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 Public Health Foundations
LAW101 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
LAW102 Health Promotion Principles
LAW103 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW104 Public Health Project
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW202 Science Research Methods
LAW203 Public Health Foundations
LAW204 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW205 Health Promotion Principles
LAW206 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW301 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW302 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW303 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW304 Cell Biology
LAW401 Molecular Biology
LAW402 Microbiology
LAW403 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW404 Medical Genetics
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Genetics
LAW306 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW307 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW309 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW310 Cell Biology
LAW311 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW316 Genetics
LAW318 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW405 Introductory Calculus
LAW406 Science Research Methods
LAW407 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW408 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
LAW410 Numerical Analysis
LAW411 Discrete Mathematics
LAW412 Applied Mathematics
LAW414 Communication and Thought
LAW415 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW416 Foundations of Australian Law B
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW441 Criminal Law and Procedure B
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 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
- 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