Enhance your Law degree with strong written communication skills
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
You’ll cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You’ll conduct client interviews, prepare legal advice, undertake legal research and observe litigation and gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and mock court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems. Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus.
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 (4)
LAW101 Communication and Thought
LAW102 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW103 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW104 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LAW202 Social Research
LAW203 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW204 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
LAW205 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
LAW206 Critical Practice with Trauma, Bereavement and Crisis
LAW301 Working With Families
LAW302 Ethics and Professional Practice
LAW303 Health, Society and Culture
LAW304 Understanding Cultural Diversity
LAW401 Social Work Field Education 1
LAW402 Community Development and Social Action
LAW403 Complexity and Social Work: Policy and Practice
LAW404 Critical Social Policy Analysis
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Organisational Contexts for Social Work Practice
LAW306 Social Work Field Education 2
LAW307 Critical Social Work Practice
LAW308 Regions, Change and Sustainability
LAW309 International Community Development and Global Justice
LAW310 Indigenous Australia and the State
LAW311 Green Justice: Environment and Social Issues
LAW312 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
LAW313 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
LAW314 Gender and Culture
LAW315 Introductory Bioscience
LAW316 Introduction to Nutrition
LAW405 Food in Society
LAW406 Public Health Foundations
LAW407 Communication and Thought
LAW408 Cell Biology
LAW409 Chemistry
LAW410 Science Research Methods
LAW411 Introduction to Mathematics
LAW412 Mathematics Foundations
LAW413 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
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 Leaders.
School of Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)
CMN103 Human Physiology
CMN104 Human Anatomy
CMN116 Biodiversity and Ecology
COR109 Physics
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Foundations of Sustainability
CMN213 Introduction to Clinical Trial Coordination
CMN238 Biochemical Pharmacology
CMN246 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
CMN247 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
CMN260 Business Analytics
CMN266 Introduction to Economics
CMN304 Management and Organisational Behaviour
CMN320 Introduction to Marketing
CMN351 Accounting for Business
CMN352 Introduction to Informatics(24 units)
Total units: 480
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 4 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law elective courses
- Complete 4 introductory level (100 coded) required courses from the School of Communication including the core course (COR109 )
- Complete 11 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing courses
- Complete an additional 2 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing 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. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
- 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 Leaders.