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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.

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

1. Review, analyse, and synthesise knowledge from primary and secondary legal sources to identify and provide solutions to complex legal and justice problems.
2. Interpret and critically evaluate the nature of law and its social and ethical impact on society, at a local, national, and international level.
3. 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.
4. Communicate to a variety of legal and non-legal audiences in a range of oral and written formats.
5. 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.
6. 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.

1. Recognise the important role of investment and financing decisions, equities, bonds and derivatives in the financial markets.
2. 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.
3. Apply theoretical foundations in practice to various discipline backgrounds.
4. Develop the skills necessary to critically engage with and evaluate financial problems.
5. 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

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.

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:

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 
• LAWS4601 Comparative Human Rights 
• LAWS4230 Law Internship (Capstone) 
• LAWS4256 Law, Gender Identities and Sexualities 
• LAWS4262 Advanced Administrative Law 
• LAWS4299 Laws History and Context 
• LAWS4300 Undergraduate Law Dissertation
• LAWS4302 International Law Clinic 
• LAWS4315 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific 
• 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

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