A law degree with a practical focus
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
Program Structure
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Second Language Acquisition and Learning
LAW101 Second Language Teaching Methodologies
LAW102 Professional Learning
LAW103 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
LAW104 Pedagogies for Engagement
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Contemporary Issues in Education
LAW202 Research Methods in Education
LAW203 Designing an Education Research Proposal
LAW204 Interlanguage Phonology
LAW205 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning
LAW206 Professional Learning
LAW301 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
LAW302 Leadership for Learning Communities
LAW303 Assessment: Principles and Practices
LAW304 Research Methods in Education
LAW401 Professional Education Project
LAW402 Professional Education Project
LAW403 Communicating Education Project Outcomes
LAW404 Communication and Thought
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Cell Biology
LAW306 Foundations in Medical Science
LAW307 Chemistry
LAW309 Human Physiology
LAW310 Haematology
LAW311 Histology
LAW312 Medical Laboratory Placement 1
LAW313 Blood Banking and Transfusion Sciences
LAW315 Human Pathophysiology
LAW316 Biochemistry
LAW405 Microbiology
LAW406 Advanced Haematology
LAW407 Medical Laboratory Placement 2
LAW408 Medical Microbiology
LAW409 Medical Biochemistry
LAW410 Environment and Health
LAW411 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW412 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW414 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
LAW415 Medical Microbiology
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Food Safety: Laws, Regulations and Quality Assurance
LAW441 Economics for Business
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.
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: 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:
- 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 no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses including COR109
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives
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
- 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students