Where the law and the media connect.
Our journalism degree produces journalists with a strong sense of ethics and practical skills in print, broadcast and digital media. Develop cutting-edge problem-solving and communication skills to work across a range of media platforms.
- 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.
Our journalism degree produces journalists with a strong sense of ethics and practical skills in print, broadcast and digital media. Develop cutting-edge problem-solving and communication skills to work across a range of media platforms.
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
This double degree offers a wide range of career opportunities including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, journalist, corporate or government communications, technical writing.
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 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW101 Business Law and Ethics
LAW102 Financial Accounting
LAW103 Law of Business Associations
LAW104 Business Analytics
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Business Finance
LAW202 Company Accounting
LAW203 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
LAW204 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW205 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW206 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW301 Business, Governance and Society
LAW302 Communication and Thought
LAW303 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW304 Cell Biology
LAW401 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW402 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW403 Human Physiology
LAW404 Plant Diversity and Ecology
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW307 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
LAW310 Microbiology
LAW311 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW312 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW318 Advanced Genetics
LAW407 Genetics
LAW408 Individual Learner Needs
LAW414 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW415 Teaching Junior Secondary Arts
LAW416 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
LAW417 Teaching Senior Secondary Arts 1
LAW418 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
LAW419 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW420 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Chemistry
LAW441 Discovering Science
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.
Journalism courses
Introductory courses (3)
CMN104 Changing Planet Earth
CMN130 Mathematics Foundations
CMN150 Cell Biology
Advanced courses (12)
CMN213 Communication and Thought
CMN228 Organic Chemistry
CMN235 Inorganic Chemistry
CMN237 Physical Chemistry
CMN240 Green Chemistry for Industry and Energy Production
CMN249 Biochemistry
CMN277 Analytical Sciences
CMN302 Environmental Chemistry
CMN305 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
CMN306 Individual Learner Needs
CMN307 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
CMN330 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
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 3 introductory level (100 coded) required School of Communication and Creative Industries courses
- Complete 12 advanced level (200/300 coded) required journalism 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students