Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws
Become a well-rounded accounting and legal professional with this immersive and challenging double degree. Throughout your study in the Bachelor of Accounting / Bachelor of Law, you will be equipped with a broad theoretical and practical understanding of these two in-demand fields. In addition to the core legal and accounting…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Become a well-rounded accounting and legal professional with this immersive and challenging double degree.
Throughout your study in the Bachelor of Accounting / Bachelor of Law, you will be equipped with a broad theoretical and practical understanding of these two in-demand fields.
In addition to the core legal and accounting subjects and frameworks you will cover, you will also undertake core studies in business to round out your skillset as a new professional.
With career development embedded throughout your degree, you will build highly transferrable skills to carry you into a number of roles and fields. You will learn to analyse and evaluate information relevant to the accounting discipline, explore local and global mindsets and the way they contribute to business, get familiar with digital business and future technology, and raise your awareness of social impact and innovation. As part of your accounting studies, you will build an e-portfolio to showcase your developed knowledge and skills in a way that appeals to industry.
Through your studies in law, you will explore the fundamental legal principles relevant to the Australian legal system, and compare them to their international counterparts. You will build an understanding of the ethical framework of the Australian legal system, and a fundamental knowledge of the extra-legal factors impinging upon the substantive law.
Career
Career development is scaffolded throughout this degree, ensuring that you will be equipped with in-demand skills and knowledge.
With the highly transferrable business skills you acquire to this degree, in addition to your extensive and specialised practical and theoretical accounting and legal knowledge, you will be well-positioned for any number of roles in these ever-essential fields.
You may be interested in pursuing a traditional legal career, or you may pursue roles in commercial law, including within legal firms, corporate counsel roles, and government. You may otherwise be interested in roles such as:
- Account Executive or Manager
- Corporate or Taxation Accountant
- Auditor
- Tax Agent
- Barrister
- Lawyer
- Legal Consultant
- Legal Practitioner.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
