Negotiate the intricacies of law and property.
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.
There will be no intake for this program from Semester 2, 2017 until further notice.
- 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
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109
LAW101
LAW102
LAW103
LAW104
Advanced courses (20)
16 required courses:
LAW201
LAW202
LAW203
LAW204
LAW205
LAW206
LAW301
LAW302
LAW303
LAW304
LAW307
LAW401 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW402 Teaching Arts in Primary Schools
LAW403 Teacher as Researcher
LAW404 Teaching Health and Physical Education and Technologies in Primary School
LAW406 The Psychology of Learning
PLUS select 4 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Engineering Design
LAW306 Soil Mechanics
LAW309 Engineering Research Methodology
LAW310 Introduction to Weather and Climate
LAW311 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
LAW316 Climate and Hydrology Systems
LAW318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW405 Climate Change Mitigation
LAW407 Coastal Geomorphology
LAW408 Anatomy and Physiology
LAW410 Comprehensive Assessment in Midwifery
LAW411 Contexts of Community Care
LAW412 Property B
LAW414 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
LAW415 Japanese B
LAW416 Constitutional Law
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Japanese D
LAW441 About Japan: Current Perspectives
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.
School of Business courses
Introductory courses (7)
BUS101 Japanese F
BUS102 Criminal Law: An Introduction
BUS104 Video Game Analysis
BUS106 Serious Video Game Design
PED110 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles
PED120 Advanced Games Programming
PED121 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
Advanced courses (8)
PED210 Serious Game Project B
PED220 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
PED310 Group Processes and Practice
PED311 Developmental and Family Counselling
PED312 Neighbourhood Planning and Design Studio
PED320 Participation and Conflict Resolution
PED321 Advanced Geographical Studies
PED322 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
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 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
- 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