Students pursue varied career opportunities in law and journalism and develop legal knowledge and professional skills in print, broadcast and digital media.
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. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
- * 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. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, journalist, corporate or government communications, technical writing.
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
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 5 introductory level (100 coded) required School of Communication courses
- Complete 10 advanced level (200/300 coded) requried journalism courses
- 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 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW101 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW102 Business Law and Ethics
LAW103 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW104 Professional Internship
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Independent Study
LAW202 Research in Health Care
LAW203 Qualitative Research: Approaches and Practice
LAW204 Simulation in Practice Education
LAW205 Responding in the Emergency Context
LAW206 Global Emergency Issues
LAW301 Assessment in Mental Health
LAW302 Accounting for Managers
LAW303 Economics for Managers
LAW304 Managing Research
LAW401 Corporate Finance
LAW402 Managing Organisations
LAW403 Strategic Management
LAW404 Marketing Management
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Research Project
LAW306 Managerial Project
LAW307 Public Health Research and Evidence
LAW308 Health Promotion Settings
LAW309 Public Health Foundations
LAW310 Quantitative Research Methods
LAW311 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW312 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW313 Health Promotion Principles
LAW314 Health Promotion Community Assessment and Planning
LAW315 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW316 Health Research Project A
LAW405 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
LAW406 Health Promotion Project
LAW407 Health Research Project B
LAW408 Business Analytics
LAW409 Introduction to Economics
LAW410 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW411 Introduction to Marketing
LAW412 Accounting for Business
LAW413 Introduction to Informatics
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.
Journalism courses
Introductory courses (5)
BUS102 Communication and Thought
CMN102 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
CMN130 Business Law
INT140 Business, Governance and Society
PLUS select 1 introductory (100 level) course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Advanced courses (10)
CMN213 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
CMN214 Tourism, Sport and Leisure Policy and Planning
CMN227 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
CMN228 The Innovation and Technology Effect in TLEM
CMN235 Event Management
CMN237 Business Events
CMN240 Group Processes and Practice
CMN249 Introduction to Social Work Practice Theories
CMN256 Justice and the Australian Legal System
CMN272 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
TOTAL UNITS 480