Enhance your first class legal skills and knowledge with a deep understanding of public policy and social and political theory.
You’ll have the flexibility to choose from a range of social science specialisations including criminology, development studies, geography, politics and international relations, sociology and sustainability-society.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
You’ll have the flexibility to choose from a range of social science specialisations including criminology, development studies, geography, politics and international relations, sociology and sustainability-society.
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 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.
This program is designed to produce graduates with highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for careers in law or areas such as government, advocacy, research and community development.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Social Science
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or others depending on the 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 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
LAW101 Diversity, Crime and Justice
LAW102 Introduction to Human Development
LAW103 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
LAW104 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
LAW202 Professional Placement
LAW203 Introduction to Cyber Crime
LAW204 Applied Crime Prevention
LAW205 Criminal Law
LAW206 Motivation and Emotion
LAW301 Crime Research Methods
LAW302 Working with Victims and Offenders
LAW303 International Justice and Human Rights
LAW304 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW401 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW402 Personality and Assessment
LAW403 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW404 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Human Associative Learning
LAW306 Abnormal Psychology
LAW307 Adult Development and Ageing
LAW308 Immunology
LAW309 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW310 Human Physiology
LAW311 Molecular Biology
LAW312 Microbiology
LAW313 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
LAW314 Genetics
LAW315 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW316 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW405 Immunology
LAW406 Human Physiology
LAW407 Microbiology
LAW408 Genetics
LAW409 Biochemistry
LAW410 Biochemistry
LAW411 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW412 Regional Transformation: political and economic geographies
LAW413 Landscapes, Place and People
LAW414 Ethics in Digital Investigation and Cyber Security
LAW415 Ethics in Digital Investigation and Cyber Security
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
LAW441 Cryptography, Blockchain and Security
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 Social Sciences courses
Introductory courses (2)
SCS110 Cryptography, Blockchain and Security
SCS130 Participation and Conflict Resolution
Advanced courses (5)
SCS225 Introduction to Criminology
SCS230 Understanding Crime
SCS235 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
SCS290 Applied Crime Prevention
SCS295 Criminal Law
Major or minor courses (8)
Select 8 courses to complete 1 major or 2 minors from:
Majors
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- Geography
- Politics and International Relations
- Sustainability — Society
Minors
- Community Development
- Criminology
- Development Studies
- Geography
- Indigenous Studies
- Politics and International Relations
- Public Policy
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 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 2 introductory level (100 coded) required social science courses
- Complete 5 advanced level (200/300 coded) required science courses
- Complete 8 required courses towards a major or 2 minors from the School of Social Science
- 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.