Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws

This combined degree provides students with the opportunity to major in an accounting program in conjunction with legal studies with a view to satisfying the academic requirements for admission into both the accounting and the legal professions.

Internal students will attend classes at the CDU Waterfront Darwin for Accounting and Business units and Casuarina Campus for Law units.

The course can also be studied in the external mode.

External students have access to live online tutorials as well as online access to the recordings of all lectures, enabling them to complete the course from anywhere in the world.

The accounting course provides students with a sound knowledge base in financial accounting, management accounting, taxation, business law and finance.

This vocationally oriented and student-centred course provides students with employment and professional skills needed in a rapidly changing business environment.

It allows for flexibility of study and prepares students for careers in a variety of business fields.

In addition, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills are emphasised.

The primary aim of the Law course is to provide a legal education for the practice of law.

In that context, the course aims to provide knowledge of the legal system and legal principles, and to cultivate a capacity for legal research, analysis and communication.

The course also provides international and theoretical perspectives on the law and encourages an appreciation of legal issues of special significance to the Northern Territory, including Aboriginal legal issues.

Graduates of law are not restricted to a career as a solicitor or barrister, if that is not their ambition.

A law degree opens up career options in diverse areas, including in-house counsel of private and public institutions, in teaching, industrial relations, the military, police services, politics, human rights, customs, immigration an in any public or private sector employment where an in-depth understanding of the law is an advantage.

Graduates of this combined degree are awarded both the Bachelor of Accounting and the Bachelor of Laws.

Common (2 units) - 20

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below: CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (compulsory) Plus either: CUC100 Academic Literacies (recommended for this course) or CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology Select Common Units to find out more about individual units or advanced standing options.

Core Units(28 units) - 280

Compulsory Core units totalling 280 credit points :

Law Core: 13 units totalling 130 credit points: LWZ115 Legal Process (replaces LWZ111 from 2016 which replaced LWZ100A and LWZ100B from 2015) LWZ114 Criminal Law LWZ116 Torts LWZ118 Contracts LWZ204 Constitutional Law (replaces LWZ202 and LWZ203 from 2015) LWZ210 Equity LWZ211 Trusts LWZ223 Property Law LWZ304 Administrative Law (replaces LWZ202 and LWZ312 from 2015) LWZ315 Corporations Law LWZ316 Evidence LWZ317 Civil Procedure LWZ320 Professional Responsibility Students transferring from the BACCBL to the BACBL in 2015 should refer to the course changes and transitional arrangement notes provided below.

Accounting Core

: 15 units totalling 150 credit points:

(#see below - replaced by ACT102 from 2016)

(recoded to COM105 from 2016)

(recoded to ECO105 from 2016) (new title 2018)

(recoded to MAN105 from 2016)

(recoded to QAB105 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT201 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT202 from 2016)

(replaced by ACT204 from 2016)

(recoded to FIN205 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT301 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT302 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT303 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT304 from 2016)

(recoded to ACT305 from 2016)

(recoded to TAX305 from 2016)

Specialist Electives/Major(10 units) - 100

Law Specialist Elective units totalling 100 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below: Note: Students intending to graduate with the Bachelor of Laws before completing the Bachelor of Accounting component of this combined degree must complete 110 credit points of Law Specialist Electives. Students must complete the Accounting Core unit CMT301 Taxation to qualify for the Bachelor of Laws award. Students must complete either LWS221 or LWS320. Students are not precluded from completing both units. LWS221 Dispute Resolution (replaced by LWA207 from 2019) or LWS221P Dispute Resolution (Clinical Practice) (no longer avail from 2016) LWS320 Practical Advocacy (no longer avail from 2016) Note: Not all Specialist Elective units are offered every year. LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law LWA210 Contemporary Issues (title change from 2016) LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2 (no longer avail from 2016) LWA213 Family Law (next offered 2021) or LWA213P Family Law (Clinical Practice) (recoded to LWP213) LWA214 Employment Law (last offered 2014) LWA215 Advanced Criminal Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWA216 Advanced Torts (no longer avail from 2016) LWA218 Advanced Contracts (no longer avail from 2016) LWA223 Advanced Property Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWA316 Intellectual Property Law LWA318 International Law (replaced by LWA321 Public International Law 2016) LWA325 Succession (next offered 2021) LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law (next offered 2021) LWA329 Conveyancing Law (title change from 2016) LWA330 Cyber Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWB201 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System (recoded to LWA111 from 2016) (next offered 2020) LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence (recoded to LWA110 from 2016) (offered each year) LWB206 Human Rights Law (recoded to LWA221 Human Rights Law from 2016) LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWC304 Research Paper (replaced by LWA317 from 2016)

Note: students intending to graduate with the Bachelor of Accounting before completing the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree must complete the Law Core units LWZ111 Introduction to Law and LWZ315 Corporations Law to qualify for the Bachelor of Accounting award.

General Electives - 0

There are no elective units available in the course.

- 400

Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.