Business and Corporate Law in Practice
PostgraduateTAS-BFA6012024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Business and Corporate Law in Practice
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Apply commercial law to complex authentic business situations
- Critique the application of Australian business and corporate law to contemporary business activity
- Solve authentic business and corporate law problems in a contemporary Australian business context
- Week 1 - Introduction to the Australian Legal System
- Week 2 - Legal sources. Legal methods and reasoning
- Week 3 - Principal elements of the contract
- Week 4 - Terms of the contract and Australian Consumer Law
- Week 5 - Genuine consent in Contract Law
- Week 6 - Contractual remedies
- Week 7 - Torts and agency
- Week 8 - Business entities
- Week 9 - Corporate types and constitutions
- Week 10 - Corporate management
- Week 11 - Corporate obligations and responsibilities
- Week 12 - Corporate finance
- Week 13 - Corporate insolvency
This subject covers a wide range of interesting legal topics and teaches students how to apply corporate legal theory to solve legal problems. These are essential skills for those wishing to work in both the fields of accounting and business management. The subject combines business and corporate law including the sources of law in Australia; how to read and understand legislation and case law; basic corporate structures; contract law principles; tort law; agency and consumer law in an Australian business law context.
- Final Exam (40%)
- Case or problem activated learning (35%)
- Business Case Study (25%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-PFA-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
- TAS-PFA-GDI-2024 - Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
Elective
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2024 - Master of Professional Accounting
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-PFA-GCE
Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-PFA-GDI
Master of Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-MPA-MAS