Fast-track a career in law with this accelerated graduate entry program
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
- 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.
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with their legal problems. This program is designed to produce qualified lawyers with a clinical focus. 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.
Honours is available for high performing students.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.
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
Introductory Courses (4)
LAW101 Marketing Essentials
LAW102 Creative Production
LAW103 Accounting Principles
LAW104 Introduction to Screen and Media Industries
Advanced Courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Business Law
LAW202 Information Systems in Organisations
LAW203 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
LAW204 Running Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) industry events
LAW205 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW206 Business, Governance and Society
LAW301 Work Integrated Learning Project
LAW302 Work Integrated Learning Project
LAW303 Understanding and Preventing Suicide
LAW304 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW401 Assessment in Mental Health
LAW402 Advanced Health Assessment
LAW403 Communication and Thought
LAW404 Think Health
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introductory Bioscience
LAW306 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW307 Anatomy and Physiology
LAW308 Environment and Health
LAW309 Public Health Foundations
LAW310 Research Foundations
LAW311 Microbiology
LAW312 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
LAW313 Science Research Methods
LAW314 Medical Microbiology
LAW315 Food Safety: Laws, Regulations and Quality Assurance
LAW316 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW405 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW406 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW407 Integrated Environmental Management
LAW408 Concepts of Epidemiology
LAW409 Environmental Health Practicum
LAW410 Environmental Health Practicum
LAW411 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
LAW412 Therapeutic Communication Skills
LAW413 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
LAW414 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
LAW415 Understanding Crime
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Punishment and Corrections
LAW441 Introduction to Psychology B
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.
* Subject to final approval
NOTE: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 18 required law courses
- Complete 6 law elective courses
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.