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Business Law

Undergraduate certificate

Gain broad knowledge about key aspects of business law and regulation, including markets, legal frameworks, contracts and company law.

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Course outline
  • Qualification
    Undergraduate Certificate in Business Law
  • Duration

    Duration

    This course is 0.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time study. Students can commence in either semester, but students should not that part-time study only is available if commencing in Semester 1.
    6 months full-time
  • Credit

    Credit

    A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.
    100
  • Location

    Location

    The Curtin campuses or teaching locations where units of this course are offered.
    Curtin Perth
Course outline

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2024

Semester 1

On campus and online

Semester 2

On campus and online

2025

Semester 1

On campus and online

Course outline

Outline

Outline

All businesses need professionals who understand and can safeguard against legal risk, which means that this qualification can boost your career prospects across a range of industries.

The Undergraduate Certificate in Business Law will give you an understanding of the risks and liabilities involved in business decisions that contribute to economic and workforce growth and development.

You will learn about:

  • markets and legal frameworks, including marketing strategies, stakeholder relationships, and the concepts of law and regulation
  • contract law, including how contracts are used to allocate risk and laws dealing with contract disputes and damages.
  • business law with regard to business operations, including in the finance and insurance domains.
  • company law, including types of business structures, corporate fundraising and share capital, shares and dividends, stakeholder responsibilities, and the role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

This course differs to Curtin’s Bachelor of Business Law in that it is suitable for people from all education and study backgrounds who want to understand the basic laws of business to help develop their career in business or commerce.

Completing this undergraduate certificate also offers you a pathway into the Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law) course.

What you'll learn

  • apply principles and concepts of business law in a variety of contexts relevant to further learning and/or paraprofessional work
  • apply critical and creative thinking and problem solving skills relevant to business law to generate innovative solutions to problems
  • use technology appropriately to communicate business law concepts to experts and non-experts
  • consider global perspectives on business law and international business law standards

Why study Business Law

Career options in diverse industries

This course provides broad business law knowledge that will enable you to grow your career prospects across a range of industries.

Internationally accredited

Curtin Business School is recognised as an elite global business school through its accreditations by EQUIS, AACB International and EFMD.

Pathway to a bachelor degree

This course gives you a pathway into Curtin's Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law).

Credit for recognised learning (CRL)

Use your experience to get credit towards your degree

Finish your course sooner with credit for your previous study or work experience.

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Fees and charges

Australian and New Zealand student indicative fees

2024 Fee year:

$8,200*

Commonwealth supported

Commonwealth supported

What is a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)?

A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government. They pay part of the course fees directly to Curtin and then the student pays the remainder (referred to as the “student contribution amount”). The student can defer this fee to their HECS-HELP loan.

All Australian students studying an undergraduate degree are automatically awarded a Commonwealth supported place. A limited number of Commonwealth supported places are also available for some postgraduate courses.

Learn more about CSPs and whether you’re eligible by visiting the Australian Government’s StudyAssist website.

Fees are indicative first year only and are subject to passage of legislation.

*The indicative first-year fee is calculated on 200 credit points, which is the typical full-time study load per year, however some courses require additional study to be completed, in which case the fee will be higher than that shown.

This fee is a guide only. It may vary depending on the units you choose and does not include incidental fees (such as lab coats or art supplies) or the cost of your textbooks – visit other fees and charges for more information. For more information on fees and to determine your eligibility for HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP, please visit fee basics or the Study Assist website

To be eligible for the Commonwealth supported fee:

  • Australian citizens must complete some of their course of study while residing in Australia.
  • Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens must be residing in Australia for the entire course.

For further information on eligibility please refer to the Australian Government Study Assist website.

If you’re not an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand citizen, please see information for international students.

Looking for more detail on the course structure?

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Location

For start dates, please view the academic calendar.

