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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts

Combine your legal knowledge and communication skills.

This combined program arms you with the tools to communicate effectively and think critically, supported by your knowledge of legal practice and your choice from a broad range of Arts majors including social science, communication and languages.

Study location
  • Sippy Downs
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
081022A
Commence
Semester 1
Program length (full-time)
5 years
Semester tuition fee 2017
A$11,400
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$114,000
Footnotes
  • 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.
  • * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 018231
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 9 Rank - 81
UniSC program code
AR392
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time *
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Fee type 2017
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
40
Total units
480
Footnotes
  • * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.

This combined program arms you with the tools to communicate effectively and think critically, supported by your knowledge of legal practice and your choice from a broad range of Arts majors including social science, communication and languages.

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.

Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.

Majors

A broad range of arts majors are available, refer to the Bachelor of Arts for further details.

Career opportunities

Graduates may utilise their specialist skills and broad knowledge from their double qualification for employment in a wide variety of roles across a wide variety of fields depending on majors and minors complete including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel.

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

USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)

COR109 Statistics
LAW101 Critical Thinking in Society
LAW102 Professional People Skills for Study, Community and Society
LAW103 Biology
LAW104 Business Study Skills

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Maths for Science and Engineering
LAW202 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW203 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW204 Communication and Thought
LAW205 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW206 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW301 Torts A
LAW302 Contracts A
LAW303 Property A
LAW304 Constitutional Law
LAW401 Torts B
LAW402 Contracts B
LAW403 Property B
LAW404 Corporations Law

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Equity & Trusts
LAW306 Administrative Law
LAW307 Civil Procedure
LAW309 Professional Conduct
LAW310 Regulation
LAW311 Evidence
LAW316 Communication and Thought
LAW318 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW405 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW406 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW407 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW408 Torts A
LAW410 Contracts A
LAW411 Property A
LAW412 Torts B
LAW414 Contracts B
LAW415 Property B
LAW416 Constitutional Law

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Equity & Trusts
LAW441 Corporations Law

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.

Arts majors and minors
Major courses (8)

Select 8 courses from your chosen major study area:

Minor courses (4)

Select 4 courses from your chosen minor study area:

Elective courses (3)

Select 3 elective courses from the School of Communication or School of Social Sciences.

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 480

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements

In order to graduate you must:

  • Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
  • Complete 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
  • Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
  • Complete 6 law elective courses
  • Complete 1 major (8 courses) from the Arts majors listed below
  • Complete 1 minor (4 courses) from the Arts minors listed below
  • Complete 3 required elective courses from the School of Communication or School of Social Sciences
  • 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
  • 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