COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
COURSE CODE: BBLL
CAMPUS
City Flinders, City Queen and Footscray Park
COLLEGE
Law and Justice
STUDY MODE
Full Time and Part Time
DURATION
5 Years Full Time or Part Time Equivalent
FEE TY PE
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) – Fee information available from vu.edu.au/fees
APPLICATION METHOD
VTAC – vtac.edu.au
Direct to VU - gotovu.custhelp.com/app/landing
TIMETABLE
vu.edu.au/timetables
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS
Complete 40 units of study (480 credit points). Use this course structure to track your progress by recording successful
completion of each study unit (Semester/Year)
FURTHER
INFORMATION
Unit (subject) and course information is available from the University course search site at vu.edu.au/course-search
Students anticipating completing LLB(Hons) will need to:
• Use one elective for BLB4142 Advanced Legal Research Dissertation for students who began this course
pre-2015; or
• Save two (2) electives for the Honours research and thesis units that form part of LLB (Hons)/BBus course
(LHLB) to achieve maximum efficiencies when transferring from LLB/BBus to LLB(Hons)/BBus course (for
students who began Law/Business course in 2015 or later). Students entering the LLB Course in 2015 or
later will need to transfer mid-course to an LLB (Hons) course for example LLB(Hons)/ BBus (LHLB).
The following course structure is designed to help students track their progress through the course. Please use the relevant Business Specialisation
Course Structure document for your chosen specialisation. Use the ‘RECORD OF COMPLETION’ column to record the year and semester that a unit is
satisfactorily completed
.
YEAR 1
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BMO1102 Management and Organisation Behaviour CORE 1 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil BAO1101 Accounting for Decision Making CORE 1 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil BCO1102 Information Systems for Business CORE 1 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil BLB1101 Australian Legal Systems in Context CORE 1 12 Footscray Park City Queen Nil BLB1114 Legal Research Methods CORE 2 12 City Queen Nil
COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
BEO1106 Business Statistics CORE 2 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil BPD1100 Integrated Business Challenge CORE 2 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil
YEAR 2
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB1102 Contracts 1 CORE 1 12 City Queen
BHO1171 Introduction to Marketing CORE 1 12 Footscray Park City Flinders Nil LLW1000
(BLB1118) Introduction to Public Law (Constitutional Law) CORE 1 12 City Queen
Business Specialisation Unit 1 ELECTIVE 1 12
BLB2122 Advocacy and Communication CORE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
BLB1115 Torts CORE 2 12 Footscray Park City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 ` Business Specialisation Unit 2 ELECTIVE 2 12
Business Specialisation Unit 3 ELECTIVE 2 12
YEAR 3
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB2119 Corporations Law 1 CORE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW1001
(BLB3128) Criminal Law CORE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 Business Specialisation Unit 4 ELECTIVE 1 12
Business Specialisation Unit 5 ELECTIVE 1 12 LLW3000
(BLB1113) Australian Administration Law CORE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW1000 BLB2125 Real Property CORE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1102 BLB1114 BPD2100 International Business Challenge CORE 2 12 Footscray Park City Flinders BFP1100 or BPD1100
COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
YEAR 4
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB2121 Legal Theory CORE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3130 Interviewing and Negotiation Skills CORE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB2120 Legal Writing and Drafting CORE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB1115 Business Specialisation Unit 7 ELECTIVE 1 12
Law Elective Unit 1 ELECTIVE 2 12
LLW5001
(BLB2124) Corporations Law 2 CORE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB2119 LLW5000
(BLB1117) Advanced Commercial Law (Contracts2) CORE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1102 BLB1114 BPD3100 Applied Business Challenge (Business Specialisation Unit 8) ELECTIVE 2 12 Footscray Park City Flinders BFP2100 or BPD2100
YEAR 5
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB4136 Equity and Trusts CORE 1 12 City Flinders BLB2125 LLW4000
(BLB3127) Civil Procedure (Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure) CORE 1 12 City Flinders City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW5003
