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Please ensure that you follow the study requirements of the academic year you were admitted or, if accepted, will be admitted to the program.
A Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree provides candidates with a law degree that opens doors to a diverse range of professional careers in Australia and around the world.
In addition to equipping you with an understanding of law and the contexts in which it operates, the LLB (Hons) places a significant emphasis on building your high-level research skills through opportunities to conduct independent legal research.
Through the LLB (Hons), you will graduate with an honours-degree, giving you additional advantages in establishing your career or providing a strong foundation for postgraduate study. The program satisfies the academic component to be admitted as a legal practitioner in Australia.
Do you dream of living and thriving in the leading financial cities of the world - New York, London, Shanghai, Sydney or Hong Kong? Stop dreaming and get going. An ANU Bachelor of Finance will equip you to excel in the global financial marketplace.
As a student you will be challenged to solve a variety of financial problems while developing a keen analytical mind. Having these skills will prove invaluable in the fast changing world of finance.
As a Bachelor of Finance graduate from the Australian National University you will be highly sought-after, so aim high and think about which cityscape view you want from your office.
Career Options
ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.
We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.
Employment Opportunities
Law graduates may find work either in areas where a law degree is a professional requirement or more general fields in which law is especially useful.
A Bachelor of Laws would normally be a requirement for the following occupations: a Barrister or Solicitor in professional practice; a Legal Officer in government departments or private enterprise; a Corporate Legal Officer in private industry, commerce and finance; community legal work; law teaching and academic research; a Judge's Associate, and legal journalism.
To practice as a Barrister or Solicitor graduates must also complete Practical Legal Training at an accredited institution.
More general fields of employment include: the Australian Foreign Service; industrial relations; social welfare; government administration; business management; lobbying; media; public relations; law librarianship; court reporting; environmental agencies; technology and communications; and Federal and State police forces.
Law graduates may find work either in areas where a law degree is a professional requirement or more general fields in which law is especially useful.
A Bachelor of Laws would normally be a requirement for the following occupations: a Barrister or Solicitor in professional practice; a Legal Officer in government departments or private enterprise; a Corporate Legal Officer in private industry, commerce and finance; community legal work; law teaching and academic research; a Judge's Associate, and legal journalism.
To practice as a Barrister or Solicitor graduates must also complete Practical Legal Training at an accredited institution.
More general fields of employment include: the Australian Foreign Service; industrial relations; social welfare; government administration; business management; lobbying; media; public relations; law librarianship; court reporting; environmental agencies; technology and communications; and Federal and State police forces.
Learning Outcomes
- Review, analyse, and synthesise knowledge from primary and secondary legal sources to identify and provide solutions to complex legal and justice problems.
- Interpret and critically evaluate the nature of law and its social and ethical impact on society, at a local, national, and international level.
- Undertake technical legal research to access a range of legal materials, literature databases, and other online sources, and apply legal or transdisciplinary research methodologies to evaluate and synthesise findings.
- Communicate to a variety of legal and non-legal audiences in a range of oral and written formats.
- Develop insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ diverse perspectives on laws and society and evaluate their relationship and importance to contemporary Australian law and society.
- Work both independently and collaboratively as required, and evaluate and reflect on feedback to develop personal, professional and ethical capability across a range of legal disciplines.
- Recognise the important role of investment and financing decisions, equities, bonds and derivatives in the financial markets.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the three basic ideas underpinning finance: the time value of money; diversification; and, arbitrage and their application to corporate financial decision-making; investment decisions and portfolio management; derivatives and risk management; portfolio construction; corporate valuation; and debt markets.
- Apply theoretical foundations in practice to various discipline backgrounds.
- Develop the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial problems.
- Using a diverse range of discipline backgrounds and varied data, develop the skills necessary to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of financial problems.
Admission Requirements
- ATAR:
- 97
- International Baccalaureate:
- 41
Pathways
N/A
Prerequisites
There are no formal program prerequisites. But assumed knowledge is:-ACT: Mathematical Methods (Major)/Further Mathematics/Specialist Mathematics (major)/ Specialist Methods or NSW: HSC Mathematics Advanced or equivalent. More information about interstate subject equivalencies can be found here.
