Gain a competitive edge by combining your legal skills and expertise with in-depth knowledge of the expanding property sector
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and mock court.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2024 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and mock court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems. You also gain a foundation in property-related business through courses in management, accounting, economics, and research methods.
Cover specialist units to develop knowledge in property development, valuation and analysis, town planning, property economics, portfolio management, property law, asset and facilities management, and building studies. As with the Law program, the Property Economics and Development program is practically-focussed. You’ll undertake case studies, fieldwork and projects to enhance your professional skills.
Career opportunities
You have a terrific array of work options with these two degrees, including as a solicitor, in-house counsel, in government, as a valuer, property investment analyst, in property development, and as a property and asset manager.
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
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Workplace Learning I
LAW101 Health Practicum
LAW102 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW103 Communication and Thought
LAW104 Trends in Health and Community Care
Advanced courses (20)
16 required courses:
LAW201 Contexts of Community Care
LAW202 Research Foundations
LAW203 Quality and Governance in Health and Community Care Settings
LAW204 Challenges to Mental Health
LAW205 Managing Human Resources
LAW206 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW301 Health Law and Ethics
LAW302 Cultural Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery
LAW303 Leadership and Team Dynamics
LAW304 Training and Development
LAW307 Special Topic in Health and Community Care
LAW401 Managing Organisational Change
LAW402 Workplace Learning I
LAW403 Health Practicum
LAW404 Introduction to Criminology
LAW406 Foundations of Human Behaviour
PLUS select 4 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW306 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
LAW308 Understanding Crime
LAW309 Punishment and Corrections
LAW310 Introduction to Social Work Practice Theories
LAW311 Professional Placement
LAW312 Crime Research Methods
LAW313 Working with Victims and Offenders
LAW314 International Justice and Human Rights
LAW315 Therapeutic Communication Skills
LAW316 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW405 Professional Development
LAW407 Social Work Practice in Various Organisational Settings
LAW408 Group Processes and Practice
LAW409 Policing
LAW410 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
LAW411 Criminal Law
LAW412 Working With Children, Youth and Families
LAW413 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
Please note: Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Leaders.
School of Business courses
Introductory courses (7)
BUS101 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
BUS102 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
BUS104 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
BUS106 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
PED110 Professional Placement
PED120 Applied Crime Prevention
PED121 Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing
Advanced courses (8)
PED210 Working with First Nations Peoples and Multicultural Communities
PED220
PED310
PED311
PED312
PED320
PED321
PED322
Total units: 480
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
- Complete 16 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 4 law elective courses
- Complete 7 introductory level (100 coded) required business courses
- Complete 8 advanced level (200/300 coded) required business courses
- Complete no more than 15 introductory level (100 coded) courses in total, including the core course
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 Study Overseas 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.
- Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Leaders.