Program Overview

This double degree is ideal if you want to work in commercial law, employment law or corporate governance; on business policies; or as a manager or director.

It will prepare you for legal practice and give you vital knowledge of current legal and regulatory business environments. You'll add a business industry focus to your law degree and gain business knowledge and practical skills specific to your chosen major.

The first three years of this course are delivered in semesters at Curtin Perth, while the fourth year, plus one trimester, is delivered at Curtin Law School at our Perth City campus. If you choose to study full-time, you can graduate with two degrees in just 4.5 years.

While studying in Perth city, you can gain practical experience by undertaking simulated proceedings in our high-tech moot court and working on real cases at the John Curtin Law Clinic. You’ll benefit greatly from the relationships you will form with academics, practising solicitors and barristers based at Curtin Law School, as well as from the proximity of the Supreme Court, the District Court and the Federal Court.

Major: Economics

• Apply knowledge of economic models, data and methods to complex economic and social issues and identify innovative solutions that are relevant to affected communities
• Communicate professionally, and in ways that are responsible and appropriate given the economic local, national and/or international context
• Use relevant technologies and methodologies to investigate economic and social issues in ways that demonstrate critical thinking and responsible judgement
• Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity and how this both affects economic and social behaviour and informs respectful and responsible professional practice
• Demonstrate industry readiness through the development of sound practical economic analyses, and critical reflection of individual capabilities and current, emerging and future local and global challenge