Provide sound legal advice.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
- 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.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
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 the elective Law Professional Practice, or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.
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
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Marketing Research Project
LAW101 Communication and Thought
LAW102 Art, Design and Visual Culture
LAW103 Introduction to Design and Concept
LAW104 Design in Application
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Grammars of Design
LAW202 Visual Storytelling
LAW203 Drawing Practice
LAW204 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
LAW205 Visual Communication & Meaning
LAW206 Design Futures
LAW301 Visual Identity
LAW302 Design Portfolio
LAW303 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
LAW304 Industry Internship 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
LAW401 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
LAW402 Branding and Package Design
LAW403 Art of Illustration and Design
LAW404 Communication and Thought
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Research Foundations
LAW306 Environment and Health
LAW307 Public Health Foundations
LAW309 Think Health
LAW310 Introductory Bioscience
LAW311 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW316 Science Research Methods
LAW318 Anatomy and Physiology
LAW405 Food Safety: Laws, Regulations and Quality Assurance
LAW406 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW407 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW408 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW410 Microbiology
LAW411 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
LAW412 Medical Microbiology
LAW414 Concepts of Epidemiology
LAW415 Environmental Health Practicum
LAW416 Integrated Environmental Management
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW441 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
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 Coordinator.
Electives courses (7)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, 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
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- 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