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Curtin Perth

2024

Semester 1
  • On campus
  • Online
Semester 2
  • On campus
  • Online

2025

Semester 1
  • On campus
  • Online

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The University reserves the right to withdraw any unit of study or program which it offers, to impose limitations on enrolment in any unit or program, and/or to vary arrangements for any program.

How to apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice

Please note that each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.

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  • Curtin course code: UH-BSLAW
  • Last updated on: 2 July 2024

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Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Business specialisations available in the BBA:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  3. Business Project Management Specialisation
  4. Business Strategy Specialisation
  5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  7. Event Management Specialisation
  8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  10. International Management Specialisation
  11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  12. Property Investment Specialisation
  13. Public Relations Specialisation
  14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  16. Taxation Law Specialisation
  17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
  20. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital Design Specialisation
  12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  15. Fashion Design Specialisation
  16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  17. Fine Art Specialisation
  18. Geography Specialisation
  19. Graphic Design Specialisation
  20. Graphics Specialisation
  21. History Specialisation
  22. Illustration Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  25. International Development Specialisation
  26. Journalism Specialisation
  27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  28. Photography Specialisation
  29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  30. Professional Writing Specialisation
  31. Screen Production Specialisation
  32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  33. Social Justice Specialisation
  34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  37. Web Media Specialisation
  38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Business specialisations:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Applied Finance Specialisation
  3. Banking Specialisation
  4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  5. Business Project Management Specialisation
  6. Business Strategy Specialisation
  7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  9. Employment Relations Specialisation
  10. Event Management Specialisation
  11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
  14. International Management Specialisation
  15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  16. Property Investment Specialisation
  17. Public Relations Specialisation
  18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  20. Taxation Law Specialisation
  21. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  22. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  23. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
  24. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  9. Creative Writing Specialisation
  10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  12. Digital Design Specialisation
  13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  16. Fashion Design Specialisation
  17. Fine Art Specialisation
  18. Geography Specialisation
  19. Graphic Design Specialisation
  20. Graphics Specialisation
  21. History Specialisation
  22. Illustration Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  25. International Development Specialisation
  26. Journalism Specialisation
  27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  28. Photography Specialisation
  29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  30. Professional Writing Specialisation
  31. Screen Production Specialisation
  32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  33. Social Justice Specialisation
  34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  37. Web Media Specialisation
  38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Business specialisations:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  3. Business Project Management Specialisation
  4. Business Strategy Specialisation
  5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  7. Event Management Specialisation
  8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  10. International Management Specialisation
  11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  12. Property Investment Specialisation
  13. Public Relations Specialisation
  14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  16. Taxation Law Specialisation
  17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

  1. Advertising Design Specialisation
  2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  3. Asian Studies Specialisation
  4. Biological Diversity Minor
  5. Climate Change Science Minor
  6. Construction Management Specialisation
  7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  12. Environmental Management Minor
  13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  14. Fashion Design Specialisation
  15. Fine Art Specialisation
  16. Food Science Minor
  17. Forensic Studies Minor
  18. Geophysics Minor
  19. Geospatial Technology Minor
  20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
  21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
  22. Graphic Design Specialisation
  23. Graphics Specialisation
  24. Illustration Specialisation
  25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
  26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  28. International Development Specialisation
  29. Landscape Restoration Minor
  30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
  32. Metallurgy Minor
  33. Mining Minor
  34. Optimisation Minor
  35. Photography Specialisation
  36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  37. Screen Production Specialisation
  38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  39. Social Justice Specialisation
  40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
  41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  43. Web Media Specialisation
  44. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

Business specialisations available in the BBA:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  3. Business Project Management Specialisation
  4. Business Strategy Specialisation
  5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  7. Event Management Specialisation
  8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  10. International Management Specialisation
  11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  12. Property Investment Specialisation
  13. Public Relations Specialisation
  14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  16. Taxation Law Specialisation
  17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
  20. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital Design Specialisation
  12. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  13. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  14. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  15. Fashion Design Specialisation
  16. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  17. Fine Art Specialisation
  18. Geography Specialisation
  19. Graphic Design Specialisation
  20. Graphics Specialisation
  21. History Specialisation
  22. Illustration Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  25. International Development Specialisation
  26. Journalism Specialisation
  27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  28. Photography Specialisation
  29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  30. Professional Writing Specialisation
  31. Screen Production Specialisation
  32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  33. Social Justice Specialisation
  34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  37. Web Media Specialisation
  38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

