Open doors to a high-powered career in law and accounting.
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.
- 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 2024 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.
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.
In the Commerce (Accounting) program you’ll major in accounting and gain skills in financial management, business consulting and financial advising. You’ll study areas such as financial accounting, law of business associations, company accounting, taxation law, and auditing.
Our Commerce (Accounting) program is fully accredited by CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and Institute of Public Accountants. Both programs offer opportunities for practical work experience, including internships with well-known accounting and legal firms.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, company secretary, accountant, auditor, stockbroker, careers with an accounting or law focus.
Membership
CPA Australia^; Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia^; Institute of Public Accountants^.
^ It is the responsibility of the student to confirm with the three Australian accounting bodies (CPA, ICAA and IPA) whether any credit granted will impact on their eligibility for professional association membership.
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.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Program structure
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
COR109 Professional Placement
LAW101 Social Work Field Education 1
LAW102 Transition to Social Work Practice
LAW103 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
LAW104 Diversity, Crime and Justice
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Direct Practice Processes
LAW202 Critical Social Policy Analysis
LAW203 Applied Crime Prevention
LAW204 Community Development and Social Action
LAW205 Professional Placement
LAW206 Crime Research Methods
LAW301 Working with Victims and Offenders
LAW302 International Justice and Human Rights
LAW303 Social Work Field Education 2
LAW304 Context Responsive Social Work Practice
LAW401 Communication and Thought
LAW402 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW403 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW404 Urbanism and Urban Design
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Changing Planet Earth
LAW310 Hydrology and Geomorphology
LAW311 Historical Geographies
LAW312 Animals and Society
LAW313 Individual Learner Needs
LAW315 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW318 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
LAW405 Teaching Junior Secondary History
LAW406 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW407 Teaching Senior Secondary History
LAW408 Regions, Change and Sustainability
LAW409 Landscapes, Place and People
LAW410 Introduction to Weather and Climate
LAW411 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
LAW412 Applied Geospatial Analysis
LAW414 Coastal Geomorphology
LAW415 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
LAW416 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW417 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW418 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW419 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW420 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 The Psychology of Learning
LAW441 Using Data for Learning
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 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
BUS101 Economics for Business
BUS102 Applied Microeconomics
BUS104 Applied Macroeconomics
BUS108 Money and Banking
Developing and Graduate courses (10) 120 units
ACC210 Research Principles in Mental Health and Neuroscience
ACC211 Mental Health and Neuroscience: Translational Research
ACC221 Youth Mental Health and Neurobiology
ACC310 Neuroimaging Advances in Mental Health
ACC311 Understanding and Preventing Suicide
ACC320 Healthy Brain Ageing
ACC321 Neurocognition and Mental Health
BUS320 Stress-related Disorders
PLUS select 2 Developing or Graduate level (200/300 coded) elective courses (24 units) from the USC Business School.
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 10 required developing and graduate level (200/300 coded) business courses (120 units)
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