Gain a competitive edge by combining your legal skills and expertise with in-depth knowledge of the expanding property sector
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.
- 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.
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.
You also gain a foundation in property-related business through courses in management, accounting, economics, and research methods.
Cover specialist units to develop knowledge in property development, valuation and analysis, town planning, property economics, portfolio management, property law, asset and facilities management, and building studies. As with the Law program, the Property Economics and Development program is practically-focussed. You’ll undertake case studies, fieldwork and projects to enhance your professional skills.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
You have a terrific array of work options with these two degrees, including as a solicitor, in-house counsel, in government, as a valuer, property investment analyst, in property development, and as a property and asset manager.
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 Teaching History and Geography in the Primary School
LAW101 Teaching Health and Physical Education in Primary School
LAW102 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
LAW103 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
LAW104 Investigating the World Around Us
Advanced courses (20)
16 required courses:
LAW201 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
LAW202 Teaching Reading and Writing
LAW203 Integration Across the Curriculum
LAW204 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
LAW205 Professional Practice: Teacher as Global Practitioner
LAW206 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW301 Professional Learning: Transitioning into the Profession
LAW302 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
LAW303 Teaching the Australian Curriculum: Languages
LAW304 Teaching Arts in Primary Schools
LAW307 Professional Practice: Teacher as Researcher
LAW401 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW402 Business Analytics
LAW403 Introduction to Economics
LAW404 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW406 Introduction to Marketing
PLUS select 4 elective courses from:
LAW305 Accounting for Business
LAW306 Introduction to Informatics
LAW309 Communication and Thought
LAW310 Business Law and Ethics
LAW311 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW312 Managing Human Resources
LAW313 Staffing and Remuneration
LAW315 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW316 Employment and Industrial Law
LAW405 Leadership and Team Dynamics
LAW407 Training and Development
LAW408 Managing Organisational Change
LAW409 Introduction to Research Concepts and Design
LAW410 The Literature Review
LAW411 Qualitative Research Methods
LAW412 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
LAW414 Communication and Thought
LAW415 Earth's Surface Processes, Materials and Soils
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW441 Chemistry
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 (7)
BUS101 Science Research Methods
BUS102 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
BUS104 Plant Diversity and Ecology
BUS106 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
PED110 Introduction to Weather and Climate
PED120 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
PED121 Satellite Image Analysis and Surveying
Advanced courses (8)
PED210 Environmental and Resource Economics
PED220 Environmental Chemistry
PED310 Integrated Environmental Management
PED311 Hydrology and Geomorphology
PED312 Biogeography
PED320 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
PED321 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
PED322 Business Analytics
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 16 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 4 law elective courses
- Complete 7 introductory level (100 coded) required business courses
- Complete 8 advanced level (200/300 coded) required business 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