Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws

Western Sydney University

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Accreditation Graduates of the Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws are eligible to apply to the Legal Profession Admission Board for admission to legal practice in NSW after undertaking prescribed practical legal training.

Providing students complete unit 200019 Revenue Law (students can select this as an LLB alternate unit), this degree satisfies the accreditation requirements of CPA Australia (CPA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) for entry into their respective programs.

Completion of this degree will allow students to claim a number of exemptions from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in obtaining the CIMA Professional Qualification.

In addition, by utilising their alternate units to complete the Taxation major, MT2032, students satisfy the tertiary education requirements to register as a Tax (Financial) Adviser and a Tax Agent with the TPB.

Details regarding these requirements can be found via the link located above.

Students choosing to exit with the Bachelor of Accounting at the end of the third year who wish to seek professional accreditation as an accountant will need to complete all units listed in the first three years of the recommended course sequence and units 200019 Revenue Law (students can select this as an LLB alternate unit) and 200018 Law of Associations (an additional unit).

Structure

Qualification for the award of Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws requires the successful completion of 400 credit points as per the recommended sequence below.

Note: Students wishing to seek professional accreditation as an accountant will need to complete alternate unit 200019 - Revenue Law as one of the eight LLB alternate units.

Students can tailor their study to include units that are recognised for specialist tax and financial planning practice in the accounting profession. Note that additional study may be required to achieve full accreditation in those specialist fields. Students should seek advice from the DAP re alternate units to be taken.

Students choosing to exit with the Bachelor of Accounting at the end of the third year who wish to seek professional accreditation as an accountant will need to complete all units listed in the first three years of the recommended course sequence and units 200019 - Revenue Law (students can select this as an LLB alternate unit) and 200018 - Law of Associations (an additional unit).

Students enrolled in the 2785 Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws will only be eligible to graduate from their Bachelor of Laws degree upon completion of the entire 400 credit point course. Students enrolled in this course who wish to graduate with a standalone law degree prior to completion of the entire Bachelor of Accounting component must transfer to course 2502 Bachelor of Laws (Non Graduate Entry) which requires the completion of 320 credit points (inclusive of 80 credit points of non-LLB study).

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Code	Name
200977	Fundamentals of Australian Law

Code	Name
200010	Criminal Law

Code	Name
200972	Accounting in Context

Code	Name
200525	Principles of Economics

Code	Name
200978	Legal Analysis and Critique

Code	Name
200008	Torts Law

Code	Name
200111	Financial Accounting Applications

Code	Name
200488	Corporate Financial Management

Code	Name
200011	Contracts

Code	Name
200116	Management Accounting Fundamentals

Code	Name
200973	Techniques in Financial Accounting

Choose one of

Code	Name
200032	Statistics for Business

Code	Name
200052	Introduction to Economic Methods

Code	Name
200974	Accounting Standards and Governance

Code	Name
200108	Contemporary Management Accounting

Accounting Alternate unit 1

Code	Name
200020	Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Code	Name
200534	Accounting Information Systems

Code	Name
200109	Corporate Accounting Systems

Accounting Alternate unit 2

Code	Name
200984	Government and Public Law

Code	Name
200535	Auditing and Assurance Services

Code	Name
200118	The Accountant as a Consultant

Accounting Alternate unit 3

Code	Name
200757	Equity & Trusts

Code	Name
200012	Property Law

And two LLB Alternate units

Students who will be seeking professional accreditation as an accountant should enrol in unit 200019 - Revenue Law in place of one LLB Alternate unit

Code	Name
200013	Administrative Law

Code	Name
200018	Law of Associations

And two LLB Alternate units

Autumn session

Code	Name
200009	Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200015	Criminal Procedure and Evidence

And two LLB Alternate units

Code	Name
200811	Alternative Dispute Resolution

Spring session

Code	Name
200756	Remedies

Code	Name
200813	Civil Procedure and Arbitration

And two LLB Alternate units

Accounting Alternate Units

Students must complete 30 credit points from the list of Accounting alternate units below:

Code	Name
200627	Financial Planning

Code	Name
200272	Insurance Advising - Theory and Practice

Code	Name
200265	Personal Asset Management

Code	Name
200899	Retirement and Succession Planning

Code	Name
200900	Self-Managed Superannuation and Trusts

LLB Alternate Units

Students must complete 80 credit points of units from the list of Bachelor of Laws alternate units. The most recent version of course 2501 indicates which units are offered in the course.

