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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Business

Law with a commercial focus.

This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.

Study location
  • Sippy Downs
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
081023M
Commence
Semester 1
Program length (full-time)
5 years
Semester tuition fee 2017
A$11,400
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$114,000
Footnotes
  • 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 2025 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.
  • ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast ** 018221
Refer to the program footnotes
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 9 Rank - 81
UniSC program code
AB310
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time *
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Recommended prior study
Maths A, B or C
Fee type 2017
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
40
Total units
480
Footnotes
  • * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
  • ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.

This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.

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.

Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.

Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.

Majors

Refer to Bachelor of Business

Career opportunities

Graduates’ understanding of business and law together with well-developed communication and analytical skills will be valued by employers in the legal profession or the commercial and corporate world with opportunities to work as in-house counsel, a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, or others depending on the business major studied.

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 Creative Branding and Design
LAW101 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales
LAW102 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW103 Coastal Conservation Planning
LAW104 Coastal Geomorphology

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Communication and Thought
LAW202 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW203 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW204 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW205 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW206 Torts A
LAW301 Torts B
LAW302 Contracts A
LAW303 Contracts B
LAW304 Property A
LAW401 Property B
LAW402 Constitutional Law
LAW403 Equity & Trusts
LAW404 Corporations Law

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Civil Procedure
LAW306 Administrative Law
LAW307 Professional Conduct
LAW309 Evidence
LAW310 Regulation
LAW311 Family Law
LAW316 Employment Law
LAW318 Commercial Law
LAW405 Health Law
LAW406 Children & the Law
LAW407 Law Professional Practice
LAW408 Equal Opportunity Law
LAW410 Advocacy
LAW411 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW412 Planning and Environment Law
LAW414 Elder Law and Succession
LAW415 Intellectual Property
LAW416 Public International Law

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Private International Law
LAW441 International Human Rights Law

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.

School of Business courses
Introductory courses (6)

BUS101 Legal Internship
BUS102 Sports Law
BUS104 Transnational & Comparative Law
BUS105 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation
BUS106 Law Honours Thesis
BUS108 Business Analytics

Advanced courses (2)

BUS203 Introduction to Economics
BUS320 Introduction to Management

Elective courses (7)

Select 7 elective courses from the School of Business. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor. Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses.

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 480

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) business courses
  • Complete 2 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business courses
  • Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
  • 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