Open doors to a career in legal practice, particularly the important field of commercial law.
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.
- 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.
- * 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’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 moot court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems — an opportunity not available anywhere else in Queensland. Elective courses Legal Internship and Law Clinic are offered to students in the later years of their studies.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel 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 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW101 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW102 Animal Ecophysiology
LAW103 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW104 Creating and Managing Event Experiences
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
LAW202 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW203 Coastal Conservation Planning
LAW204 The Innovation and Technology Effect in TLEM
LAW205 The Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) Industry
LAW206 Animal Behaviour
LAW301 Global-Change Ecology
LAW302 Business, Governance and Society
LAW303 Tourism, Sport and Leisure Policy and Planning
LAW304 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
LAW401 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles
LAW402 Game Art: Virtual Environments
LAW403 3D Design F - Professional Portfolio
LAW404 Communication and Thought
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Anatomy and Physiology
LAW306 Introductory Bioscience
LAW307 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
LAW308 Practice Foundations
LAW309 Preparation for Practice 1
LAW310 Nursing Practice 1
LAW311 Health, Culture and Society
LAW312 Research Foundations for Health Practice
LAW313 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
LAW314 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
LAW315 Health Law and Ethics
LAW316 Preparation for Practice 2
LAW405 Nursing Practice 2
LAW406 Drug Therapy
LAW407 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
LAW408 Preparation for Practice 3
LAW409 Nursing Practice 3
LAW410 Nursing Internship
LAW411 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
LAW412 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
LAW413 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
LAW414 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW415 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Life Crisis
LAW441 The Child Client
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 Business courses
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Communication and Thought
BUS102 Foundations of Australian Law A
BUS104 Foundations of Australian Law B
BUS105 Criminal Law and Procedure A
BUS106 Criminal Law and Procedure B
BUS108 Torts A
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Torts B
BUS320 Contracts A
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: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 480
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- 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. 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.
- Honours in Law available for high performing students.