Help make a difference in the justice system.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
- 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.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
- # It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Only a full time option is available to international students studying on a Student visa.
Put the law into context with this double degree. You'll have the opportunity to work in legal practice or across the related field of criminology.
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.
The Criminology component will hone your focus to the causes and impacts of crime, and what works in reducing crime and improving justice from an applied social science perspective. You'll be prepared for real world challenges through guest lectures and opportunities for practical learning.
Completion of this program ensures you meet the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. With a depth of knowledge and understanding in both law, and criminology and justice, graduates have extended career prospects.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
This double degree will be valuable for those graduates who intend to practise in criminal law. A broad range of career opportunities exist for graduates, in areas such as legal research, law reform research and policy development, advocacy, political advising; corruption and white collar crime investigations, prosecutions and crime prevention.
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 Counselling and Mental Health
LAW101 Ethics and Reflective Practice
LAW102 Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Counselling
LAW103 Research Design: Methodology and Literature Review
LAW104 Expressive Therapies: Counselling with the Creative Arts
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Counselling and Addictions
LAW202 Assessment and Case Conceptualisation
LAW203 Professional Development 1: Clinical Practice
LAW204 Internship 1
LAW205 Research Project A
LAW206 Solution Focused Therapeutic Approaches
LAW301 Internship 2
LAW302 Professional Development 2: Grief, Loss and Trauma
LAW303 Research Project A
LAW304 Accounting for Managers
LAW401 Economics for Managers
LAW402 Managing Research
LAW403 Marketing in an International Environment
LAW404 Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Health Sector Business Management
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Leading People
LAW306 Global Business Management
LAW307 Entrepreneurship and Venture Planning
LAW309 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
LAW310 Retail Supply Chain Management and Procurement
LAW311 Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management
LAW316 Food Marketing
LAW318 Project Planning
LAW405 Project Integration
LAW406 Corporate Finance
LAW407 Marketing Management
LAW408 Research Project
LAW410 Managerial Project
LAW411 Innovation and Management Decision Making
LAW412 International Trade and Finance
LAW414 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
LAW415 Project Integration
LAW416 Leading and Managing Organisations
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Strategic Management
LAW441 International Business Law and Ethics
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.
Criminology courses
Introductory courses (6)
CRM101 Managing Across Global Cultures
CRM102 International Trade and Finance
CRM103 Management Informatics
CRM105 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
SCS101 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
SCS110 Supply Chain Management
Advanced courses (5)
CRM202 Project Management Principles
CRM204 Project Risk
CRM301 Communication and Thought
CRM304 Cell Biology
SCS225 Foundations in Medical Science
Elective courses (4)
Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering or USC Law School .
Suggested electives for Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice include:
CRM201 Chemistry
JST202 Human Physiology
CRM203 Haematology
CRM302 Histology
CRM303 Medical Laboratory Placement 1
CRM305 Blood Banking and Transfusion Sciences
CRM307 Human Pathophysiology
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 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) criminology courses
- Complete 5 required advanced level (200/300 coded) criminology courses
- Complete 4 elective courses
- 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