Provide sound legal advice.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
- 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.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, You will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an Advice Clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue.
You can further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in the elective Law Professional Practice, or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.
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
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Animal Form, Function and Evolution
LAW101 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales
LAW102 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW103 Science Research Methods
LAW104 Animal Ecology Field Course
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Endangered Animals and their Conservation
LAW202 Communication and Thought
LAW203 Cell Biology
LAW204 Animal Ecophysiology
LAW205 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW206 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW301 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW302 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW303 Animal Behaviour
LAW304 Global-Change Ecology
LAW401 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW402 Special Field Studies Topic
LAW403 Special Research Project
LAW404 Workplace Learning I
PLUS select 6 Law elective courses from*:
LAW307 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW310 Coastal Conservation Planning
LAW311 Introduction to Cybersecurity
LAW312 Introduction to Device & Network Security
LAW318 Managing Data
LAW407 Programming
LAW408 Databases
LAW414 Machine Learning
LAW415 Management Informatics
LAW416 Project Management Principles
LAW417 Evidenced Based Decision Making
LAW418 Data Visualisation
LAW419 Research/Industry Dissertation 2
LAW420
The following 2 courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440
LAW441
*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 Coordinator.
Electives courses (7)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- 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
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students