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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Creative Writing

Creative legal thinking.

Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.

Study location
  • Sippy Downs
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
094764M
Commence
Semester 1
Program length (full-time)
5 years (10 Semesters)
Semester tuition fee 2017
$11,400
Estimated total tuition fee *
$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.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 018251
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 9 Rank - 81
UniSC program code
AR394
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time *
Study mode
on campus
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
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.

Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.

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.

Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.

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

Career opportunities

Graduates will have highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for a career in law including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus such as government, education, arts, media, commerce, and industry.

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 (4)

LAW101 Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise
LAW102 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
LAW103 Outdoor Living and Travel Skills
LAW104 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
LAW202 Motor Control and Learning
LAW203 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
LAW204 Outdoor Environmental Expeditions
LAW205 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
LAW206 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW301 The Psychology of Learning
LAW302 Advanced Sports Nutrition
LAW303 Leading Coastal Environmental Studies
LAW304 Assessing Learning
LAW401 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LAW402 Teaching Junior Secondary HPE
LAW403 Teaching Senior Secondary HPE
LAW404 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Using Data for Learning
LAW306 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW307 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher
LAW309 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW310 Teacher as Researcher
LAW311 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW316 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW318 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW405 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW406 Torts A
LAW407 Torts B
LAW408 Contracts A
LAW410 Contracts B
LAW411 Property A
LAW412 Property B
LAW414 Constitutional Law
LAW415 Equity & Trusts
LAW416 Corporations Law

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Civil Procedure
LAW441 Administrative Law

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 Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)

CMN103 Professional Conduct
CMN104 Evidence
CMN116 Regulation
COR109 Family Law

Advanced courses (11)

CMN200 Employment Law
CMN213 Commercial Law
CMN238 Health Law
CMN246 Children & the Law
CMN247 Law Professional Practice
CMN260 Equal Opportunity Law
CMN266 Advocacy
CMN304 Alternative Dispute Resolution
CMN320 Planning and Environment Law
CMN351 Elder Law and Succession
CMN352 Intellectual Property(24 units)

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
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 which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
  • 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
  • As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
  • Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
  • Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
  • You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
  • Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)