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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Business

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.

Study location
  • Sippy Downs
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
081023M
Commence
Semester 1
Program length (full-time)
5 years
Semester tuition fee 2017
A$11,400
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$114,000
Footnotes
  • 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.
  • ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast ** 018221
Refer to the program footnotes
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 9 Rank - 81
UniSC program code
AB310
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time *
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Recommended prior study
Maths A, B or C
Fee type 2017
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
40
Total units
480
Footnotes
  • * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
  • ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.

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 majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.

Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.

Majors

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)

COR109 Design of Roads and Drainage
LAW101 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
LAW102 Calculus and Algebra
LAW103 Numerical Analysis
LAW104 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Structural Engineering
LAW202 Mechanics of Materials
LAW203 Engineering Materials
LAW204 Construction Technology
LAW205 Engineering Sustainable Design
LAW206 Advanced Soil Mechanics
LAW301 Concrete Structures and Technology
LAW302 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
LAW303 Engineering Hydrology
LAW304 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
LAW401 Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems
LAW402 Design of Water Supply Systems
LAW403 Introduction to Weather and Climate
LAW404 Applied Spatial Analysis and Geoprocessing

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Applied Systems Modelling
LAW306 Chemistry
LAW307 Economics for Managers
LAW309 Strategic Management
LAW310 International Business Law and Ethics
LAW311 Managing Across Global Cultures
LAW316 Management Informatics
LAW318 Managing People
LAW405 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
LAW406 Project Management Principles
LAW407 Project Risk
LAW408 Accounting for Managers
LAW410 Managing Research
LAW411 Managing Organisations
LAW412 Research Project
LAW414 Corporate Finance
LAW415 Marketing Management
LAW416 International Business Law and Ethics

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Managing Across Global Cultures
LAW441 International Trade and Finance

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)

BUS101 Management Informatics
BUS102 Managing People
BUS104 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
BUS105 Project Management Principles
BUS106 Project Risk
BUS108 Communication and Thought

Advanced courses (2)

BUS203 Management and Organisational Behaviour
BUS320 Introduction to Marketing

Elective courses (7)

Select 7 elective courses from the School of Business. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor. Of these electives, 5 must be advanced 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

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements

In order to graduate you must:

  • Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
  • Complete 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
  • Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
  • Complete 6 law electives
  • Complete 6 required introductory level (100 coded) business courses
  • Complete 2 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business courses
  • Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
  • Complete no more than 15 introductory level (100 coded) courses 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)
  • 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 Planning your study page to manage your progression
  • 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