A Law degree with a clinical focus
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with legal problems. Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a clinical focus.
- 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 2023 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.
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with legal problems. Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a clinical focus.
You’ll cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You’ll conduct client interviews, prepare legal advice, undertake legal research and observe litigation and gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and moot court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems — an opportunity not available anywhere else in Queensland. Elective courses Legal Internship and Law Clinic are offered to students in the later years of their studies.
Honours is available for high performing students.
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 (5)
COR109 Integrated Management B: Practical Application
LAW101 Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
LAW102 Climate Change Project
LAW103 Applied Climatic & Hydrological Systems
LAW104 Carbon & Biodiversity Markets
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Coastal Systems Dynamics
LAW202 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
LAW203 Becoming a Teacher
LAW204 Physical Geography and Mapping
LAW205 Mathematics Foundations
LAW206 Calculus and Algebra
LAW301 Discrete Mathematics
LAW302 Physics
LAW303 Science Research Methods
LAW304 Communication and Thought
LAW401 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
LAW402 Learning about Learning
LAW403 Language and Literacies in Education
LAW404 Dimensions of Learner Engagement
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Professional Learning: Professional Practice
LAW306 Curriculum A Middle Years 4-10: Pedagogies for New Times
LAW307 Curriculum B Middle Years 4-10: Assessment for Learning
LAW308 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW309 Vocational Education and Training: Philosophy and Practice
LAW310 Professional Learning: Learning Engagement
LAW311 Senior Phase Curriculum
LAW312 Numerical Analysis
LAW313 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW314 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW315 Software Development 1
LAW316 Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
LAW405 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
LAW406 Professional Learning: Inclusivity and Diversity
LAW407 Professional Learning: Professional Engagement
LAW408 Cell Biology
LAW409 Chemistry
LAW410 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
LAW411 Applied Systems Modelling
LAW412 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW413 E-Learning Leader
LAW414 Learning for Sustainability in Schools
LAW415 Internship
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Human Development and Early Learning
LAW441 Learning Choices
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 Leaders.
Electives courses (7)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering) or from the USC Law School. Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- 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 elective courses
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses including COR109
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives
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. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
- 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 Leader.
- Honours in Law available for high performing students.