Help make a difference in the justice system.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
- 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.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
- # It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
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.
The Criminology component will hone your focus to the causes and impacts of crime, and what works in reducing crime and improving justice from an applied social science perspective. You'll be prepared for real world challenges through guest lectures and opportunities for practical learning.
Completion of this program ensures you meet the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. With a depth of knowledge and understanding in both law, and criminology and justice, graduates have extended career prospects.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
This double degree will be valuable for those graduates who intend to practise in criminal law. A broad range of career opportunities exist for graduates, in areas such as legal research, law reform research and policy development, advocacy, political advising; corruption and white collar crime investigations, prosecutions and crime prevention.
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 Property Law
LAW101 Discovering Management
LAW102 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW103 Principles of Property Valuation
LAW104 Principles of Property Valuation
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Contracts B
LAW202 Property A
LAW203 Exploring Business Research
LAW204 Constitutional Law
LAW205 Marketing Essentials
LAW206 Equity & Trusts
LAW301 Property B
LAW302 Corporations Law
LAW303 Civil Procedure
LAW304 Administrative Law
LAW401 Evidence
LAW402 Evidence
LAW403 Property and Asset Management
LAW404 Professional Conduct
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Property Research Project
LAW306 Property Development and Project Management Processes
LAW307 Statutory and Specialist Valuation
LAW309 Introductory Bioscience
LAW310 Introduction to Dietetics
LAW311 Science Research Methods
LAW316 Think Health
LAW318 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW405 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
LAW406 Foundations of Sustainability
LAW407 Human Physiology
LAW408 Food in Society
LAW410 Public Health Foundations
LAW411 Introductory Chemistry
LAW412 Integrated Physiology
LAW414 Biochemistry
LAW415 Food Studies
LAW416 Principles of Nutrition
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Medical Genetics
LAW441 Nutrition Assessment
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.
Criminology courses
Introductory courses (6)
CRM101 Public Health Nutrition
CRM102 Nutritional Biochemistry
CRM103
CRM105
SCS101
SCS110 Nutrition and Dietetics Placement 1
Advanced courses (5)
CRM202 Nutrition and Dietetics Placement 2
CRM204 Dietetics Professional Practice
CRM301 Wearables and Internet of Things
CRM304 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
SCS225 Public Health Research and Evidence
Elective courses (4)
Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering or USC Law School .
Suggested electives for Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice include:
CRM201 Health Promotion Settings and Advocacy
JST202 Introduction to Behavioural Health
CRM203 Public Health Foundations
CRM302 Quantitative Research Methods
CRM303 Health Research Project B
CRM305 Health Research Project A
CRM307
Note: Program structures are subject to change. 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:
- 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 electives
- Complete 6 required introductory level (100 coded) criminology courses
- Complete 5 required advanced level (200/300 coded) criminology courses
- Complete 4 elective 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
- 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