit options in their fifth year of study. An additional honours year is not required. For further details, students should refer to the particular combined Law resolution in the Faculty resolutions for undergraduate degrees or the Law School.