Law with a commercial focus.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
- 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.
- ^ It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
This combined program arms you with an understanding of business and law, along with strong communication and analytical skills highly valued by the legal profession and commerce. Employment opportunities include in-house counsel and business administration and management.
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.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business courses in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Business Disciplines
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Graduates’ understanding of business and law together with well-developed communication and analytical skills will be valued by employers in the legal profession or the commercial and corporate world with opportunities to work as in-house counsel, a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, or others depending on the business major studied.
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 Pharmacology
LAW101 Immunology
LAW102 Functional Anatomy
LAW103 Exercise Physiology I
LAW104 Coastal and Marine Ecology
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168):
LAW201 Climate Change Adaptation
LAW202 Coastal Conservation Planning
LAW203 Aquaculture
LAW204 Coastal Geomorphology
LAW205 Immunology
LAW206 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LAW301 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW302 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW303 Molecular Biology
LAW304 Microbiology
LAW401 Genetics
LAW402 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW403 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LAW404 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LAW310 Microbiology
LAW311 Genetics
LAW312 Workplace Learning I
LAW313 Special Research Project
LAW315 Medical Genetics
LAW318 Advanced Genetics
LAW405 Population Ecology and Genetics
LAW406 Bioinformatics
LAW407 Genetics
LAW408 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW409 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW410 Research Methods in Psychology A
LAW411 Research Methods in Psychology B
LAW412 Physiological Psychology
LAW414 Introduction to Human Development
LAW415 Social Psychology
LAW416 Motivation and Emotion
LAW417 Advanced Methods in Psychology
LAW418 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
LAW419 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
LAW420 Personality and Assessment
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Human Associative Learning
LAW441 Abnormal Psychology
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 (6) 72 units
BUS101 Introduction to Systems Design
BUS102 Object-Oriented Programming
BUS104 Systems Analysis and Design
BUS105 Architecture and Systems Integration
BUS106 Simulation in Practice Education
BUS108 Community and Primary Health Care
Developing and Graduate courses (1) 12 units
BUS320 Co-ordinating Care in Community and Primary Care Contexts
Elective courses (8) 96 units
Select 8 elective courses (96 units) from the USC Business School. Of these electives, 4 (48 units) must be developing and graduate level (200/300 coded) courses.
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