Students examine social change and conflict and gain qualifications in law, developing legal knowledge and skills in social and political theory, social research and public policy.
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 social science area from development studies, geography, sociology, and politics and international relations.
- * 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. Students can choose to specialise in a social science area from development studies, geography, sociology, and politics and international relations.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Social Science
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or others depending on the 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 2 introductory level (100 coded) required social science courses
- Complete 5 advanced level (200/300 coded) required science courses
- Complete 8 required courses towards a major or 2 minors from the School of Social Science
- 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
LAW101
LAW102
LAW103
LAW104
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201
LAW202
LAW203
LAW204
LAW205
LAW206
LAW301 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW302 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW303 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher
LAW304 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW401 Teacher as Researcher
LAW402 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW403 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW404 The Psychology of Learning
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Using Data for Learning
LAW306 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW307 Teaching Junior Secondary Arts
LAW308 Teaching Senior Secondary Arts
LAW309 Teaching Junior Secondary English
LAW310 Teaching Senior Secondary English
LAW311 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
LAW312 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
LAW313 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
LAW314 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW315 Teaching Junior Secondary History
LAW316 Teaching Senior Secondary History
LAW405 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
LAW406 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
LAW407 Theatre Internship
LAW408 Cell Biology
LAW409 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW410 Chemistry
LAW411 Organic Chemistry
LAW412 Cell Biology
LAW413 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 Leaders.
School of Social Science courses
Introductory courses (2)
SCS110 Devising Performance
SCS130 Theatre Production
Advanced courses (5)
SCS225 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
SCS230 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
SCS235 Theatre Production
SCS290 Devising Performance
SCS295 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
Major or minor courses (8)
Select 8 courses to complete 1 major or 2 minors from:
Majors
- Development Studies
- Geography
- Politics and International Relations
- Sustainability — Society
Minors
- Community Development
- Development Studies
- Geography
- Indigenous Studies
- Politics and International Relations
- Public Policy
TOTAL UNITS 480