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  • Level 6
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
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This online course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the legal aspects of business entities, in particular companies.

This online course will build on the knowledge and skills developed in 71110 Introduction to Law, or an equivalent. It fits within the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia’s three year programme of study.

It also provides a basis on which to build - e.g. double majors and post-graduate studies.

For more information watch the course introduction video below.

 

Learners who successfully complete this online course will be able to:

  • Identify and evaluate the different forms of business entities.
  • Explain and apply to factual scenarios the laws relating to the formation, control and cessation of companies.
  • Explain the laws relating to corporate funding and apply them to factual scenarios.
  • Discuss contemporary practices and issues that arise within the legal environment of business entities.

Assessment

  • 40% In-course
  • 60% Examination

For more information and a full list of exam times see our examinations page.

Assessment for this course includes an examination

Open Polytechnic will, subject to you meeting the entry requirements for this course/programme, enrol you in this course.

Your enrolment in the course means that you should expect to complete an in-person examination.

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Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply

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