Degree Structure

Finance/Law -- a typical full-time course pattern with a major in corporate finance and investment:

Program Total (240 units)	First semester	Second semester
Year 1 (48 units)	LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law (6u) LAWS1203 Torts (6u) FINM1001 Money, Markets and Finance BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis	LAWS1202 Lawyers, Justice and Ethics (6u) LAWS1204 Contracts (6u) EMET1001 Foundations of Economic and Financial Models FINM2001 Corporate Finance
Year 2 (48 units)	LAWS1205 Australian Public Law (6u) LAWS1206 Criminal Law and Procedure (6u) STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods ECON1101 Microeconomics 1	LAWS2250 International Law (6u) LAWS2249 Legal Theory (6u) ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 FINM2002 Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Year 3 (48 units)	LAWS2201 Administrative Law (6u) LAWS2203 Corporations Law (6u) ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 FINM3001 Investments	LAWS2202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law (6u) Law elective course (6u) FINM3002 International Financial Management FINM3005 Corporate Valuation or FINM3006 Fixed Income Securities
Year 4 (48 units)	LAWS2204 Property (6u) Law elective course (6u) STAT2008 Regression Modelling *Finance related course (6u)	LAWS2205 Equity and Trusts (6u) Law elective course (6u) *Quantitative elective course (6u) Finance elective course (6u)
Year 5 (48 units)	LAWS2244 Litigation and Dispute Management (6u) Law elective courses (18u)	LAWS2207 Evidence (6u) Law elective courses (18u)

Note:

The Bachelor of Finance (major in Corporate Finance and Investment Management) requires: 

•  *Quantitative course - at least one elective course be taken from among the offerings: EMET3007 Business and Economic Forecasting, EMET2008 Econometric Modelling, STAT2009 Generalised Linear Modelling, and STAT3011 Graphical Data Analysis.
•  *Finance related course - at least one elective course be taken from among the offerings: MGMT3015 Corporate Strategy, ECON3006/ECON3016 Financial Economics (P/H), BUSI2025 International Business, ECON2102/ECON2112 Macroeconomics 2 (P/H) and ECON2026 Money and Banking.
•  Typically, the courses FINM3005 Corporate Valuation and FINM3006 Fixed Income Securities will be offerred in alternate years.

1. It is recommended that students complete LAWS2237 Takeovers and Securities Industry Law as part of this combined degree.

The Degree with Honours

Information on honours for Bachelor of Finance/Bachelor of Laws.

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