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Overview
The Double Honours Degree in Economics and Law
is a programme offered jointly by the
Faculty of Arts
and Social Sciences and the
Faculty of Law, leading to both the degrees of B.Soc.Sci (Hons)
and LL.B (Hons).
Economics and Law are, in some areas, complementary disciplines.
Increasingly, experts will use methodologies from the two disciplines.
Scholars and practitioners of the two fields have been actively
examining the places where they meet. For example, most Corporation
Law subjects in top law schools now include economic analysis, and
economists working on public policy, such as competition policy,
require a working knowledge of the supporting legal infrastructure.
Singapore is a regional center for legal services, and a lot of
our international legal work involves commercial, corporate and
financial law. This means there is – and will continue to be - a
demand for lawyers with a strong background in Economics, as well
as for economists trained in law. Likely future employers are: some
law firms, large commercial banks, and institutions such as the
Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Media Development Authority,
the Infocomm Development Authority, and the Competition Commission
of Singapore.
The programme includes the core of our Economics and Law degrees,
as well as some other courses to allow students to explore beyond
those areas.
Students in this programme will pay normal fees for each semester
of study. They will receive separate classes of Honours for Economics
and Law. Each will be calculated from the courses a student does
in that subject. In the case of Economics, the university requirements
will also be factored into the GPA.
Students may be admitted to the programme, on a competitive basis,
in one of three ways:
- By direct application from Junior College. These students
will spend the first year in the Faculty of Law;
- By application during their first year in the Faculty of
Law;
- By application during their first year in the Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences.
Applicants to the double degree programme must
meet the admission requirements of both Faculties.
Students must either maintain a GPA of 3.75 for the B.Soc.Sci (Hons)
or remain in the top half of the Law cohort. Those who fall below
in both degrees for two consecutive semesters will be required to
leave the programme. Direct entry students will have the choice
of degree into which they exit. Later entry students will exit into
their home faculty.
Students who do not qualify for the FASS Honours Thesis will
graduate with LL.B (Hons) and BA, if all other conditions are met.
Students leaving the program by their own wish will be advised on
how to use courses taken towards their single BA or B.Soc.Sci (Hons)
degree (in Economics) or the Law degree.
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