A law degree with a practical focus
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
- 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.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
You will cover all the 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.
You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, You will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an Advice Clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue.
You can 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
Program Structure
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Marketing Essentials
LAW101 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW102 Research Methods and Analysis 1
LAW103 Communication and Thought
LAW104 Introductory Calculus
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Science Research Methods
LAW202 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW203 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
LAW204 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
LAW205 Discovering Science
LAW206 Discrete Mathematics
LAW301 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW302 Assessing Learning
LAW303 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW304 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
LAW401 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 2
LAW402 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
LAW403 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
LAW404 Applied Mathematics
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LAW306 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
LAW307 Communication and Thought
LAW309 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW310 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW311 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LAW312 The English Language
LAW313 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
LAW315 Individual Learner Needs
LAW316 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW405 Teaching Junior Secondary English
LAW406 Teaching Junior Secondary History
LAW407 Teaching Senior Secondary English
LAW408 Teaching Senior Secondary History
LAW409 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW410 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW411 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW412 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW414 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW415 The Psychology of Learning
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Using Data for Learning
LAW441 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
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.
Electives courses (7)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Note: 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:
- 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 elective courses
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses including COR109
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives
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 Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students