Provide sound legal advice.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
- 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.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
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 the elective Law Professional Practice, or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
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 (5) 60 units
COR109 Biotechnology: Research to Product
LAW101 Molecular Biotechnology
LAW102 Bioinformatics
LAW103 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
LAW104 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Analytical Sciences
LAW202 Workplace Learning I
LAW203 Special Research Project
LAW204 Molecular Biology
LAW205 Biotechnology: Research to Product
LAW206 Molecular Biotechnology
LAW301 Bioinformatics
LAW302 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
LAW303 Economics for Managers
LAW304 Accounting for Managers
LAW401 Business Law and Ethics
LAW402 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW403 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW404 Managing Organisational Change
PLUS select 6 Law elective courses (72 units) from*:
LAW307 Cross-Cultural Management
LAW310 Managing Global Logistics
LAW311 Management Informatics
LAW312 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW313 Leading People
LAW315 Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management
LAW318 Supply Chain Management
LAW405 Project Management Principles
LAW406 Project Risk
LAW407 Project Planning
LAW408 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
LAW409 Health Practicum
LAW410 Leadership and Team Dynamics
LAW411 Concepts of Epidemiology
LAW412 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
LAW414 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW415 Health Promotion Principles
LAW416 Health Promotion Settings
LAW417 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW418 Public Health Project
LAW419 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW420 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
The following 2 courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Environment and Health
LAW441 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
*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.
Electives courses (7) 84 units
In addition to the requirement for 6 developing or graduate level Law electives (72 units), you must select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 2 (24 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses (48 units) can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units 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