Open doors to a high-powered career in law or financial planning.
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.
This program is not currently open for applications
- 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.
- Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students 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.
- Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
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 Financial Planning program offers foundation skills in business and management with a focus on developing and graduate courses in financial planning, risk, investment, and tax and estate planning.
As with the law program, the Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) delivers opportunities for practical work experience, including cadetships with financial services firms.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
You will have a wide array of work choices with these two degrees, including as a solicitor, corporate legal adviser, as an officer in major government and private corporations, banking, superannuation insurance, and careers with a financial planning or law focus.
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) 60 units
COR109 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW101 Urbanism and Urban Design
LAW102 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
LAW103 Changing Planet Earth
LAW104 Hydrology and Geomorphology
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Historical Geographies
LAW202 Animals and Society
LAW203 Individual Learner Needs
LAW204 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW205 Teaching Junior Secondary English
LAW206 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
LAW301 Teaching Senior Secondary English
LAW302 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW303 Regions, Change and Sustainability
LAW304 Landscapes, Place and People
LAW401 Introduction to Weather and Climate
LAW402 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
LAW403 Applied Geospatial Analysis
LAW404 Coastal Geomorphology
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
LAW310 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW311 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW312 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW318 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW407 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW408 The Psychology of Learning
LAW414 Using Data for Learning
LAW415 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LAW416 Animal Ecology Field Course
LAW417 Endangered Animals and their Conservation
LAW418 Communication and Thought
LAW419 Cell Biology
LAW420 Animal Form, Function and Evolution
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales
LAW441 Business Analytics
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 (5) 60 units
ACC106 Biodiversity and Ecology
BUS101 Introduction to Economics
BUS102 Introduction to Management
BUS104 Introduction to Marketing
BUS108 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
Developing and Graduate courses (10) 120 units
ACC211 Accounting for Business
ACC311 Introduction to Informatics
FIN210 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
FIN220 Cross-Cultural Management
FIN221 Business Law and Ethics
FIN310 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
FIN320 Coastal and Marine Ecology
FIN321 Animal Ecophysiology
BUS320 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
PLUS select 1 Developing or Graduate level (200/300 coded) elective course from the School of Business.
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 no more than 15 introductory level (100 coded) courses (180 units) 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) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- 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
- 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
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.