Law with a commercial focus.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
- 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.
- ^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.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
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.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Graduates’ understanding of business and law together with well-developed communication and analytical skills will be valued by employers in the legal profession or the commercial and corporate world with opportunities to work as in-house counsel, a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, or others depending on the business major studied.
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) 60 units
COR109 Finance and Accounting for Managers
LAW101 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
LAW102 Economics for Managers
LAW103 Global Business Management
LAW104 Innovation Management and Professional Development
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168):
LAW201 Managing Across Global Cultures
LAW202 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW203 Evidenced Based Decision Making
LAW204 International Trade and Finance
LAW205 Marketing in a Global Environment
LAW206 Finance and Accounting for Managers
LAW301 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
LAW302 Managing Across Global Cultures
LAW303 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW304 Evidenced Based Decision Making
LAW401 Economics for Managers
LAW402 Global Business Management
LAW403 Innovation Management and Professional Development
LAW404 Creative Production
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
LAW310 Introduction to the Creative Industries
LAW311 Introduction to Screen and Media Industries
LAW312 Playing with Words: an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LAW313 Performance 1
LAW315 Screen Media and Pop Culture
LAW318 Screen Media: Showcase in Practice
LAW405 Introduction to the Internet of Things
LAW406 Engineering Design
LAW407 Introductory Calculus
LAW408 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW409 Professional Engineering
LAW410 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW411 Physics
LAW412 Science Research Methods
LAW414 Engineering Statics
LAW415 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW416 Weather and Climate
LAW417 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW418 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
LAW419 Earth's Surface Processes
LAW420 Plant Diversity and Ecology
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Geographic Information Science and Technology
LAW441 Introductory Chemistry
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 Business courses
Introductory courses (6) 72 units
BUS101 Geotechnical Engineering
BUS102 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
BUS104 Soil Properties, Processes and Rehabilitation
BUS105
BUS106
BUS108
Developing and Graduate courses (1) 12 units
BUS320 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
Elective courses (8) 96 units
Select 8 elective courses (96 units) from the USC Business School. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor. Of these electives, 4 (48 units) must be developing and graduate level (200/300 coded) courses.
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 no more than 15 introductory level (100 coded) courses (180 units) 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) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- 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 Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.
- 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