Open doors to a career in legal practice, particularly the important field of commercial law.
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.
- 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.
- * 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.
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’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.
Expand your business knowledge and choose from a broad range of business majors or minors in human resource management, international business, management and marketing.
Honours is available for high performing students.
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
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Health
LAW101 Clinical Skills for Exercise Physiology
LAW102 Biomechanics II
LAW103 Exercise Physiology II
LAW104 Clinical Exercise Physiology Professional Practicum I
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Clinical Exercise Physiology Professional Practicum II
LAW202 Exercise Management in Chronic Disease
LAW203 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
LAW204 Exercise in Neurological Rehabilitation and Mental Health
LAW205 Case Management and Occupational Rehabilitation
LAW206 Communication and Thought
LAW301 Human Development and Learning
LAW302 Integrating ICTs into Learning
LAW303 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
LAW304 Science Teaching in the Early Years
LAW401 Professional Learning: Play and Pedagogy in Early Learning
LAW402 Early Learning Environments and Curriculum
LAW403 Professional Learning 2: Early Learning Experiences
LAW404 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Early Childhood Education for Sustainability
LAW306 Professional Learning: Learning Theories in Early Learning
LAW307 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
LAW308 Assessing Learning
LAW309 Professional Learning: Curriculum Approaches and Pedagogies
LAW310 Creative Expression and Play Through the Arts
LAW311 Professional Learning: Responding to all Learner Needs
LAW312 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
LAW313 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
LAW314 Teaching Arts in the Early Years
LAW315 Transition to School: Early Learning Environments and Curriculum
LAW316 Investigating the World Around Us
LAW405 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
LAW406 Professional Learning 4: Continuity of Early Learning Experience
LAW407 Teaching Reading and Writing
LAW408 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Education
LAW409 Leading in Early Childhood Contexts
LAW410 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
LAW411 Professional Learning: Teacher Identity and Professional Practice
LAW412 Professional Learning 6: Internship: The Professional Practitioner
LAW413 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW414 Professional Practice: Teacher as Researcher
LAW415 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Earth's Surface Processes
LAW441 Introduction to Environmental Management
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.
School of Business courses
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Foundations of Australian Law A
BUS102 Foundations of Australian Law B
BUS104 Criminal Law and Procedure A
BUS105 Criminal Law and Procedure B
BUS106 Biodiversity and Ecology
BUS108 Science Research Methods
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Foundations of Sustainability
BUS320 Planning and Environmental Law
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: 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:
- 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. 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 Leaders.
- Honours in Law available for high performing students.