Adjustment Factors
Adjustment factors are combined with an applicant's secondary education results to determine their Selection Rank. ANU offers adjustment factors based on equity, diversity, and/or performance principles, such as for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies.
To be eligible for adjustment factors, you must have:
- achieved a Selection Rank of 70 or more before adjustment factors are applied
- if you have undertaken higher education, completed less than one year full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) of a higher education program
- applied for an eligible ANU bachelor degree program
Please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.
Indicative fees
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
Bachelor of Finance - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $56,120.00
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) flexible double degree component requires completion of 144 units, of which:
A maximum of 36 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 144 units must include:
The 192 units must include:
96 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
LAWS1202 Lawyers Justice and Ethics
LAWS1203 Torts
LAWS1204 Contracts
LAWS1205 Australian Public Law
LAWS1206 Criminal Law and Procedure
LAWS2201 Administrative Law
LAWS2202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law
LAWS2203 Corporations Law
LAWS2204 Property
LAWS2205 Equity and Trusts
LAWS2207 Evidence
LAWS2244 Litigation and Dispute Management
LAWS2248 Legal Research and Writing
LAWS2249 Legal Theory
LAWS2250 International Law
48 units from completion of 4000-level LAWS-coded courses, which may contribute to meeting the transdisciplinary course global requirement, and which must also include:
A minimum of 6 units of Research Capstone courses from the following list:
LAWS4010 Jessup Moot
LAWS4213 Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law
LAWS4218 Feminist and Critical Legal Theory
LAWS4219 Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
LAWS4227 Japanese Law and Society
LAWS4230 Law Internship (Capstone)
LAWS4256 Law, Gender Identities and Sexualities
LAWS4262 Advanced Administrative Law
LAWS4299 Law's History and Context
LAWS4300 Undergraduate Law Dissertation
LAWS4302 International Law Clinic
LAWS4315 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific
LAWS4358 International Law, Science and Technology
LAWS4700 Law Research Capstone Project
HONS4300 Final Honours Grade will be used to record the class of honours. The final honours mark will be calculated using the formula S (mark x units) / S units, giving NCN and WN a nominal mark of zero. All LAWS-coded courses will be included in the calculation.
The Bachelor of Finance flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 48 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving
The 96 units must include:
30 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis
ECON1101 Microeconomics 1
ECON2101 Microeconomics 2
FINM1001 Foundations of Finance
STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods
6 units from completion of a course from the following list:
ECON1100 Economics 1 (H)
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1
12 units from completion of a course from the following list:
BUSN2036 Financial Statement Analysis
CBEA2001 Australian Indigenous Perspectives in Business and Economics
CBEA3001 College of Business and Economics Special Industry Project (UG)
CBEA3066 Global Business Immersion
CBEA3070 ANU College of Business and Economics Internship Program
EMET1001 Foundations of Economic and Financial Models
FINM3009 Student Managed Fund and FINM3010 Student Managed Fund Extension (12 units*)
FINM3015 Foundations of Fintech
MATH1013 Mathematics and Applications 1
MATH1113 Mathematical Foundations for Actuarial Studies
MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1
STAT2032 Financial Mathematics
Any other ANU courses
*Enrolment in the Student Managed Fund (SMF) courses requires 12 units over two consecutive semesters. For more information, please see the SMF website (https://rsfas.anu.edu.au/study/student-managed-fund) and the application page (https://rsfas.anu.edu.au/news/smf-applications).
48 units from completion of one of the following majors:
Asian Capital Markets
Capital Markets
Quantitative Finance
If your flexible double degree is within the College of Business and Economics (for example Commerce and Economics), the below study plan may show the same course twice. If this is the case, you must only do the course once and replace the other course with a University Wide Elective. Please note that you cannot exceed 8 out of college electives.
The minor in Business and Economics Essentials will not be listed on transcripts for students completing the Bachelor of Commerce.
For majors and minors offered by the ANU College of Business and Economics, students may count a course towards multiple majors and minors. If a minor is a subset of all stated courses and/or prerequisites for a major, then completion of the major overrides completion of the minor, and only the major is regarded as having been completed. If all courses in a major and/or minor are compulsory courses in the degree, the major and/or minor will not be listed on the transcript.
