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Test Edith Cowan University (ECU)

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Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce

  • Bachelor

If you want to be a first-class lawyer, fight for justice in the courtroom, or branch out into government, business or the community sector, study the Bachelor Laws/Bachelor of Commerce at ECU.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
5 years full-time, 10 years part-time
Course Code
W28, 094920D
Domestic Fees
$18,400 per year / $92,000 total
International Fees
$40,000 per year / $200,000 total

About this course

If you want to be a first-class lawyer, fight for justice in the courtroom, or branch out into government, business or the community sector, study the Bachelor Laws/Bachelor of Commerce at ECU.

This double degree opens your career options and will equip you with skills for the courtroom and beyond, providing greater scope and options for a rewarding career in the legal, corporate, commercial and social justice fields.

Through industry work placements, networking opportunities, as well as learning from academics with industry backgrounds, you'll graduate with the skills you need to forge a career in your chosen field. The majors available cover a broad range of disciplines, and are all created in consultation with industry with many being professionally accredited and recognised by relevant industry bodies.

ECU's law program goes beyond the classroom. You'll have the chance to put theory into practise and work on real life cases in our Law Access Program, compete in mooting competitions around the world, and gain access to the Law Society Peer Mentoring Program.

The course is fully accredited and can be studied on-campus or online. This means you can fit study around your life. You can also tailor the course to your area of interest and select elective units in specialised areas of law.





Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

  • All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • AQF Advanced Diploma or equivalent;
    • Undergraduate Certificate;
    • Successfully completed 1 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
    • Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
    • University Preparation Course;*
    • Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
    • Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment; or*
    • Associate Degree.

    * Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.

    For international students, requirements include your secondary school results.

  • English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
    • Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
    • IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0);
    • Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
    • University Preparation Course;
    • Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
    • Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment;*
    • AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree;
    • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent); or
    • Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page.

    * Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.

Applications for this course are not accepted through ECU's Experience Based Entry Scheme.

Study locations

Joondalup

What you will learn

  1. Apply broad and coherent range of legal and business knowledge incorporating international/global/cultural/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
  2. Adopt professional and ethical behaviour and/or personal citizenship that reflect the interrelationship between ethics, code of conduct, justice and community service.
  3. Collaborate effectively in team settings to produce measurable outcomes.
  4. Communicate legal and business knowledge, concepts and advice using relevant technologies clearly and persuasively.
  5. Exercise critical thinking, judgement and intellectual independence to evaluate, consolidate and synthesise legal and business knowledge, and solve related challenging problems.
  6. Reflect on feedback and critique on own performance to support personal and professional development.
  7. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in legal and business-based situations.
  1. Apply broad and coherent range of legal and business knowledge incorporating international/global/cultural/Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
  2. Adopt professional and ethical behaviour and/or personal citizenship that reflect the interrelationship between ethics, code of conduct, justice and community service.
  3. Collaborate effectively in team settings to produce measurable outcomes.
  4. Communicate legal and business knowledge, concepts and advice using relevant technologies clearly and persuasively.
  5. Exercise critical thinking, judgement and intellectual independence to evaluate, consolidate and synthesise legal and business knowledge, and solve related challenging problems.
  6. Reflect on feedback and critique on own performance to support personal and professional development.
  7. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate solutions in legal and business-based situations.

Career pathways

There are career opportunities in private practice, in-house corporate practice and in-house government roles in legal and business careers relevant to your chosen Commerce major. Corporate planning, government policy, politics, journalism, creative writing and many other careers that require excellent written and verbal communications skills, and logic and analytical ability are also options for graduates.

Possible future job titles

Company Secretary, Corporate Lawyer, Legal Executive, In-house Counsel, Legal Advisor, Legal Practitioner, Barrister, Solicitor

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Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at Test Edith Cowan University (ECU).
84.5%
Overall satisfaction
86.4%
Skill scale
72.1%
Teaching scale
64.5%
Employed full-time
$57.4k
Average salary