(Note that students must choose alternate unit 200019 if seeking professional accreditation as an accountant.)

Code	Name
200019	Revenue Law

Code	Name
200021	Land Transactions Law

Code	Name
200186	Advanced Taxation Law

Code	Name
200220	International Criminal Law

Code	Name
200271	Financial Services Law

Code	Name
200294	Mediation

Code	Name
201044	Bioethics

Note: From 2020, unit 200295 - Bioethics replaced by equivalent unit 201044 - Bioethics.

Code	Name
200296	Law Economics and Business Ethics

Code	Name
200297	Law of Employment

Code	Name
200298	Immigration and Refugee Law

Code	Name
200529	Comparative Law: Legal Systems of the World

Code	Name
200629	Advanced Family Law

Code	Name
200632	Elder Law

Code	Name
200633	Family Law

Code	Name
200635	Human Rights Law

Code	Name
200637	Intellectual Property

Code	Name
200638	International Business Transactions Law

Code	Name
200639	International Trade Law

Code	Name
200641	Wills and Succession

Code	Name
200646	Advocacy

Code	Name
200647	Planning and Environment Law

Code	Name
200649	Jurisprudence

Code	Name
200650	Advanced Torts and Civil Wrongs

Code	Name
200652	Space Law - Commercial Aspects

Code	Name
200653	Public International Law

Code	Name
200654	Anti-Discrimination Law

Code	Name
200656	Conflict of Laws

Code	Name
200657	Corporate Governance

Code	Name
200659	Insolvency Law and Policy

Code	Name
200661	Media Law

Code	Name
200663	International Moot Court

Code	Name
200697	Banking and Securities Law

Code	Name
200699	Clinical Legal Placement

Code	Name
200700	Law Honours Dissertation

Code	Name
200701	Issues in the Criminal Justice System

Code	Name
200702	Public Health Law

Code	Name
200704	Independent Study (Law)

Code	Name
200755	Advanced Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200758	Transactional Law

Code	Name
200759	Foundations of Chinese Law

Code	Name
200772	Family Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200773	Moot Court

Code	Name
200799	Work Health and Safety Law

Code	Name
200800	International Climate Law

Code	Name
200801	International Environmental Law

Code	Name
200802	Law and Public Policy (Development and Implementation)

Code	Name
200803	Law of International Organisations

Code	Name
200804	Law of the Sea

Code	Name
200856	Medical Law

Code	Name
200858	Australian Consumer Law

Code	Name
200900	Self-Managed Superannuation and Trusts

Code	Name
200905	Australian Competition Law

Code	Name
200908	Human Rights and the Asia Pacific

Code	Name
200943	Practising in the Public Interest

Code	Name
200944	First Peoples and the Australian Legal System

Code	Name
200955	Information and Data Governance Law and Regulation

Code	Name
200956	Islam, International Law and Human Rights

Code	Name
200982	Mental Health Law

Code	Name
200983	Foundations of Indian Law

Code	Name
201007	Revenue Law Industry Placement

Code	Name
201018	Cyber Law and Justice

Code	Name
201020	Elder Law Industry Placement

Code	Name
201027	Law's Self-Understanding

Code	Name
201028	Judicial Internship

Code	Name
201039	Technology, Innovation and the Law

Code	Name
201040	Designing Law Apps for Access to Justice

Code	Name
201080	Legal Internship

Please note that the availability of Bachelor of Laws Alternate Units may vary from session to session. New units may become available and some discontinued. The School of Law will publish information on which units are available in a session.

Honours

Students may be eligible to undertake the embedded Law Honours program as part of their course attempt. Students who meet the criteria for admission to the program must complete the 20 credit point Bachelor of Laws Alternate unit 200700 Law Honours Dissertation.

For criteria for admission to the Law Honours program and further information, see

School of Law Honours Award Level guidelines

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