Students pursue varied career opportunities in law and journalism and develop legal knowledge and professional skills in print, broadcast and digital media.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity / trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity / trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, journalist, corporate or government communications, technical writing.
Registration
The degree is an approved academic qualification for admission to the legal profession. Graduates must undertake a further period of practical legal training before being admitted as a legal practitioner.
Program structure
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course.
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 5 required introductory courses
- Complete 10 required advanced courses
- The total number of introductory level courses cannot exceed 16
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Social Enterprise Establishment
Courses from Bachelor of Laws program
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW102 Managing Organisational Change
LAW103 Cross-Cultural Management
LAW104 Introduction to Systems Design
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Introduction to Telecommunications and Networks
LAW202 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
LAW203 Event Management
LAW204 Communication Theory and Practice
LAW205 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
LAW206 Introduction to Creative Writing
LAW301 Introduction to Journalism
LAW302 Introduction to Creative Advertising
LAW303 Visual Journalism
LAW304 Children, Media and Society
LAW401 Editing for the Communications Professional
LAW402 The Writer and the Law
LAW403 Social Media
LAW404 Communication and Thought
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Criminology
LAW306 Understanding Crime
LAW307 Punishment and Corrections
LAW308 Policing
LAW309 Applied Crime Prevention*
LAW310 Digital Photographic Practice
LAW311 Visual Worlds: An Introduction to Art and Design History
LAW312 Introduction to Design
LAW313 Typography
LAW314 Dramatic Languages
LAW315 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
LAW316 International Justice and Human Rights
LAW405 Languages and Linguistics
LAW406 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
LAW407 Theories and Systems of Counselling and Psychotherapy
LAW408 Spatial Governance and Planning
LAW409 Regions, Change and Sustainability
LAW410 Landscapes, Place and People
LAW411 Introducing Human Geographies
LAW412 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
LAW413 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Courses from Bachelor of Journalism program
Introductory courses (5)
BUS102 Talking History: Memory and the Past
CMN102 20th Century and Beyond: A History
CMN130 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History
INT140 Cultural Heritage
Plus select 1 introductory (100 level) course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Advanced courses (10)
CMN213 International Politics: An Australian Perspective
CMN214 International Relations: Theory and Practice
CMN227 International Security
CMN228 Politics and Security in East Asia
CMN235 Introduction to Psychology B
CMN237 Current Directions in Psychology
CMN240 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
CMN249 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
CMN256 Social Work and Human Services Practice
CMN272 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
TOTAL UNITS 480