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 Human Associative Learning
Courses from Bachelor of Laws program
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Abnormal Psychology
LAW102 Adult Development and Ageing
LAW103 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW104 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Personality and Assessment
LAW202 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW203 Introductory Bioscience
LAW204 Environment and Health
LAW205 Public Health Foundations
LAW206 Communication and Thought
LAW301 Think Health
LAW302 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW303 Health Research and Evidence
LAW304 Health Promotion Principles
LAW401 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
LAW402 Science Research Methods
LAW403 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW404 Environmental Health Risk Management
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
LAW306 International Community Development and Global Justice
LAW307 Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
LAW308 Indigenous Wellbeing Practice
LAW309 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW310 Indigenous Wellbeing Research
LAW311 Public Health Practicum
LAW312 Communication and Thought
LAW313 Human Physiology
LAW314 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW315 Chemistry
LAW316 Secondary Professional Learning 1: Transitioning into the Profession
LAW405 Cell Biology
LAW406 Introduction to Mathematics
LAW407 Science Research Methods
LAW408 Organic Chemistry
LAW409 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW410 Genetics
LAW411 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW412 Physical Chemistry
LAW413 Plant Diversity and Ecology
Courses from Bachelor of Journalism program
Introductory courses (5)
BUS102 Biochemistry
CMN102 Microbiology
CMN130 Teaching Science: Curriculum B
INT140 Science Learning and Educational Enquiry: Curriculum D
Plus select 1 introductory (100 level) course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Advanced courses (10)
CMN213 Plant Growth and Reproduction
CMN214 Inorganic Chemistry
CMN227 Medicinal Organic Chemistry
CMN228 Environmental Chemistry
CMN235 Analytical Sciences
CMN237 Engaging Diverse Learners
CMN240 Secondary Professional Experience 2 : Managing the Diverse Learning Environment
CMN249 Teaching Science: Curriculum A
CMN256 Science Learning and Educational Enquiry: Curriculum C
CMN272 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
TOTAL UNITS 480