Students pursue varied career opportunities in law and journalism and develop legal knowledge and professional skills in print, broadcast and digital media.
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. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
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. Journalism courses include news writing, online journalism, feature writing, digital photojournalism, media law, editing and computer-assisted reporting.
Career opportunities
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
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 5 introductory level (100 coded) required School of Communication courses
- Complete 10 advanced level (200/300 coded) requried 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 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 courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Introduction to Informatics
LAW101 Business Law and Ethics
LAW102 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW103 Group Processes and Practice
LAW104 Managing Human Resources
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Staffing and Remuneration
LAW202 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW203 Employment and Industrial Law
LAW204 Training and Development
LAW205 Managing Organisational Change
LAW206 Business Analytics
LAW301 Introduction to Economics
LAW302 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW303 Introduction to Marketing
LAW304 Business Law and Ethics
LAW401 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW402 Communication and Thought
LAW403 Accounting Principles
LAW404 Introduction to Informatics
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Financial Planning
LAW306 Retirement and Superannuation
LAW307 Insurance and Risk Management
LAW308 Personal Investment Management
LAW309 Financial Accounting
LAW310 Business Finance
LAW311 Law of Business Associations
LAW312 Company Accounting
LAW313 Management Accounting
LAW314 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW315 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW316 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW405 Cell Biology
LAW406 Biochemistry
LAW407 Molecular Biology
LAW408 Microbiology
LAW409 Molecular Biotechnology
LAW410 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
LAW411 Chemistry
LAW412 Genetics
LAW413 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
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.
Journalism courses
Introductory courses (5)
BUS102 Introduction to Pharmacology
CMN102 Immunology
CMN130 Biochemical Pharmacology
INT140 Organic Chemistry
PLUS select 1 introductory (100 level) course from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Advanced courses (10)
CMN213 Aquaculture
CMN214 Microbial Pathogenesis
CMN227 Communication and Thought
CMN228 Introduction to Psychology A
CMN235 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
CMN237 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
CMN240 Social Work and Human Services Practice
CMN249 Social Research
CMN256 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
CMN272 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
TOTAL UNITS 480