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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Commerce and Law in Law

The Bachelor of Commerce and Law in Law in Law and Legal Studies is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Commerce and Law in Law offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

If you are interested in a specific feld in business but also want a background in law, the specialised BCom Law degree is a good option.

The Bachelor of Commerce with Law (BCom) is a full-time 3 year degree.

If you want to practise law, you need at least an LLB degree. While it is possible to enter an LLB at first-year undergraduate level, you are encouraged to complete a BCom or BA degree first, preferably with law as one of your majors. This gives you a feeling for general law subjects before you commit to studying law. It also develops your knowledge and skills in other disciplines, which will be useful when you practise law.

If you want to work in corporate law, either for a law firm or in the legal department of large organisations, you should do a BCom(Law) with a second major in Finance, Management, Accounting, Taxation, or any other BCom major.

However, if you want to work in human rights law, family law, constitutional law, or international law, you should begin your legal studies with a BA(Law) and pair this with courses like politics, sociology, economics, or languages.

Both the BCom(Law) and BA(Law) routes into the LLB include introductory and core LLB courses, taken over three years, which will be your majors.

You can then complete your LLB degree over two years, with credits accrued during the undergraduate degree awarded towards your LLB.

First year

• Introduction to Law
• Law of Persons
• Economics IA (Microeconomics)
• Economics IB (Macroeconomics)

OR

• Economic Theory IA (Microeconomics for Economists)
• Economic Theory IB (Macroeconomics for Economists)
• Computational Mathematics I
• Business Statistics I
• Fundamentals of Information Systems

OR

• Information Systems IA

Second year

• Family Law
• Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Law: Bill of Rights

A total of 72 credits must be taken from the following courses:
At least 48 credits must make up the second year level of your second major.

• Corporate Finance II
• Investment II
• Principles of Management IIA
• Principles of Management IIB (Entrepreneurship)
• Economics IIA
• Economics IIB
• Consumer Behaviour
• Principles of Marketing
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Retail Management
• Human Resources IIA
• Human Resources IIB (Labour relations)
• Insurance and Risk Management IIA
• Insurance and Risk Management IIB
• Information Systems IIA
• Information Systems IIB

Third year

• Criminal Law
• Delict
• Jurisprudence

A total of 72 credits must be taken from the following courses provided you have done the equivalent in the second year of study:

• Investment and Corporate Finance III
• Operations Management
• Project Management
• Innovation and Intrapreneurship Management
• Strategic Management
• Economic Science III

OR

• Economic Theory III

OR

• Applied Development Economics III
• Insurance and Risk Management III
• Marketing IIIA
• Marketing IIIB
• Compensation and Benefits
• Human Resources and Individual Performance
• Human Resources and Organisational Performance
• Organisational Theory
• Management and Application of Information Systems
• Information Systems Development Project