(BLB4139 Evidence and Criminal Procedure (Evidence) CORE 1 12 City Flinders City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW1001 Law Elective Unit 2 ELECTIVE 1 12
LLW5004
(BLB3131) Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Responsibility (Lawyers and Legal Ethics) CORE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW5002
(BLB2126) Advanced Constitutional Law (Federal Constitutional Law) CORE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW1000
Law Elective Unit 3 ELECTIVE 2 12
COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
ELECTIVES
AREA OF LAW - DISPUTES
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW2000 Torts 2 ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB1115 LLW3002 Alternative Dispute Resolution ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB4104 Commercial Arbitration Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1102 BLB1117 BLB4105 Commercial Arbitration Practice and Procedure ELECTIVE Summer 12 City Queen BLB4104
AREA OF LAW – INTERNATIONAL OR COMPARATIVE LAW
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB4143 Public International Law ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB1118 BLB3128 BLB4144 European Union Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB4145 Human Rights Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW4001 Asian Law Studies ELECTIVE 1/2 12 City Queen
BLB3133 Comparative Commercial Law ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1102 BLB1114 BLB4141 International Trade Law ELECTIVE Summer 12 City Flinders City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
AREA OF LAW – SOCIAL JUSTICE
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW2000
(BLB1125) Torts 2 ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB1115 BLB3138 Criminal Law 2 ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3128 BLB4145 Human Rights Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3136 Family Law in Society ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
LLW3004 Current Legal Topics and Issues ELECTIVE 1/2/Summer 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW1000
COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
AREA OF LAW – MAKING AND REFORMING LAW AND POLICY
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW2001
(BLB2123) Competition Law and Policy (Trade Practices Law) ELECTIVE 1/2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3139 Law Reform ELECTIVE Summer 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3137 Elements of Regulation ELECTIVE Summer 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
AREA OF LAW – COMMERCIAL
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB3129 Intellectual Property Law ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB4135 Australian Employment Law ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB1102 BLB3132 Securities Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 BLB3134 Taxation Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
AREA OF LAW – INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLO2502 Transport Law ELECTIVE 1/2 12 City Queen
BLB3133 Comparative Commercial Law ELECTIVE 1 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1102 BLB1114 BLB4141 International Trade Law ELECTIVE Summer 12 City Flinders City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
AREA OF LAW – ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW4003 Australia’s Visa System ELECTIVE 1/Summer 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW4002 BLB4146 Wills and the Administration of Estates ELECTIVE 1 12 City Flinders City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114 LLW4002 Australian Migration Law ELECTIVE 1/2/Summer 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
AREA OF LAW – MEDIA AND SPORTS
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW4004 Sports Law ELECTIVE 1/2 12 Footscray Park City Queen BLB1115 BLB1102 BLB4140 Privacy and Media Law ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen BLB1101 BLB1114
COURSE DELIVERY PLAN 2015
AREA OF LAW – PRACTICUMS OR INTERNSHIPS
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
LLW3001
(BLB1103) Law in Practice 1 ELECTIVE
1 2 12 Online BLB1101 BLB1114 And a suitable student arranged placement LLW3003 Court and Tribunal Internship ELECTIVE 1/2/Summer 12 City Queen
BLB2122 BLB3127 And a successful application for an approved Place LLW5903 Mooting Competition ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen
BLB1114 And a successful application for an approved place.
LLW5902 Research Law Internship ELECTIVE 2 12 City Queen
A successful application for an approved place. Must be in penultimate or final year of course.
HONOURS – FOR PRE-2015 STUDENTS ONLY
UNIT
CODE
UNIT TITLE
CORE/
ELECTIVE
SEMESTER
POINTS
CREDIT
CAMPUS
PREREQUISITES
COMPLETION
RECORD OF
BLB4142 Advanced Legal Research Dissertation ELECTIVE 1 2
Summer 12 City Queen
BLB1101 BLB1114