A high-powered double degree for professional qualifications in law and the fast-growing financial planning industry
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You will be given practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and moot court.
- 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.
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You will be given 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.
The Financial Planning program offers foundation skills in business and management with a focus on advanced courses in financial planning, risk, investment, and tax and estate planning.
As with the law program, the Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) delivers opportunities for practical work experience, including cadetships with financial services firms.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Career opportunities
You will have a wide array of work choices with these two degrees, including as a solicitor, corporate legal adviser, as an officer in major government and private corporations, banking, superannuation insurance, and careers with a financial planning or law 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 (5)
COR109 Researching Education
LAW101 Communicating Education Research Outcomes
LAW102 Designing Research
LAW103 Education Research Project
LAW104 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
LAW202 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
LAW203 Children, Media and Society
LAW204 Screen Production and Editing
LAW205 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
LAW206 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues
LAW301 Screen Media Project
LAW302 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
LAW303 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
LAW304 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
LAW401 Children, Media and Society
LAW402 Advanced and Transcultural Counselling
LAW403 Advanced Psychological Assessment and Reporting
LAW404 Clinical Psychological Practice 1
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Practicum Placement 1
LAW306 Advanced Research Design and Methods
LAW307 Clinical Psychological Practice 2
LAW308 Practicum Placement 2
LAW309 Research Project 1
LAW310 Ethical Professional Practice of Psychology
LAW311 Clinical Psychological Practice 3
LAW312 Practicum Placement 3
LAW313 Research Project 2
LAW314 Clinical Health Psychology and Psychopharmacology
LAW315 Research Project 3
LAW316 Research Project 4
LAW405 Practicum Placement 4
LAW406 Introduction to Criminology
LAW407 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW408 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW409 Foundations of Human Behaviour
LAW410 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW411 Punishment and Corrections
LAW412 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW413 Learning and Teaching in the Practice Environment
LAW414 Research in Health Care
LAW415 Qualitative Research: Approaches and Practice
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Quantitative Research Methods
LAW441 Evidenced Based Decision Making
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 (5)
ACC106 Finance and Accounting for Managers
BUS101 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
BUS102 Marketing in a Global Environment
BUS104 Introductory Bioscience
BUS108 Introduction to Nutrition
Advanced courses (10)
ACC211 Food in Society
ACC311 Public Health Foundations
FIN210 Cell Biology
FIN220 Biodiversity and Ecology
FIN221 Introductory Chemistry
FIN310 Science Research Methods
FIN320 Discovering Science
FIN321 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
BUS203 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
BUS320 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
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 elective courses
- Complete 5 introductory level (100 coded) required business courses
- Complete 10 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business 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.
- Honours in Law available for high performing students.