Enhance your Law degree with strong written communication skills
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
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.
Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Graduates will have highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for a career in law including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus such as government, education, arts, media, commerce, and industry.
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 (4)
LAW101 Commercial Law
LAW102 Children & the Law
LAW103 Law Professional Practice
LAW104 Competition and Consumer Law
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Building & Construction Law
LAW202 Indigenous Legal Issues
LAW203 Advocacy
LAW204 Legal Dispute Resolution
LAW205 Planning and Environment Law
LAW206 Elder Law and Succession
LAW301 Intellectual Property
LAW302 Taxation
LAW303 Public International Law
LAW304 Private International Law
LAW401 International Human Rights Law
LAW402 Legal Internship
LAW403 Sports Law
LAW404 International Commercial Disputes
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Employment Law
LAW306 Health Law
LAW307 Family Law
LAW309 Anti-Discrimination Law
LAW310 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation
LAW311 Law Honours Thesis
LAW312 Professional Internship
LAW313 Independent Study
LAW315 Research in Health Care
LAW316 Qualitative Research: Approaches and Practice
LAW405 Simulation in Practice Education
LAW406 Responding in the Emergency Context
LAW407 Global Emergency Issues
LAW408 Assessment in Mental Health
LAW409 Advanced Health Assessment
LAW410 Quantitative Research Methods
LAW411 Research Project A
LAW412 Research Project B
LAW414 Research Project C
LAW415 Research Project F
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Health Promotion Principles
LAW441 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
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 Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)
CMN103 Introduction to Behavioural Health
CMN104 Research in Health Care
CMN116 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
COR109 Health Promotion Settings
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Public Health Foundations
CMN213 Quantitative Research Methods
CMN238 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
CMN246 Health Research Project A
CMN247 Engaging Effectively with Aboriginal People
CMN260 Health Promotion Professional Learning I (Virtual)
CMN266 Health Promotion Professional Learning II
CMN304 Health Research Project B
CMN320 Introduction to Clinical Trial Coordination
CMN351 Biochemical Pharmacology
CMN352 Work Place Learning I(24 units)
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 4 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law elective courses
- Complete 4 introductory level (100 coded) required courses from the School of Communication including the core course (COR109 )
- Complete 11 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing courses
- Complete an additional 2 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing 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 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