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.
- 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 (4) 48 units
LAW101 Serious Video Game Design Workshop
LAW102 Creative Problem Solving with Programming
LAW103 Playcentric Game Design
LAW104 Game Art 1
Developing and Graduate courses (21) 252 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals
LAW202 Video Game Analysis
LAW203
LAW204 Professional Games Project
LAW205 ICT Project Management
LAW206 Serious Game Project A
LAW301 New Venture Establishment
LAW302 ICT Internship
LAW303 ICT Industry Project
LAW304 Communication and Thought
LAW401 Research Foundations
LAW402 Caring for Child, Youth and Family
LAW403 Introductory Bioscience
LAW404 Practice Foundations
PLUS select 7 Law elective courses (84 units) from*:
Not all electives are offered every year. For a list of current Law elective courses click HERE.
LAW307 Health, Culture and Society
LAW310 Anatomy and Physiology
LAW311 Nursing Practicum 1
LAW312 Holistic Health Assessment
LAW313 Cultural Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery
LAW315 Human Pathophysiology
LAW318 Nursing Practicum 2
LAW405 Drug Therapy
LAW406 Health Alteration
LAW407 Nursing Practicum 3
LAW408 Health Law and Ethics
LAW409 Acute Health Alteration
LAW410 Life Crisis - Translating Theory Into Caring Practice
LAW411 The Child Client
LAW412 Challenges to Mental Health
LAW414 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
LAW415 Nursing Practicum 4
LAW416 Caring for the Older Client
LAW417 Nursing Internship
LAW418 Communication and Thought
LAW419 Introductory Counselling Skills
LAW420 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW421 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW422 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
The following 2 courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW441 Anatomy and Physiology
Electives courses (7) 84 units
In addition to the requirement for 7 developing or graduate level Law electives (84 units), you must select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 1 (12 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