BCom with Law Law at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Get a feeling for general law subjects whilst also developing knowledge and skills in other commercial disciplines including finance, management, accounting, or taxation which might be useful in the context of practice in corporate law. The BCom Law is a possible gateway to the LLB. 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.

Faculty: Commerce, Law and Management | Department: Law | Duration: 3 Years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

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) AND Computational Mathematics I Business Statistics I Fundamentals of Information Systems OR Information Systems IA Second-year Family Law Constitutional Law Constitutional Law: Bill of Rig

Career pathways

A law degree equips you for many exciting careers in the legal profession, in industry and commerce, or in government and the diplomatic corps. Other areas include: Professional counselling Negotiation and conflict resolution Legal officer Legal, risk and compliance consultant Compliance officer Legal advisor

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Application information

Entry requirements

Minimum APS: 43. APS 43+ English Home Language OR First Additional Language Level 5 Mathematics Level 5 Waitlisting Applicants with an APS of 35-42, as well as English Level 6 and Mathematics Level 6, may be wait-listed subject to place availability. International applicants

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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