Take on a new challenge.
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
- 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.
If you have an undergraduate degree in another discipline and are looking for a change, our Law program gives you an opportunity for a rewarding career in law.
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with their legal problems. This program is designed to produce qualified lawyers with a practical focus.
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.
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 (4) 48 units
LAW101 Theories and Systems of Counselling and Psychotherapy
LAW102 Introductory Counselling Skills and Theory
LAW103 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW104 Introduction to Psychology B
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW202 Communication and Relationships
LAW203 Counselling Development and Supervision 1
LAW204 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
LAW205 Counselling Placement 1
LAW206 Counselling Placement 2
LAW301 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
LAW302 Group Processes and Practice
LAW303 Developmental and Family Counselling
LAW304 Counselling Skills for Crisis, Disaster, Grief and Loss
LAW401 Positive Psychology for Counselling
LAW402 Introduction to Human Development
LAW403 Social Research
LAW404 Ethics and Professional Practice
PLUS select 6 elective courses (72 units) from:
LAW307 Understanding Cultural Diversity
LAW310 Communication Theory and Practice
LAW311 Communication and Thought
LAW312 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice
LAW313 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images
LAW315 Digital Photographic Practice
LAW318 Visual Worlds: An Introduction to Art and Design History
LAW405 Introduction to Design
LAW406 Typography
LAW407 Editing for the Communications Professional
LAW408 Graphic Design A
LAW409 Graphic Design B
LAW410 Guiding and Supporting Children
LAW411 Guiding and Supporting Children
LAW412 Professional Experience 3: Building on Early Learning
LAW414 Human Development and Early Learning
LAW415 Teaching Science in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools
LAW416 Teaching History and Geography in Primary and Junior Secondary School
LAW417 Transition to School: Early Learning Environments and Curriculum
LAW418 Investigating the World Around Us
LAW419 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
LAW420 Policy and Practice in Early Education
The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Self Expression and Communicating Through the Arts
LAW441 Professional Learning 4: Continuity of Early Learning Experience
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.
NOTE: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
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