Open doors to a career in legal practice, particularly the important field of commercial law.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
You’ll cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You’ll conduct client interviews, prepare legal advice, undertake legal research and observe litigation and gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and moot court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems — an opportunity not available anywhere else in Queensland. Elective courses Legal Internship and Law Clinic are offered to students in the later years of their studies.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or others depending on the business 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
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning
LAW101 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
LAW102 Pedagogies for Engagement
LAW103 Professional Learning
LAW104 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Pedagogies for Engagement
LAW202 Contemporary Issues in Education
LAW203 Second Language Acquisition and Learning
LAW204 Second Language Teaching Methodologies
LAW205 Designing an Education Research Proposal
LAW206 Professional Learning I
LAW301 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
LAW302 Leadership for Learning Communities
LAW303 Assessment: Principles and Practices
LAW304 Interlanguage Phonology
LAW401 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning
LAW402 Professional Education Project
LAW403 Professional Education Project
LAW404 Communicating Education Project Outcomes
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Accounting Principles
LAW306 Economics for Business
LAW307 Communication and Thought
LAW308 Exploring Business Research
LAW309 Information Systems in Organisations
LAW310 Financial Accounting
LAW311 Business Finance
LAW312 Company Accounting
LAW313 Business Law
LAW314 Law of Business Associations
LAW315 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW316 Management Accounting
LAW405 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW406 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW407 The Administration of Justice: Issues in Policing
LAW408 The Administration of Justice: Issues in Policing
LAW409 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW410 Communication and Thought
LAW411 Human Development and Learning
LAW412 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
LAW413 Professional Experience: Play and Pedagogy in Early Learning
LAW414 Integrating ICT into Learning
LAW415 Engagement and Behaviour in Early Learning
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Professional Experience: Communities and Partnerships
LAW441 Creative Expression and Play through the Arts
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 (6)
BUS101 Sustainability Through Play and Pedagogy
BUS102 Professional Experience: Learning Theories in Early Learning
BUS104 Teaching Science in the Early Years
BUS105 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
BUS106 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
BUS108 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Professional Experience: Evidence Based Decision Making in Early Learning
BUS320 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Elective courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from the School of Business. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor. Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses.
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
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 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 6 required introductory level (100 coded) business courses
- Complete 2 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business courses
- Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
- 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.
- Honours in Law available for high performing students.