Gain a competitive edge by combining your legal skills and expertise with in-depth knowledge of the expanding property sector
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Gain 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 2024 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.
The Law program covers all academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. 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.
You also gain a foundation in property-related business through courses in management, accounting, economics, and research methods.
Cover specialist units to develop knowledge in property development, valuation and analysis, town planning, property economics, portfolio management, property law, asset and facilities management, and building studies. As with the Law program, the Property Economics and Development program is practically-focussed. You’ll undertake case studies, fieldwork and projects to enhance your professional skills.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Career opportunities
You have a terrific array of work options with these two degrees, including as a solicitor, in-house counsel, in government, as a valuer, property investment analyst, in property development, and as a property and asset manager.
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 Special Research Project
LAW101 Organic Chemistry
LAW102 Inorganic Chemistry
LAW103 Environmental Chemistry
LAW104 Analytical Sciences
Advanced courses (20)
16 required courses:
LAW201 Individual Learner Needs
LAW202 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW203 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
LAW204 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
LAW205 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
LAW206 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
LAW301 Numerical Analysis
LAW302 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW303 Engineering Computer Programming
LAW304 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
LAW307 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
LAW401 Special Research Project
LAW402 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW403 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW404 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW406 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
PLUS select 4 elective courses from:
LAW305 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW306 The Psychology of Learning
LAW308 Using Data for Learning
LAW309 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LAW310 Animal Form, Function and Evolution
LAW311 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW312 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW313 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW314 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW315 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW316 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
LAW405 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW407 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW408 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW409 Research Methods and Analysis 2
LAW410 Human Associative Learning
LAW411 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW412 Social Psychology
LAW413 Motivation and Emotion
LAW414 Clinical Foundations in Orthotics
LAW415 Therapeutic Skills
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Foundational Placement Competencies in Allied Health
LAW441 Biomechanics I
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 (7)
BUS101 Clinical Foundations in Prosthetics
BUS102 Developing Professional Practice in Prosthetics & Orthotics
BUS104 Clinical Reasoning in Prosthetics & Orthotics
BUS106 Advanced Concepts in Prosthetics & Orthotics
PED110 Prosthetics and Orthotics Practicum
PED120 Biomechanics II
PED121 Evidenced Based Decision Making
Advanced courses (8)
PED210 Finance and Accounting for Managers
PED220 Innovation Management and Professional Development
PED310 Leading and Managing Organisations
PED311 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
PED312 Marketing in a Global Environment
PED320 Data and System Integration
PED321 Machine Learning
PED322 Data Science Practice
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 16 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 4 law elective courses
- Complete 7 introductory level (100 coded) required business courses
- Complete 8 advanced level (200/300 coded) required 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.