Become a well-rounded accounting and legal professional with this immersive and challenging double degree.
Throughout your study in the Bachelor of Accounting / Bachelor of Laws, you will be equipped with a broad theoretical and practical understanding of these two in-demand fields.
This double degree is delivered in the heart of Melbourne. In addition to the core legal and accounting subjects and frameworks, you will also undertake core studies in business to round out your skillset as a new professional.
Career-led learning
With career development embedded throughout your accounting and law degree, you will build highly transferable skills to carry you into a number of roles and fields. You will learn to analyse and evaluate information relevant to the accounting discipline, explore local and global mindsets and the way they contribute to business, get familiar with digital business and future technology, and raise your awareness of social impact and innovation.
As part of your accounting studies, you will build an e-portfolio to showcase your developed knowledge and skills in a way that appeals to industry.
Through your studies in law in this double degree, you will explore the fundamental legal principles relevant to the Australian legal system, and compare them to their international counterparts. You will build an understanding of the ethical framework of the Australian legal system, and a fundamental knowledge of the extralegal factors impinging upon the substantive law.
Career development is scaffolded throughout the Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Laws, ensuring you will be equipped with in-demand skills and knowledge.
With the highly transferable business skills you acquire in this double degree, in addition to your extensive and specialised practical and theoretical accounting and legal knowledge, you will be well-positioned for any number of roles in these ever-essential fields.
Upon gradutating from the accounting and law degree, you may be interested in pursuing a traditional legal career, or you may pursue roles in commercial law, including within legal firms, corporate counsel roles and government. You may otherwise be interested in roles such as:
Account Executive or Manager
Corporate or Taxation Accountant
Auditor
Tax Agent
Barrister
Lawyer
Legal Consultant
Legal Practitioner.
To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.