Help make a difference in the 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.
- 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.
- # 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.
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.
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.
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.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
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 Clinical Foundations in Prosthetics
LAW102 Developing Professional Practice in Prosthetics & Orthotics
LAW103 Clinical Reasoning in Prosthetics & Orthotics
LAW104 Advanced Concepts in Prosthetics & Orthotics
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Prosthetics and Orthotics Practicum
LAW202 Biomechanics II
LAW203 Data and System Integration
LAW204 Machine Learning
LAW205 Data Science Practice
LAW206 Quantitative Research Methods
LAW301 Contemporary Issues in Steiner Education
LAW302 The Art of Steiner Education
LAW303 Steiner Curriculum Development and Evaluation
LAW304 Assessment Principles and Practice in Steiner Education
LAW401 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
LAW402 An Introduction to Australian Politics: The Makings of a Republic?
LAW403 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW404 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW307 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW310 Industry Project 1: Australian Cultural Studies
LAW311 Environment, Heritage and Tourism
LAW312 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation
LAW318 Talking History: Memory and the Past
LAW407 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History
LAW408 Cultural Heritage
LAW414 Upfront: History of Film in Australia
LAW415 Research Project in History and Australian Studies
LAW416 Indigenous Australia and the State
LAW417 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
LAW418 An Introduction to Australian Politics: The Makings of a Republic?
LAW419 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW420 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW441 Industry Project 1: Australian Cultural Studies
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.
Criminology courses
Introductory courses (6)
CRM101 Environment, Heritage and Tourism
CRM102 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation
CRM103 Talking History: Memory and the Past
CRM105 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History
SCS101 Cultural Heritage
SCS110 Upfront: History of Film in Australia
Advanced courses (5)
CRM202 Research Project in History and Australian Studies
CRM204 Indigenous Australia and the State
CRM301 Anatomy and Physiology
CRM304 Professional Health Communication
SCS225 Introductory Bioscience
Elective courses (4)
Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering or USC Law School .
Suggested electives for Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice include:
CRM201 Paramedic Professional Studies
JST202 Paramedic Primary Healthcare: Clinical Foundations
CRM203 Paramedic Foundation Practicum 1
CRM302 Applied Psychology in Health Care
CRM303 Public Health Foundations
CRM305 Science Research Methods
CRM307 Introduction to Pharmacology
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
- 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
- Refer to the 'Planning your study' page to manage your progression
- 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