Program Overview

Undergraduate Certificate in Business Law

Overview

The Undergraduate Certificate in Business Law is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of key aspects of business law and regulation, including markets, legal frameworks, contracts, and company law. This qualification can boost career prospects across a range of industries.

Course Essentials

• Qualification: Undergraduate Certificate in Business Law
• Duration: 0.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time study
• Credit: 100 credits (approximately four units)
• Location: Curtin Perth

Course Outline

Overview

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

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 at Curtin?

• Career Options in Diverse Industries: This course provides broad business law knowledge that will enable students to grow their career prospects across a range of industries.
• Internationally Accredited: Curtin Business School is recognized as an elite global business school through its accreditations by EQUIS, AACB International, and EFMD.
• Pathway to a Bachelor Degree: This course gives students a pathway into Curtin's Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law).

Fees and Scholarships

• Australian and New Zealand Student Indicative Fees:
  • 2025 Fee Year: $8,500* (Commonwealth supported)
  • 2026 Fee Year: $8,500* (Commonwealth supported)
• *Fees are indicative first year only and are subject to passage of legislation.

Location

• Curtin Perth:
  • 2025:
    • Semester 1: On campus and online
    • Semester 2: On campus and online
  • 2026:
    • Semester 1: On campus and online
    • Semester 2: On campus and online

How to Apply

• Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice.
• Each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:
  • Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  • Advertising Design Specialisation
  • Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  • Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  • Asian Studies Specialisation
  • Chinese Language Specialisation
  • Construction Management Specialisation
  • Creative Writing Specialisation
  • Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  • Designing Fashion Specialisation
  • Digital Design Specialisation
  • Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  • English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  • Environmental Planning Specialisation
  • Fashion Design Specialisation
  • Fine Art Specialisation
  • Geography Specialisation
  • Graphic Design Specialisation
  • Graphics Specialisation
  • History Specialisation
  • Illustration Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture Specialisation
  • International Development Specialisation
  • Journalism Specialisation
  • Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  • Photography Specialisation
  • Principles of Planning Specialisation
  • Professional Writing Specialisation
  • Screen Production Specialisation
  • Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  • Social Justice Specialisation
  • Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  • Theatre Arts Specialisation
  • Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  • Web Media Specialisation
  • Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Specialisations available from Humanities and Science:
  • Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
  • Advertising Design Specialisation
  • Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  • Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
  • Asian Studies Specialisation
  • Chinese Language Specialisation
  • Construction Management Specialisation
  • Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  • Creative Writing Specialisation
  • Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  • Designing Fashion Specialisation
  • Digital Design Specialisation
  • Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  • English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
  • Environmental Planning Specialisation
  • Fashion Design Specialisation
  • Fine Art Specialisation
  • Geography Specialisation
  • Graphic Design Specialisation
  • Graphics Specialisation
  • History Specialisation
  • Illustration Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture Specialisation
  • International Development Specialisation
  • Journalism Specialisation
  • Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  • Photography Specialisation
  • Principles of Planning Specialisation
  • Professional Writing Specialisation
  • Screen Production Specialisation
  • Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  • Social Justice Specialisation
  • Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
  • Theatre Arts Specialisation
  • Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  • Web Media Specialisation
  • Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Specialisations available from Humanities, Science, and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies:
  • Advertising Design Specialisation
  • Animation and Game Design Specialisation
  • Asian Studies Specialisation
  • Biological Diversity Minor
  • Climate Change Science Minor
  • Construction Management Specialisation
  • Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
  • Creative Writing Specialisation
  • Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
  • Designing Fashion Specialisation
  • Digital and Social Media Specialisation
  • Environmental Management Minor
  • Environmental Planning Specialisation
  • Fashion Design Specialisation
  • Fine Art Specialisation
  • Food Science Minor
  • Forensic Studies Minor
  • Geophysics Minor
  • Geospatial Technology Minor
  • Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
  • Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
  • Graphic Design Specialisation
  • Graphics Specialisation
  • Illustration Specialisation
  • Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
  • Interior Architecture Specialisation
  • International Development Specialisation
  • Landscape Restoration Minor
  • Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
  • Mapping and Land Planning Minor
  • Metallurgy Minor
  • Mining Minor
  • Optimisation Minor
  • Photography Specialisation
  • Principles of Planning Specialisation
  • Screen Production Specialisation
  • Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
  • Social Justice Specialisation
  • Strategic Studies Specialisation
  • Theatre Arts Specialisation
  • Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
  • Web Media Specialisation
  • Web Presence Specialisation