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 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW101 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
LAW102 Contracts B
LAW103 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW104 Special Field Studies Topic
Advanced courses (20)
16 required courses:
LAW201 Special Research Project
LAW202 Sustainability Project
LAW203 Workplace Learning I
LAW204 Property A
LAW205 Constitutional Law
LAW206 Equity & Trusts
LAW301 Property B
LAW302 Corporations Law
LAW303 Civil Procedure
LAW304 Administrative Law
LAW307 Evidence
LAW401 Professional Conduct
LAW402 Regulation
LAW403 Communication and Thought
LAW404 Introduction to Criminology
LAW406 Foundations of Human Behaviour
PLUS select 4 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW306 Understanding Crime
LAW309 Punishment and Corrections
LAW310 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
LAW311 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LAW312 Diversity, Crime and Justice
LAW313 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW315 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW316 Mental Health and Social Work
LAW405 Policing
LAW407 Applied Crime Prevention
LAW408 Criminal Law: An Introduction
LAW409 Social Research
LAW410 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
LAW411 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
LAW412 Working With Children, Youth and Families
LAW414 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions
LAW415 Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
LAW441 Complexity and Social Work: Group-Based Approaches
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 Social Work Field Education 1
BUS102 Understanding Cultural Diversity
BUS104 Health & Mental Health in Australia
BUS106 Community Development and Social Action
PED110 Critical Social Policy Analysis
PED120 Organisational Contexts for Social Work Practice
PED121 Context Responsive Social Work Practice
Advanced courses (8)
PED210 Social Work Field Education 2
PED220 Human Pathophysiology
PED310 Nursing Practicum 2
PED311 Drug Therapy
PED312 Health Alteration
PED320 Research Foundations
PED321 Nursing Practicum 3
PED322 Health Law and Ethics
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