Help make a difference in the justice system.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
- 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.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
- # It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
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.
The Criminology component will hone your focus to the causes and impacts of crime, and what works in reducing crime and improving justice from an applied social science perspective. You'll be prepared for real world challenges through guest lectures and opportunities for practical learning.
Completion of this program ensures you meet the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. With a depth of knowledge and understanding in both law, and criminology and justice, graduates have extended career prospects.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
This double degree will be valuable for those graduates who intend to practise in criminal law. A broad range of career opportunities exist for graduates, in areas such as legal research, law reform research and policy development, advocacy, political advising; corruption and white collar crime investigations, prosecutions and crime prevention.
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 (5)
COR109 Writing for Young Adults
LAW101 Writing Poetry
LAW102 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
LAW103 Writing the Short Story
LAW104 Writing Your Novel
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Business Events
LAW202 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
LAW203
LAW204
LAW205 Communication and Thought
LAW206 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW301 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW302 Teaching Senior Secondary Arts
LAW303 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW304 Individual Learner Needs
LAW401 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW402 Teaching Junior Secondary Arts
LAW403 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
LAW404 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW306 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW307 The Psychology of Learning
LAW309 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW310 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW311 Using Data for Learning
LAW316 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LAW318 Public Health Nutrition
LAW405 Health Promotion Principles
LAW406 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
LAW407 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW408 Infant Care
LAW410 Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Care
LAW411 Advanced Health Assessment
LAW412 Professional Internship
LAW414 Independent Study
LAW415 Acting 1: The actor's craft
LAW416 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
LAW441 Acting 2: Contemporary Voice and Text
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.
Criminology courses
Introductory courses (6)
CRM101 Work Integrated Learning Project
CRM102 Devising Performance
CRM103 Managing Research
CRM105 Managing Across Global Cultures
SCS101 International Trade and Finance
SCS110 Marketing in an International Environment
Advanced courses (5)
CRM202 Strategic Management
CRM204 Global Business Management
CRM301 The Literature Review
CRM304 Qualitative Research Methods
SCS225 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
Elective courses (4)
Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering or USC Law School .
Suggested electives for Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice include:
CRM201 Managing Research
JST202 Corporate Finance
CRM203 Innovation and Management Decision Making
CRM302 International Business Law and Ethics
CRM303 Managing Knowledge and Global Change
CRM305 Comparative and International Employment Relations
CRM307 Comparative and International Employment Relations
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
- 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 6 required introductory level (100 coded) criminology courses
- Complete 5 required advanced level (200/300 coded) criminology courses
- Complete 4 elective 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 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