Students broaden their career options with combined studies in law and creative writing, gaining legal knowledge and advanced technical and creative skills in writing narrative.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students choose from a variety of writing styles and genres such as writing for children and young adults, and contemporary and traditional adult fiction.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students choose from a variety of writing styles and genres such as writing for children and young adults, and contemporary and traditional adult fiction.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus.
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
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 elective courses
- Complete 3 introductory level (100 coded) required courses from the School of Communication
- Complete 8 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing courses
- Complete an additional 2 advanced level (200/300 coded) requried creative writing courses
- Complete 2 elective courses from either Faculty
- 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 participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program 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.
Program structure
School of Law courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Social Psychology
LAW101 Motivation and Emotion
LAW102 Researching Education
LAW103 Communicating Education Research Outcomes
LAW104 Designing Research
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Education Research Project
LAW202 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW203 Coastal Conservation Planning
LAW204 Restoration Ecology
LAW205 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
LAW206 Communication and Thought
LAW301 Cell Biology
LAW302 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW303 Chemistry
LAW304 Science Research Methods
LAW401 Discovering Science
LAW402 Introduction to Mathematics
LAW403 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW404 Introductory Calculus
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW306 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW307 Molecular Biology
LAW308 Microbiology
LAW309 Biochemistry
LAW310 Molecular Biology
LAW311 Microbiology
LAW312 Biotechnology: Research to Product
LAW313 Organic Chemistry
LAW314 Inorganic Chemistry
LAW315 Physical Chemistry
LAW316 Biochemistry
LAW405 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW406 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW407 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW408 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW409 Microbiology
LAW410 Food Safety Laws and Regulations
LAW411 Genetics
LAW412 Biosecurity
LAW413 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
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 Communication courses
Introductory courses (3)
CMN102 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
CMN116 Discrete Mathematics
PLUS select 1 course from:
CMN120 Applied Mathematics
CMN130 Communication and Thought
CMN140 Cell Biology
BUS105 Chemistry
Advanced courses (10)
8 required courses:
CMN213 Science Research Methods
CMN238 Introduction to Mathematics
CMN246 Mathematics Foundations
CMN247 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
CMN260 Human Physiology
CMN266 Human Anatomy
CMN267 Biodiversity and Ecology
CMN320 Physics
PLUS select 2 elective courses from:
CMN228 Foundations of Sustainability
EGL120 Communication and Thought
EGL201 Communication and Thought
EGL285 Foundations of Sustainability
Elective courses (2)
Select 2 elective courses from either faculty (Faculty of Arts and Business or Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
TOTAL UNITS 480