Creative legal thinking.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, you will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an advice clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue. You can further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Graduates will have highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for a career in law including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus such as government, education, arts, media, commerce, and industry.
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 (4)
LAW101 Cell Biology
LAW102 Academic and Professional Skills: Planning for Success
LAW103 ICT for Academic and Professional Applications
LAW104 Chemistry - Enabling your Future
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Discovering Science
LAW202 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW203 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales
LAW204 Science Research Methods
LAW205 Introductory Chemistry
LAW206 Academic and Professional Skills: Planning for Success
LAW301 ICT for Academic and Professional Applications
LAW302 Chemistry - Enabling your Future
LAW303 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW304 Cell Biology
LAW401 Discovering Science
LAW402 Endangered Animals and their Conservation
LAW403 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW404 Communication and Thought
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW307 Mathematics Foundations
LAW310 Science Research Methods
LAW311 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW312 Calculus and Algebra
LAW318 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW407 Discrete Mathematics
LAW408 Numerical Analysis
LAW414 Applied Systems Modelling
LAW415 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW416 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
LAW417 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
LAW418 Individual Learner Needs
LAW419 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW420 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
LAW441 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
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 Coordinator.
School of Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)
CMN103 Diversity and Inclusion
CMN104 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
CMN116 The Psychology of Learning
COR109 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
CMN213 Using Data for Learning
CMN238 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
CMN246 Communication and Thought
CMN247 Human Physiology
CMN260 Biodiversity and Ecology
CMN266 Chemistry
CMN304 Secondary Professional Learning 1: Transitioning into the Profession
CMN320 Cell Biology
CMN351 Mathematics Foundations
CMN352 Science Research Methods(24 units)
Note: Program structures are subject to change. 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:
- Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
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 which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Apply for your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)