Students gain legal knowledge and skills, and a strong grounding in the fundamentals of business.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event management.
- 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.
- * 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.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event management.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel 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
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 6 required introductory business courses
- Complete 2 required advanced business courses
- Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
- The total number of introductory level courses cannot exceed 16
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 participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Animal Ecophysiology
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LAW102 Animal Behaviour
LAW103 Global-Change Ecology
LAW104 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Animal Habitats
LAW202 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LAW203 Coastal and Marine Ecology
LAW204 Numerical Techniques in Ecology
LAW205 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
LAW206 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
LAW301 Special Research Project
LAW302 Workplace Learning I
LAW303 Communication and Thought
LAW304 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW401 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW402 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW403 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW404 Torts A
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Torts B
LAW306 Contracts A
LAW307 Contracts B
LAW308 Property A
LAW309 Property B
LAW310 Constitutional Law
LAW311 Equity & Trusts
LAW312 Corporate & Partnership Law
LAW313 Civil Procedure
LAW314 Administrative Law
LAW315 Professional Conduct
LAW316 Evidence
LAW405 Regulation
LAW406 Family Law
LAW407 Employment Law
LAW408 Commercial Law
LAW409 Succession
LAW410 Health Law
LAW411 Children & the Law
LAW412 Law Clinic
LAW413 Competition Law
School of Business
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Building & Construction Law
BUS102 Mining & Resources Law
BUS104 Indigenous Legal Issues
BUS105 Equal Opportunity Law
BUS106 Alternative Dispute Resolution
BUS108 Environment & Planning Law
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Elder Law and Succession
BUS320 Intellectual Property
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.
TOTAL UNITS 480