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Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Creative Writing

Enhance your Law degree with strong written communication skills

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 QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 018251
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 8 Rank - 84
UniSC program code
AR394
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
5 years full time or equivalent part time *
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Fee type 2016
  • 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’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.

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.

Honours is available for high performing students.

Career opportunities

Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus.

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 Introduction to Engineering Design
LAW102 Engineering Computer Programming
LAW103 Mechanics of Materials
LAW104 Engineering Materials

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Manufacturing Technology
LAW202 Mechanical Design 1
LAW203 Mechanical Design 2
LAW204 Production Engineering
LAW205 Engineering System Design
LAW206 Engineering Project 1
LAW301 Engineering Project 2
LAW302 Engineering Research Methodology
LAW303 Calculus and Algebra
LAW304 Numerical Analysis
LAW401 Electronics and Electromagnetism
LAW402 Business Law
LAW403 Engineering Hydrology
LAW404 Design of Water Supply Systems

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Design of Roads and Drainage
LAW306 Planning and Environmental Law
LAW307 Regional Transformation: political and economic geographies
LAW308 Environmental Economics
LAW309 Climate Change Adaptation
LAW310 Climate Change Mitigation
LAW311 Applied Systems Modelling
LAW312 Property and Asset Management
LAW313 Environmental Health Risk Management
LAW314 Communication and Thought
LAW315 Cell Biology
LAW316 Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science
LAW405 Chemistry
LAW406 Human Physiology
LAW407 Haematology
LAW408 Histology
LAW409 Medical Laboratory Placement 1
LAW410 Human Pathophysiology
LAW411 Biochemistry
LAW412 Microbiology
LAW413 Advanced Haematology
LAW414 Medical Laboratory Placement 2
LAW415 Medical Microbiology

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Clinical Chemistry
LAW441 Blood Banking

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 Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)

CMN103 Medical Laboratory Placement 3
CMN104 Communication and Thought
CMN116 Communication and Thought
COR109 Foundations of Australian Law A

Advanced courses (11)

CMN200 Foundations of Australian Law B
CMN213 Criminal Law and Procedure A
CMN238 Criminal Law and Procedure B
CMN246 Torts A
CMN247 Torts B
CMN260 Contracts A
CMN266 Contracts B
CMN304 Property A
CMN320 Property B
CMN351 Constitutional Law
CMN352 Equity & Trusts(24 units)

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 4 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses 
  • Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
  • Complete 6 law elective courses
  • Complete 4 introductory level (100 coded) required courses from the School of Communication including the core course (COR109 )
  • Complete 11 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing courses
  • Complete an additional 2 advanced level (200/300 coded) required creative writing 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. 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.