Provide sound legal advice.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical 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 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.
Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
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 the elective Law Professional Practice, or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
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 Counselling and Communication Skills for Dietetics
LAW101 Nutrition and Dietetics Research and Evaluation
LAW102 Individual Case Management
LAW103 Food Service Placement
LAW104 Community and Public Health Nutrition
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Management
LAW202 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LAW203 Nutrition and Dietetics Research Proposal
LAW204 Individual Case Management
LAW205 Food Service Placement
LAW206 Community and Public Health Nutrition
LAW301 Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Management
LAW302 Nutrition and Dietetics Thesis
LAW303 Systemic Physiology I
LAW304 Systemic Physiology II
LAW401 Pathophysiology
LAW402 Introduction to Pharmacology
LAW403 Immunology
LAW404 Functional Anatomy
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Exercise Physiology I
LAW306 Communication and Thought
LAW307 Cell Biology
LAW309 Biodiversity and Ecology
LAW310 Chemistry
LAW311 Science Research Methods
LAW316 Discovering Science
LAW318 Introduction to Mathematics
LAW405 Mathematics Foundations
LAW406 Advanced Research Methods
LAW407 Advanced Discipline Readings
LAW408 Communication and Thought
LAW410 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW411 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW412 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW414 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW415 Torts A
LAW416 Torts B
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Contracts A
LAW441 Contracts B
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.
Electives courses (7)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. 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:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, 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