Help people with legal challenges
Lawyers help people who need legal advice, supporting and working with individuals, businesses, firms, corporations, or not-for-profit organisations to solve complex legal problems. This program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus, covering academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the 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.
Lawyers help people who need legal advice, supporting and working with individuals, businesses, firms, corporations, or not-for-profit organisations to solve complex legal problems. This program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus, covering academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
In this program you will:
- Engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, you’ll observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an Advice Clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
- Research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our Moot Court venue.
- Have the opportunity to further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in the elective Law Professional Practice or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
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 (5) 60 units
COR109 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW101 Business Law
LAW102 Physiological Psychology
LAW103 Research Methods and Analysis 2
LAW104 Social Psychology
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Motivation and Emotion
LAW202 Interpersonal and Group Skills
LAW203 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW204 Introduction to Human Development
LAW205 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW206 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW301 Business, Governance and Society
LAW302 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
LAW303 Personality and Assessment
LAW304 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW401 Work Integrated Learning Project
LAW402 Work Integrated Learning Placement
LAW403 Human Associative Learning
LAW404 Abnormal Psychology
PLUS select 6 Law elective courses (72 units) from*:
Not all electives are offered every year. For a list of current Law elective courses click HERE.
LAW307 Adult Development and Ageing
LAW310 Think Health
LAW311 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW312 Introductory Bioscience
LAW313 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
LAW315 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
LAW318 Environment and Health
LAW405 Public Health Foundations
LAW406 Science Research Methods
LAW407 Health Research and Evidence
LAW408 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
LAW409 Health Promotion Principles
LAW410 Concepts of Epidemiology
LAW411 Healthy Public Policy and Advocacy
LAW412 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW414 Indigenous Wellbeing Practice
LAW415 Politics and the Media
LAW416 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW417 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW418 Public Health Practicum
LAW419 Communication and Thought
LAW420 Chemistry
LAW421 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
The following 2 courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Cell Biology
LAW441 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Electives courses (7) 84 units
In addition to the requirement for 6 developing or graduate level Law electives (72 units), you must select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 2 (24 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses (48 units) can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units 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