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) 60 units
COR109 Brand Management
LAW101 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW102 Contemporary and Emerging Marketing Perspectives
LAW103 Communication and Thought
LAW104 Accounting Principles
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Exploring Business Research
LAW202 Information Systems in Organisations
LAW203 Economics for Business
LAW204 Discovering Management
LAW205 Business Law
LAW206 Financial Accounting
LAW301 Law of Business Associations
LAW302 Business Finance
LAW303 Company Accounting
LAW304 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW401 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW402 Business, Governance and Society
LAW403 Management Accounting
LAW404 Taxation Law and Practice
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Communication and Thought
LAW310 Human Development and Learning
LAW311 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
LAW312 Professional Experience: Play and Pedagogy in Early Learning
LAW318 Integrating ICTs into Learning
LAW407 Engagement and Behaviour in Early Learning
LAW408 Professional Experience: Communities and Partnerships
LAW414 Creative Expression and Play through the Arts and Technology
LAW415 Sustainability Through Play and Pedagogy
LAW416 Professional Experience: Learning Theories in Early Learning
LAW417 Science Teaching in the Early Years
LAW418 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW419 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
LAW420 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Professional Experience: Evidence Based Decision Making in Early Learning
LAW441 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Education
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) 72 units
CRM101 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
CRM102 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
CRM103 Investigating the World Around Us
CRM105 Professional Experience: Responding to Individual Learner Needs
SCS101 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
SCS110 Teaching Reading and Writing
Developing and Graduate courses (5) 60 units
CRM202 Assessing Learning
CRM204 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
CRM301 Transitions in Curriculum and Pedagogy
CRM304 Professional Experience: Teacher Identity and Professional Practice
SCS225 Professional Experience: Curriculum Approaches and Pedagogies
Elective courses (4) 48 units
Select 4 elective courses (48 units) 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 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood
JST202 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
CRM203 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
CRM302 Internship
CRM303 Teacher as Researcher
CRM305 Research in Health Care
CRM307 Learning and Teaching in the Practice Environment
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
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.
- 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