Majors
Bachelor of Finance Majors
Specialisations
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Specialisations
Study Options
| Year 1 | LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law 6 units | LAWS1203 Torts 6 units | FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units | STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units |
| LAWS1202 Lawyers Justice and Ethics 6 units | LAWS1204 Contracts 6 units | Compulsory Course from the List ( 6 units) | FINM2001 Corporate Finance 6 units | |
| Year 2 | LAWS1205 Australian Public Law 6 units | LAWS1206 Criminal Law and Procedure 6 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units | STAT2008 Regression Modelling 6 units |
| LAWS2250 International Law 6 units | LAWS2249 Legal Theory 6 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units | |
| Year 3 | LAWS2201 Administrative Law 6 units | LAWS2203 Corporations Law 6 units | FINM2003 | Finance Major 6 units |
| LAWS2202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law 6 units | LAWS2248 Legal Research and Writing 6 units | FINM2002 Derivatives 6 units | CBE List 1 Elective 6 units | |
| Year 4 | LAWS2204 Property 6 units | Law Elective Course 6 units | ECON2101 Microeconomics 2 6 units | Finance Major 6 units |
| LAWS2205 Equity and Trusts 6 units | Law Elective Course 6 units | Finance Major 6 units | Finance Major 6 units | |
| Year 5 | LAWS2244 Litigation and Dispute Management 6 units | Law Elective Courses 18 units | ||
| LAWS2207 Evidence 6 units | Law Elective Courses Law Capstone Courses 6 units 12 units |
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Step 1: Understand your program
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in a Flexible Double DegreeA Flexible Double Degree (FDD) is normally composed of 240 units (40 courses of 6 units), or the equivalent of five years full-time study. The Law component of an FDD program consists of 144 units (24 courses or 6 units) in total, distributed as follows:
- 16 Law compulsory courses (96 units)
- 8 Law elective courses (48 units), including one law Capstone Course (6 units minimum)
Your other courses (normally 16 courses or 96 units) of your FDD will be towards your second non-law degree.
To find out how many units are required for your FDD, please use the degree builder.
Students studying the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) as a single degree will need to complete 192 units in total (32 courses of 6 units), equivalent to four years of full-time study, distributed as follows:
- 16 compulsory law courses (96 units)
- 8 Law elective courses (48 units), including one law capstone course (6 units minimum)
- 8 courses of Law or non-law elective courses (48 units)
Specialisations
Students may choose to complete one or more of the specialisations listed below as part of their Law degree by completing four Law elective courses listed under the relevant specialisation on Programs and Courses, under the Study tab.
Law elective courses are generally not undertaken until the second or third year of the program. Students are also not required to nominate a specialisation at the start of their program, and specialisations can be changed at a later stage. As such, we encourage new students to keep specialisations in mind, but not to be concerned about deciding on this at the commencement of their law degree.
Please note that specialisations are optional and are not required for graduation.
Step 2: Choose your courses
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in a Flexible Double DegreeIn Semester One, you should enrol in:
- LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
- LAWS1203 Torts
- 2x non-law courses that will count towards your second degree in your FDD. Visit ANU Programs and Courses to see what's on offer.
Study Plan - Semester One start
In Semester Two, you should enrol in:
- LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
- LAWS1204 Contracts
- 2x non-law courses that will count towards your second degree in your FDD. Visit ANU Programs and Courses to see what's on offer.
Study Plan - Semester Two start
In Semester One, you should enrol in:
- LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
- LAWS1203 Torts
- 2x non-Law first-year elective course. Visit ANU Programs and Courses to see what's on offer.
In Semester Two, you should enrol in:
- LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
- LAWS1204 Contracts
- 2x non-law courses that will count towards your second degree in your FDD. Visit ANU Programs and Courses to see what's on offer.
Study Plan - Semester Two start
Step 3: Enrol in your courses on ANUHub
ANUHub allows students to enrol, view invoices, check grades, confirm graduation eligibility, pay fees, submit commonwealth assistance forms (CAF), maintain personal information.
Enrol on ANUHub | How to enrol on ANUHub
Step 4: MyTimetable and Canvas
MyTimetable is the ANU official timetabling system enabling you to view the timetable for your enrobed courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials.
