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) 60 units
COR109 Property B
LAW101 Equity & Trusts
LAW102 Civil Procedure
LAW103 Administrative Law
LAW104 Evidence
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Professional Conduct
LAW202 Regulation
LAW203 Communication and Thought
LAW204 Business Analytics
LAW205 Accounting for Business
LAW206 Introduction to Informatics
LAW301 Introduction to Economics
LAW302 Introduction to Management
LAW303 Introduction to Marketing
LAW304 Business Law and Ethics
LAW401 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW402 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW403 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW404 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
PLUS select 6 Law elective courses (72 units) from*:
LAW307 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW310 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW311 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
LAW312 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW313 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW315 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW318 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW405 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW406 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW407 Workplace Learning I
LAW408 Special Research Project
LAW409 Foundations of Engineering
LAW410 Engineering Statics
LAW411 Introduction to the Internet of Things
LAW412 Introduction to Engineering Design
LAW414 Earth's Surface Processes
LAW415 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW416 Introductory Calculus
LAW417 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW418 Chemistry
LAW419 Physics
LAW420 Science Research Methods
The following 2 courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Structural Analysis and Computer Modelling
LAW441 Soil Mechanics
*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) 84 units
In addition to the requirement for 6 developing or graduate level Law electives (72 units), you must select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 2 (24 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses (48 units) 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
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- 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 Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.
- 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