What you'll learn
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Economics (Honours) is a six-year, full-time double degree.
Commence your law studies with foundational concepts at the heart of the Australian legal system. Learn how legal institutions are set up, and the basic methods to interpret laws and legal documents. Get your first taste of how laws operate in different contexts, including business and economic environments.
Next, develop an understanding of legal areas across the Priestley 11 (the civil and criminal topics to become a solicitor or barrister in Australia). You might study topics such as:
- Administrative law
- Civil procedure
- Company law
- Contracts
- Criminal law and procedure
- Equity and trusts
- Evidence
- Federal and state constitutional law
- Professional conduct
- Property
- Torts.
You’ll practise technical drafting for court documents, client communication and advocacy skills. Be equipped for the legal world with an understanding of dispute resolution and evidence. Get real-world industry experience through community projects, clinical legal education, internships, study tours and mooting.
In your economics degree, you’ll study essential economic concepts and theories. Develop practical skills in applied data analysis. Build a foundational understanding of economics and its connection to data analytics and mathematics. Explore the nature of our local and global economy. How can big data be used to inform a response to social problems?
Next, you’ll study applied data analytics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Examine how economic policy is designed, implemented, and evaluated from a global perspective.
Tailor your studies with elective courses in labour and public economics, international trade and finance, environment or development economics.
Honours will advance your research skills and knowledge in economics. Complete a research thesis and apply advanced methods and theories in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Apply sophisticated mathematical models to analyse, interpret and forecast outcomes across complex social, behavioural, and economic issues.
Double degrees
The following double degrees are also available:
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of International Relations
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Journalism
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Psychology
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Sustainability and Climate Change.
Please note: to work as a law professional like a solicitor or barrister, you’ll need to complete a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.