Take on a new challenge.
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
- 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.
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with their legal problems. This program is designed to produce qualified lawyers with a practical focus.
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.
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 (4)
LAW101 ICT Professional Practice and Ethics
LAW102 Managerial Project
LAW103 Data Science Practice
LAW104 ICT Internship
Advanced Courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 ICT Industry Project
LAW202 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
LAW203 Research Foundations for Health Practice
LAW204 Health, Law and Ethics
LAW205 Drug Therapy
LAW206 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
LAW301 Preparation for Practice 2
LAW302 Nursing Practice 2
LAW303 End of Life Care
LAW304 Preparation for Practice 3
LAW401 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
LAW402 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
LAW403 Nursing Practice 3
LAW404 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Preparation for Practice 4
LAW306 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW307 Nursing Practice 4
LAW309 Nursing Internship
LAW310 Neonatal and Infant Health
LAW311 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
LAW316 Life Crisis
LAW318 Human Physiology
LAW405 Human Anatomy
LAW406 Introduction to Coaching Science
LAW407 Exercise Prescription and Programming I
LAW408 Communication and Thought
LAW410 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LAW411 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
LAW412 Sports Field Studies 1
LAW414 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
LAW415 Biomechanics I
LAW416 Exercise Prescription and Programming II
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Exercise Physiology I
LAW441 Functional Anatomy
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.
* Subject to final approval
NOTE: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
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