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 Introduction to Economics
LAW102 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW103 Introduction to Marketing
LAW104 Accounting for Business
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Introduction to Informatics
LAW202 Business Law and Ethics
LAW203 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW204 Communication and Thought
LAW205 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW206 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW301 Social Research
LAW302 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW303 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
LAW304 Understanding Cultural Diversity
LAW401 Gender and Culture
LAW402 Industry Project 1: Social and Community Studies
LAW403 Industry Project 1: Social and Community Studies
LAW404 Introduction to Marketing
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Communication Theory and Practice
LAW306 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
LAW307 Introduction to Journalism
LAW309 Introduction to Creative Advertising
LAW310 Communication and Thought
LAW311 Communication and Thought
LAW312 Communication Theory and Practice
LAW313 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
LAW315 Communication and Thought
LAW316 Introduction to Journalism
LAW405 Introduction to Creative Advertising
LAW406 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
LAW407 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW408 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW409 Editing for the Communications Professional
LAW410 Risk, Crisis and Issues Management
LAW411 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
LAW412 Communication Campaign Planning
LAW414 Community Engagement Events
LAW415 International Communication
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Public Relations Writing
LAW441 Researching Media and Audiences
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 Public Relations Internship/Industry Project
CMN104 Social Media
CMN116 Politics and the Media
COR109 Communication and Thought
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Secondary Professional Learning 1: Transitioning into the Profession
CMN213 Engaging Diverse Learners
CMN238 Secondary Professional Experience 2 : Managing the Diverse Learning Environment
CMN246 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
CMN247 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
CMN260 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
CMN266 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
CMN304 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
CMN320 The Psychology of Learning
CMN351 Using Data for Learning
CMN352 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged(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