Students pursue varied career opportunities in law and journalism and develop legal knowledge and professional skills in print, broadcast and digital media.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity / trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity / trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, journalist, corporate or government communications, technical writing.
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
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course.
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 5 required introductory courses
- Complete 10 required advanced courses
- The total number of introductory level courses cannot exceed 16
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 participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Special Research Project A
Courses from Bachelor of Laws program
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Workplace Learning I
LAW102
LAW103
LAW104 Professional Health Communication
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Introductory Bioscience
LAW202 Human Physiology
LAW203 Human Anatomy
LAW204 Paramedic Professional Studies
LAW205 Paramedic Clinical Foundations
LAW206 Paramedic Foundation Practicum 1
LAW301 Applied Psychology in Health Care
LAW302 Public Health Foundations
LAW303 Science Research Methods
LAW304 Introduction to Pharmacology
LAW401 Human Pathophysiology
LAW402 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
LAW403 Paramedic Clinical Systems
LAW404 Medical Emergencies
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Paramedic Clinical Practicum 2
LAW306
LAW307 Commercial Law
LAW308
LAW309
LAW310 Children & the Law
LAW311 Law Professional Practice
LAW312 Competition and Consumer Law
LAW313
LAW314
LAW315
LAW316
LAW405 Legal Dispute Resolution
LAW406 Planning and Environment Law
LAW407 Wills, Estates and Elder Law
LAW408 Intellectual Property
LAW409
LAW410 Public International Law
LAW411
LAW412 International Human Rights Law
LAW413
Courses from Bachelor of Journalism program
Introductory courses (5)
BUS102 Economics for Business
CMN102
CMN130 News and Reporting
INT140
Plus select 1 introductory (100 level) course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Advanced courses (10)
CMN213 Editing for Professionals
CMN214
CMN227
CMN228 Media Law and Ethics
CMN235
CMN237 Online Journalism
CMN240 Feature Writing
CMN249
CMN256
CMN272
TOTAL UNITS 480