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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice

Interested in criminal law and justice? Make a difference within the criminal justice system.

Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology. From your 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.

Commences Semester 1, 2016

CRICOS code
088619D
Commence
Semester 1 *
Program length (full-time)
5 years
Semester tuition fee 2016
A$10,300
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$103,000
Footnotes
  • 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.
    Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
  • * Commences Semester 1, 2016.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 018311
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 8 Rank - 84
UniSC program code
AR396
Commence
Semester 1 *
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time #
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Fee type 2016
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
40
Total units
480
Footnotes
  • # It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
    Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
  • * Commences Semester 1, 2016.

Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology. From your 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 Criminology component will hone your focus to the causes and impacts of crime, and what works in reducing crime and improving justice from an applied social science perspective. You'll be prepared for real world challenges through guest lectures and opportunities for practical learning.

Completion of this program ensures you meet the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. With a depth of knowledge and understanding in both law, and criminology and justice, graduates have extended career prospects.

Honours is available for high performing students.

Career opportunities

This double degree will be valuable for those graduates who intend to practise in criminal law. A broad range of career opportunities exist for graduates, in areas such as legal research, law reform research and policy development, advocacy, political advising; corruption and white collar crime investigations, prosecutions and crime prevention.

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 Biomechanics I
LAW101 Motor Control and Learning
LAW102 Prosthetics and Orthotics Practicum
LAW103 Clinical Foundations in Prosthetics
LAW104 Developing Professional Practice in Prosthetics & Orthotics

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Clinical Reasoning in Prosthetics & Orthotics
LAW202 Advanced Concepts in Prosthetics & Orthotics
LAW203 Biomechanics II
LAW204 Understanding and Managing Organisational Behaviour
LAW205 Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation
LAW206 Management Informatics
LAW301 Innovation by Design
LAW302 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW303 Project Management Principles
LAW304 Innovation Management and Professional Development
LAW401 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
LAW402 Understanding and Managing Organisational Behaviour
LAW403 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW404 Innovation Management and Professional Development

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
LAW306 Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation
LAW307 Management Informatics
LAW308 Innovation by Design
LAW309 Project Management Principles
LAW310 Innovation: Addressing Challenges
LAW311 Marketing Essentials
LAW312 Academic and Professional Skills: Planning for Success
LAW313 ICT for Academic and Professional Applications
LAW314 Communication and Thought
LAW315 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
LAW316 Group Processes and Practice
LAW405 Introductory Counselling Skills
LAW406 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
LAW407 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
LAW408 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss
LAW409 Positive Psychology for Counselling
LAW410 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
LAW411 Counselling Placement 2
LAW412 Developmental and Family Counselling
LAW413 Foundations of Human Behaviour
LAW414 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW415 Introduction to Indigenous Australia

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LAW441 International Community Development and Global Justice

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.

Criminology courses
Introductory courses (6)

CRM101 Social Research
CRM102 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
CRM103 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
CRM105 Human Services Placement 1
PSY100 Understanding Cultural Diversity
SCS110 Working With Children, Youth and Families

Advanced courses (5)

CRM202 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions
CRM204 Health & Mental Health in Australia
CRM301 Community Development and Social Action
CRM304 Complexity and Social Work: Group-Based Approaches
SCS225 Context Responsive Social Work Practice

Elective courses (4)

Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering or USC Law School .

Suggested electives for Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice include:

CRM201 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
JST202 Indigenous Australia and the State
LGL202 Introduction to Criminology
CRM203 Justice and the Australian Legal System
CRM302 Introduction to Management
CRM303 Gender and Culture
CRM305 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
CRM306 Introduction to Criminology

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) criminology courses
  • Complete 5 required advanced level (200/300 coded) criminology courses
  • Complete 4 elective 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 Coordinators.
  • Honours in Law available for high performing students.