BCom and LLB combined program - University of the South Pacific

Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Laws

Students who have already completed the requirements for either a BA or an LLB degree are not eligible to be admitted to the combined BA/LLB programme. Instead, BA graduates can seek admission to the LLB under the graduate admission clause, and LLB graduates can seek admission to a BA degree and apply for up to 10 cross-credits.

Similarly, students who have already completed the requirements for either a BCom or an LLB degree are not eligible to be admitted to the combined BCom/LLB programme. Instead, BCom graduates can seek admission to the LLB under the graduate admission clause, and LLB graduates can seek admission to a BCom degree and apply for up to 10 cross-credits.

In summary, the requirements for BA/LLB and BCom/LLB are:

Admission Requirements:

To be admitted to a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws combined degree, or the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws combined degree a person shall:

  1. have passed a Senate-recognised Form 7 examination or equivalent examination and have 60% or equivalent in English in that examination; or  
  2. have the mature student admission criteria.

Programme Requirements:

  1. The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws, and the the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws consists of 35 courses, of which 14 courses are towards the BA or BCom component, and 21 courses are towards the LLB component
  2. The BA or BCom component has either:
    1. a single major structure
      1. conforming to the BA or BCom requirements for a single major in one of the allowed disciplines; and
      2. elective courses from those allowed for the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Commerce degree to make up the total of 14 for the BA or BCom component; or

    2. a double major structure
      1. conforming to the BA or BCom double major requirements for majors in each of two of the allowed disciplines; and
      2. elective courses from those allowed for a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Commerce degree to make up the total of 14 for the BA or BCom component.
  3. The LLB component has:
    1. 20 compulsory LW courses of the LLB, and
    2. one elective LW course
  4. Students must complete the BA or BCom component before attempting any 200-level LW courses
  5. Students must complete all 100 level LW courses with a GPA of at least 2 in respect to these first year Law units (LW100, LW111, LW112, LW113) before being able to progress to any second year Law units.

Courses for the Bachelor of Commerce:

Courses in the above disciplines fulfilling the requirements for either a single major in one of the above disciplines plus sufficient elective courses to make up a total of 14, or for double majors in two of the above disciplines, plus sufficient elective courses to make up a total of 14.

Courses for the Bachelor of Laws:

 

Core:

LW110, LW111, LW112, LW113, LW201, LW202, LW203, LW204, LW205, LW206, LW300, LW301, LW302, LW303, LW304, LW305, LW306, LW307, LW308, LW309.

 

Elective:

One other 300-level LW course.

Transitional provisions
Students who prior to 2007 had commenced but not yet completed a BA/LLB combined degree majoring in a discipline subsequently offered for the Bachelor of Commerce are required to complete the combined degree program under the regulations in force when they commenced the program.





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