Where the law and the media connect.
Our journalism degree produces journalists with a strong sense of ethics and practical skills in print, broadcast and digital media. Develop cutting-edge problem-solving and communication skills to work across a range of media platforms.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Our journalism degree produces journalists with a strong sense of ethics and practical skills in print, broadcast and digital media. Develop cutting-edge problem-solving and communication skills to work across a range of media platforms.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. 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 law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
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.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
This double degree offers a wide range of career opportunities including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, journalist, corporate or government communications, technical writing.
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 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
LAW101 Teaching Senior Secondary History
LAW102 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
LAW103 Talking History: Memory and the Past
LAW104 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
LAW202 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
LAW203 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
LAW204 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
LAW205 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LAW206 The Psychology of Learning
LAW301 Using Data for Learning
LAW302 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LAW303 Biochemical Pharmacology
LAW304 Biochemistry
LAW401 Medical Biochemistry
LAW402 Nutritional Biochemistry
LAW403 Communication and Thought
LAW404 Accounting Principles
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Introduction to Economics
LAW306 Introduction to Management
LAW307 Financial Accounting
LAW309 Business Analytics
LAW310 Introduction to Informatics
LAW311 Business Finance
LAW316 Company Accounting
LAW318 Business Law and Ethics
LAW405 Law of Business Associations
LAW406 Management Accounting
LAW407 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW408 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW410 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW411 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
LAW412 Communication and Thought
LAW414 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW415 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LAW416 Introduction to Psychology A
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW441 Communication and Thought
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.
Journalism courses
Introductory courses (3)
CMN104 Engineering Professional Practice
CMN130 Mathematics Foundations
CMN150 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
Advanced courses (12)
CMN213 Calculus and Algebra
CMN228 Chemistry
CMN235 Physics
CMN237 Science Research Methods
CMN240 Communication and Thought
CMN249 Cell Biology
CMN277 Science Research Methods
CMN302 Introduction to Mathematics
CMN305 Mathematics Foundations
CMN306 Chemistry
CMN307 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
CMN330 Human Physiology
Note: Program structures are subject to change. 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:
- Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- 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 3 introductory level (100 coded) required School of Communication and Creative Industries courses
- Complete 12 advanced level (200/300 coded) required journalism 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
- 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 Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students