Canvas is the Learning Management System, where you can access course materials, readings, lecture recordings, and submit assignments. You’ll be granted access to your courses on Canvas within 24–72 hours after enrolling via ANUHub.
Step 5: Textbooks, assessments due dates and learning outcomes
A Class Summary is produced for each course and contains important information, including required textbooks, assessment due dates, and learning outcomes. You can find your Class Summary on the Programs and Courses website by searching for your course and selecting the Class tab, or via your Canvas course site. Class Summaries are made available at least two weeks prior to the course start date.
Step 6: Orientation week and college induction
We are excited to welcome you to the ANU community and look forward to seeing you on campus during O-Week and throughout your studies. Participating in O-Week is a great opportunity to meet new people, become familiar with campus life, and prepare for the start of semester. The College will also provide a short induction session to help ensure you are ready to commence your studies on time.
Credit/Status for prior studies
Students who have undertaken previous study that is relevant to their current academic program can request to receive course credit based on their prior learning. University rules, policy and procedure relating to the granting credit is set out in the Coursework Awards Rule, Policy: Recognition of prior and external learning and Procedure Credit and exemptions.
Application for Status (Credit) instructions and form | ANU Law School Credit Guidelines
Academic Advice
ANU Student Hub
student@anu.edu.au
+61 2 6125 3339
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The Bachelor of Finance offers you a rigorous program of training in
the theory and applications of finance. The program involves a core in
mainstream finance supplemented by studies in related quantitative
techniques, methodologies, economics, and management.
Single degree
In a Bachelor of Finance single degree program you will study a total of 24 courses (144 units). Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student. You will need to complete a minimum of 14 CBE courses (84 units) but will also get to choose up to 10 courses (60 units) from other ANU Colleges. You can try a range of ANU courses of interest to you, potentially leading to one or more majors and/or minors; the choice is yours.
Double degree
In a double degree program you will study a total of 14 core CBE courses (84 units) and 2 elective courses (12 units) towards the Bachelor of Finance, and a further 16 or 24 courses (96 or 144 units) towards the second degree. Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 32 or 40 courses (192 or 240 units) across your whole double degree. However, for each semester you are likely to take 2 courses from your Finance degree and then 2 courses from the other half of you degree - totalling 4 courses a semester.
Enrolment Status
It is
possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester but it will take you longer to
finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international
student you must always be enrolled full-time in 24 units each semester, or have an approved Reduced Study Load.
Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses
When you enrol for the first time you will study ‘1000-level’
courses. These courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course
code, such as BUSN1001, and are typically referred to as 'First Year Courses'.
Please also note that:
- You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester.
- In your first year, you cannot study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year.
- You may take 1000-level courses later in your program. There is a maximum of 10 courses (60 units) of 1000-level courses in a single degree, and a maximum of 8 courses (48 units) of 1000-level courses in the CBE half of a double degree.
- You can change your enrolment in courses via self-enrolment up until the Monday of Week 2.
Electives
You can use your electives to enrol in any courses that you like, provided you meet prerequisite requirements.
Remember that you can choose up to 10 ANU wide courses if you are undertaking the single Bachelor of Finance degree. If you are in a double degree, you can choose 2 ANU wide elective courses.
Study Options
Bachelor of Finance
This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Finance degree, commencing Semester 1Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units | FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units | STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units |
| ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units | Finance Major Course - suggest FINM2001 | Elective course 6 units | Elective course 6 units |
Bachelor of Finance - Double Degree
This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Finance degree with another degree, such as the Bachelor of Arts (degree B), commencing Semester 1Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | FINM1001 Foundations of Finance 6 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
| STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
Academic Advice
In order to complete the Quantitative Finance major, students will need to complete the following courses as electives:
If after reading through these guidelines you are unsure about which courses to enrol in, you can email info.cbe@anu.edu.au
If you are seeking status (credit) from previous study at another university you will need to submit a copy of your official transcript, detailed course outlines and a completed credit application form. For further information about the process and links to the application form, please visit: https://cbe.anu.edu.au/current-students/student-guides-and-forms/apply-credit/exemption
Additional advice for commencing students can be found at: https://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/fasttrack