Creative legal thinking.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. 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 law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Graduates will have highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for a career in law including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus such as government, education, arts, media, commerce, and industry.
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 (4)
LAW101 Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management
LAW102 Food Marketing
LAW103 Project Planning
LAW104 Economics for Managers
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Strategic Management
LAW202 Research Project
LAW203 Marketing Management
LAW204 Accounting for Managers
LAW205 Marketing in an International Environment
LAW206 Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Health Sector Business Management
LAW301 Global Business Management
LAW302 Entrepreneurship and Venture Planning
LAW303 Retail Supply Chain Management and Procurement
LAW304 Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management
LAW401 Food Marketing
LAW402 Project Planning
LAW403 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW404 Introduction to Psychology B
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW307 Research Methods in Psychology A
LAW310 Research Methods in Psychology B
LAW311 Physiological Psychology
LAW312 Introduction to Human Development
LAW318 Social Psychology
LAW407 Motivation and Emotion
LAW408 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW414 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
LAW415 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW416 Personality and Assessment
LAW417 Human Associative Learning
LAW418 Abnormal Psychology
LAW419 Education Research an Introduction
LAW420 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Pedagogies for Engagement
LAW441 Professional Learning
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.
School of Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)
CMN103 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
CMN104 Pedagogies for Engagement
CMN116 Contemporary Issues in Education
COR109 Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Second Language Teaching Methodologies
CMN213 Research Methods in Education
CMN238 Designing an Education Research Proposal
CMN246 Leadership for Learning Communities
CMN247 Assessment: Principles and Practices
CMN260 Professional Learning
CMN266 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
CMN304 Leadership for Learning Communities
CMN320 Assessment: Principles and Practices
CMN351 Interlanguage Phonology
CMN352 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning(24 units)
Note: Program structures are subject to change. 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:
- Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
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 which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- 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
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Apply for your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)