Open doors to a career in legal practice, particularly the important field of commercial law.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and 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 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.
- * 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.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. 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 law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Graduates’ understanding of business and law together with well-developed communication and analytical skills will be valued by employers in the legal profession or the commercial and corporate world with opportunities to work as in-house counsel, a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, 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 Structure
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Counselling Development and Supervision 1
LAW101 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
LAW102 Counselling Placement 1
LAW103 Counselling Placement 2
LAW104 Developmental and Family Counselling
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW202 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
LAW203 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW204 Personality and Assessment
LAW205 Human Associative Learning
LAW206 Abnormal Psychology
LAW301 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
LAW302 Adult Development and Ageing
LAW303 Communication and Thought
LAW304 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW401 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW402 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW403 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
LAW404 Understanding Cultural Diversity
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Social Research
LAW306 Gender and Culture
LAW307 Communication and Thought
LAW309 Human Development and Learning
LAW310 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
LAW311 Professional Experience: The role of the teacher
LAW312 Integrating ICT into Learning
LAW313 Professional Experience: Connecting with Learning and Teaching
LAW315 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
LAW316 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
LAW405 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LAW406 Teaching Science in the Early Years
LAW407 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
LAW408 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW409 Individual Learner Needs
LAW410 Teaching Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy
LAW411 Professional Experience: Facilitating the Learning Environment
LAW412 Teaching Reading and Writing
LAW414 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
LAW415 Assessing Learning
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Teaching HASS in Primary School
LAW441 Teaching Arts in the Primary School
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 courses
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Professional Experience: Differentiated Practice
BUS102 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
BUS104 Teaching HPE in Primary School
BUS105 Teaching English: Language, Literature and Literacy
BUS106 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
BUS108 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Diversity and Inclusion
BUS320 Teaching the Australian Curriculum: Languages
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.
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 480
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 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 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