Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Business
With this double degree, you will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of business and specialised legal skills. As a graduate, you will be prepared to help organisations make crucial decisions that can affect their success. Law component Griffith Law School offers a professional legal curriculum that focuses on core…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
With this double degree, you will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of business and specialised legal skills. As a graduate, you will be prepared to help organisations make crucial decisions that can affect their success.
Law component
Griffith Law School offers a professional legal curriculum that focuses on core areas of legal practice and the legal skills that lawyers must have. You will have the opportunity to choose law electives based on your interests, including clinical courses that emphasise practical legal skills, insights and experience.
You will make connections between law and ethics, legal theory, Indigenous issues, and internationalisation. You will also develop interdisciplinary understandings of law and legal work.
You will take courses that cover areas such as Crime, Contracts, Property, Corporate Law, Torts and Theories of Law.
If you complete the five Canadian Law courses, you will eligible for entry into the legal profession in Canada’s common law provinces, when accompanied by a Certificate of Qualification from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.
Business component
Through the Bachelor of Business, you will gain a solid foundation in all aspects of business and develop an understanding of the social, cultural and political dimensions of business. You will enhance this knowledge with further expertise and experience by choosing a major in your second year of study from the following list: Accounting – Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Asian Business – Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Asian Engagement (Nathan, Online); Behavioural Science (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Business Analytics (Gold Coast, Online); Economics (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Employment Relations (Nathan, Online); Event Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Finance (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Financial Planning – Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Government and International Relations (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Human Resource Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); International Business – Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Marketing (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Real Estate and Property Development (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Sport Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online); Sustainable Business (Nathan, Online); Taxation (Nathan, Online); Tourism Management (Gold Coast, Nathan, Online).
You can also choose not to complete a major by selecting from a range of courses that will provide broad knowledge for a career in business management.
MY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
A law degree from Griffith University is your passport to the world and is recognised as a qualifying degree for admission into the legal profession in many countries around the world.
You will be prepared for a career in professional legal practice, commerce and industry, human resources, marketing, management or the public service.
REQUIREMENTS
Standard academic entry to our undergraduate degrees requires completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement.
The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
- A minimum overall band score of 7.0 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.5
- OR a minimum score of 580 on TOEFL
- OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 92 (no score less than 22)
- OR no score less than 4 in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
- OR a minimum overall score of 185 (no score less than 176) on C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
- OR an overall score of 65 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 58.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Griffith University is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and strives to create a brighter future for all by prioritising innovation and social impact. We are committed to providing international students with quality education, guidance, and support. With Australia’s most awarded teachers, Griffith University offers a full suite of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees in areas including architecture, construction, and planning; business and government; criminology and law; education; engineering, IT and aviation; humanities, languages and social science; medicine, dentistry and health; music and performing arts; science and environment; visual and creative arts.