Business specialisations:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Applied Finance Specialisation
  3. Banking Specialisation
  4. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  5. Business Project Management Specialisation
  6. Business Strategy Specialisation
  7. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  8. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  9. Employment Relations Specialisation
  10. Event Management Specialisation
  11. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  12. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  13. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialisation
  14. International Management Specialisation
  15. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  16. Property Investment Specialisation
  17. Public Relations Specialisation
  18. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  19. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  20. Taxation Law Specialisation
  21. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  22. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  23. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation
  24. Workforce Management Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:

  1. Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  2. Advertising Design Specialisation
  3. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  4. Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  5. Asian Studies Specialisation
  6. Chinese Language Specialisation
  7. Construction Management Specialisation
  8. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  9. Creative Writing Specialisation
  10. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  11. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  12. Digital Design Specialisation
  13. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  14. English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  15. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  16. Fashion Design Specialisation
  17. Fine Art Specialisation
  18. Geography Specialisation
  19. Graphic Design Specialisation
  20. Graphics Specialisation
  21. History Specialisation
  22. Illustration Specialisation
  23. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  24. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  25. International Development Specialisation
  26. Journalism Specialisation
  27. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  28. Photography Specialisation
  29. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  30. Professional Writing Specialisation
  31. Screen Production Specialisation
  32. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  33. Social Justice Specialisation
  34. Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  35. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  36. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  37. Web Media Specialisation
  38. Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

Business specialisations:

  1. Accounting for Business Decisions Specialisation
  2. Business Law and Policy Specialisation
  3. Business Project Management Specialisation
  4. Business Strategy Specialisation
  5. Corporate Governance Specialisation
  6. Social Media and Digital Marketing Specialisation
  7. Event Management Specialisation
  8. Fashion Marketing Specialisation
  9. Information Systems in Business Specialisation
  10. International Management Specialisation
  11. Marketing Foundations Specialisation
  12. Property Investment Specialisation
  13. Public Relations Specialisation
  14. Small Business Start-Up Specialisation
  15. Social Leadership and Ethics Specialisation
  16. Taxation Law Specialisation
  17. The Business of Advertising Specialisation
  18. Tourism and Hospitality Essentials Specialisation
  19. User Experience for Business Optimisation Specialisation

Specialisations available from Humanities, Science and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:

  1. Advertising Design Specialisation
  2. Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  3. Asian Studies Specialisation
  4. Biological Diversity Minor
  5. Climate Change Science Minor
  6. Construction Management Specialisation
  7. Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  8. Creative Writing Specialisation
  9. Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  10. Designing Fashion Specialisation
  11. Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  12. Environmental Management Minor
  13. Environmental Planning Specialisation
  14. Fashion Design Specialisation
  15. Fine Art Specialisation
  16. Food Science Minor
  17. Forensic Studies Minor
  18. Geophysics Minor
  19. Geospatial Technology Minor
  20. Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
  21. Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
  22. Graphic Design Specialisation
  23. Graphics Specialisation
  24. Illustration Specialisation
  25. Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
  26. Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  27. Interior Architecture Specialisation
  28. International Development Specialisation
  29. Landscape Restoration Minor
  30. Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  31. Mapping and Land Planning Minor
  32. Metallurgy Minor
  33. Mining Minor
  34. Optimisation Minor
  35. Photography Specialisation
  36. Principles of Planning Specialisation
  37. Screen Production Specialisation
  38. Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  39. Social Justice Specialisation
  40. Strategic Studies Specialisation
  41. Theatre Arts Specialisation
  42. Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  43. Web Media Specialisation
  44. Web Presence Specialisation
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