As you will be seeking NSW Legal Practitioners Admissions Board certification from your degree, you are limited to only going on exchange in your 4th or 5th year and you may not complete any core units while on exchange. There are plenty of elective law units in the degree that will enable you to go on exchange. Please visit the Law Department's website to read their policy on student exchanges.
There are several Short Term Programs available for law students who are not yet in their 4th and 5th years.
As you will be seeking professional recognition of your Macquarie degree, you will need to ensure that you do not take any core accounting subjects on exchange. You have 18 credit points of electives so it is wise to see the Accounting Department’s exemptions officer early in your degree to structure a full semester of electives that can be taken overseas.
If you have left it too late to go on exchange and only have core accounting units to complete (who would not want to go on exchange?), you should consider the double degree opportunities available. Please see www.euro-ba.com/under or shorter study tour options.
Alternatively, you may wish to participate in a Short Term program.
It is strongly recommended that BIC students undertake exchange in the first semester of their 2nd year of studies at Macquarie. Due to the BIC's strict third year requirements, it is extremely difficult for BIC students to go on exchange in their third year without delaying their graduation.
“Senate approved a change in policy affecting students who undertake exchange programs at overseas universities. Students will be required to take at least 50% of all of the required components of the program at Macquarie University.
This softens the previous policy, which required a minimum of 50% study at Macquarie for all components except coherent studies, where the old requirement was 100% at Macquarie.”
Exchange – the best thing you’ll do at uni!