Students can pursue a career in law specialising in science-related fields.
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. Students can choose from a range of majors such as biology, biomedical science, biotechnology, chemistry, clinical measurement, environmental science, geography, health promotion, mathematics, public health and sustainability.
- * 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. Students can choose from a range of majors such as biology, biomedical science, biotechnology, chemistry, clinical measurement, environmental science, geography, health promotion, mathematics, public health and sustainability.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Science
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, patent attorney, government legal officer, scientist or others depending on the science major studied.
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
Program requirements
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 7 required introductory courses
- Complete 8 required courses towards a major
- 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 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
Courses from Bachelor of Laws program
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
LAW102 Supply Chain Management
LAW103 Project Risk
LAW104 Accounting for Managers
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Economics for Managers
LAW202 Managing People
LAW203 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
LAW204 Research Project
LAW205 Managerial Project
LAW206 Corporate Finance
LAW301 Innovation and Management Decision Making
LAW302 International Trade and Finance
LAW303 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
LAW304 Project Integration
LAW401 Managing Organisations
LAW402 Strategic Management
LAW403 International Business Law and Ethics
LAW404 Managing Across Global Cultures
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 International Trade and Finance
LAW306 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
LAW307 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
LAW308 Exploring Business Research
LAW309 Introduction to Economics
LAW310 Discovering Management
LAW311 Marketing Essentials
LAW312 Accounting for Business
LAW313 Introduction to Informatics
LAW314 Communication and Thought
LAW315 Business Law and Ethics
LAW316 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW405 Business, Governance and Society
LAW406 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
LAW407 Introduction to the Creative Industries
LAW408 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
LAW409 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW410 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
LAW411 Satellite Image Analysis and Surveying
LAW412 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
LAW413 Climate Change Adaptation
Courses from Bachelor of Science program
Introductory courses (7)
LFS100 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
SCI105 Integrated Environmental Management
SCI110 Applied Spatial Analysis and Geoprocessing
Select 1 course from:
MTH100 Biodiversity and Ecology
MTH102 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
Select 1 course from:
SET111 Satellite Image Analysis and Surveying
1 introductory course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Select 2 courses from:
LFS112 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
LFS122 Communication and Thought
SCI102 Foundations of Australian Law A
SCI107 Criminal Law and Procedure A
SUS101 Foundations of Australian Law B
OR 2 introductory course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Major courses (8)
Select an 8 course major from the Science and Health Major study area
TOTAL UNITS 480