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 2024 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 Animal Ecophysiology
LAW101 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW102 Animal Behaviour
LAW103 Global-Change Ecology
LAW104 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Animal Habitats
LAW202 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW203 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW204 Numerical Techniques in Ecology
LAW205 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW206 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
LAW301 Special Research Project
LAW302 Workplace Learning I
LAW303 Communication and Thought
LAW304 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW401 Current Directions in Psychology
LAW402 Research Methods in Psychology A
LAW403 Research Methods in Psychology B
LAW404 Physiological Psychology
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Human Development
LAW306 Social Psychology
LAW307 Motivation and Emotion
LAW309 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW310 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
LAW311 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW312 Personality and Assessment
LAW313 Human Associative Learning
LAW315 Abnormal Psychology
LAW316 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW405 Adult Development and Ageing
LAW406 Introduction to Criminology
LAW407 Understanding Crime
LAW408 Punishment and Corrections
LAW409 Policing
LAW410 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW411 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW412 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW414 Minorities and Criminal Justice
LAW415 Applied Crime Prevention
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
LAW441 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
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