Students gain legal knowledge and skills, and a strong grounding in the fundamentals of business.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event 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 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.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students 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.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event management.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel 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
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- 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) business courses
- Complete 2 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business courses
- Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
- 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 participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
- 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 Leaders.
Program structure
School of Law
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Nursing Practice 2
LAW101 Nursing Practice 3
LAW102 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
LAW103 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW104 Nursing Internship
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Communication and Thought
LAW202 Think Health
LAW203 Cell Biology
LAW204 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW205 Human Physiology
LAW206 Human Anatomy
LAW301 Science Research Methods
LAW302 Exercise Testing and Measurement
LAW303 Human Pathophysiology
LAW304 Functional Anatomy
LAW401 Introduction to Sports Medicine
LAW402 Motor Control and Learning
LAW403 Biomechanics I
LAW404 Exercise Physiology I
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Exercise Prescription and Programming
LAW306 Sport and Exercise Psychology
LAW307 Introduction to Clinical Placement
LAW308 Biomechanics II
LAW309 Exercise Physiology II
LAW310 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW311 Exercise in Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Health
LAW312 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Health
LAW313 Sports Nutrition
LAW314 Exercise Management in Chronic Disease
LAW315 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
LAW316 Advanced Professional Experience for Exercise Science
LAW405 Advanced Professional Experience for Exercise Science
LAW406 Exercise in Neurological Rehabilitation
LAW407 Case Management and Occupational Rehabilitation
LAW408 Advanced Professional Experience for Exercise Science
LAW409 Advanced Professional Experience for Exercise Science
LAW410 Communication and Thought
LAW411 Business Analytics
LAW412 Accounting for Business
LAW413 Introduction to Informatics
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 Leaders.
School of Business
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Introduction to Economics
BUS102 Introduction to Management
BUS104 Introduction to Marketing
BUS105 Marketing Communication
BUS106 Marketing of Social Causes
BUS108 Business Law and Ethics
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Consumer Behaviour
BUS320 Services Marketing
Elective courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from the School of Business. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor. Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses.
TOTAL UNITS 480