Bachelor of Laws / Criminology and Justice

Law courses

Introductory courses (4) 48 units

• LAW101 Foundations of Australian Law A

• LAW102 Foundations of Australian Law B

• LAW103 Criminal Law and Procedure A

• LAW104 Criminal Law and Procedure B

Developing and Graduate courses (21) 252 units

14 required courses (168 units):

• LAW201 Torts A

• LAW202 Torts B

• LAW203 Contracts A

• LAW204 Contracts B

• LAW205 Property A

• LAW206 Property B

• LAW301 Constitutional Law

• LAW302 Equity & Trusts

• LAW303 Corporations Law

• LAW304 Civil Procedure

• LAW401 Administrative Law

• LAW402 Professional Conduct

• LAW403 Evidence

• LAW404 Regulation

PLUS select 7 elective courses (84 units) from:

• LAW307 Commercial Law

• LAW310 Children & the Law

• LAW311 Law Professional Practice

• LAW312 Competition and Consumer Law

• LAW318 Advocacy

• LAW405 Legal Dispute Resolution

• LAW407 Elder Law and Succession

• LAW408 Intellectual Property

• LAW410 Public International Law

• LAW412 International Human Rights Law

• LAW414 Legal Internship

• LAW415 Sports Law

• LAW417 Employment Law

• LAW418 Health Law

• LAW419 Family Law

• LAW422 Cultural Legal Studies

The following 2 elective courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:

• LAW440 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation

• LAW441 Law Honours Thesis

Criminology courses

Introductory courses (6) 72 units

• CRM101 Introduction to Criminology

• CRM102 Understanding Crime

• CRM103 Punishment and Corrections

• CRM105 Policing

• SCS101 Foundations of Human Behaviour

• SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology

Developing and Graduate courses (5) 60 units

• CRM204 Applied Crime Prevention

• CRM206 Professional Development

• CRM304 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management

• CRM308 Diversity, Crime and Justice

• SCS225 Social Research

Elective courses (4) 48 units

Select 4 discipline elective courses (48 units) from:

• CRM201 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence

• CRM203 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science

• JST202 International Justice and Human Rights

• CRM302 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice

• CRM305 Professional Placement

• CRM307 Crime Research Methods ^

• CRM309 Working with Victims and Offenders

• CRM310 Introduction to Cyber Crime

For entry into most USC undergraduate degree programs, you need to have completed a minimum level of education similar to successful completion of Australian Year 12 with good grades.
 

Further studies, for example, a semester or more at college or university, can also be considered for entry and may give you credit transfer towards a degree.

English Language Requirement

• IELTS (Academic)    Overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each subtest

• TOEFL iBT               Overall score of 76 with minimum score of 21 for writing

Annual tuition fee ($AUD)
 

A$24,400

• Advocacy

• Corruption

• Crime prevention

• Development

• Law reform research and policy

• Legal research

• Political advising

• Prosecutions

• White collar crime investigations