Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws

5 Years Online Bachelors Program

University of Southern Queensland

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws at UniSQ gives you a strong one-two punch: you graduate with both a business and a law degree in one efficient, career-driven package. It’s ideal if you’re someone who wants to understand how organisations operate — from strategy to people to finance — and also wants the analytical, ethical and legal grounding to navigate business, dispute resolution or legal practice.

Curriculum Structure

Early Years (Years 1–2): During your first years you’ll build a foundation in business basics and legal fundamentals. On the business side, you’ll take units such as ACC1201 – Data Insights and Financial Performance, ECO1201 – Fundamental Economics, and MGT1001 – Cultivating Talent. These teach you how businesses think, manage talent, and respond to economic realities. At the same time, from the law stream you’ll study Australian Legal System, Contract, Criminal Law and Procedure and Torts — building your understanding of how laws work, what obligations and rights exist, and how legal reasoning unfolds.
Middle Years (Years 3–4): As you progress, your business major begins to shape your direction: whether that’s marketing, finance, accounting, human resources, information systems or leadership. Alongside that, your law studies deepen: you’ll cover Constitutional Law, Property Law, Administrative Law, Company Law, Evidence, Civil Procedure, and Lawyers’ Ethics. This is when you begin to see business and law converge — for example, how corporate decisions engage legal frameworks, or how commercial transactions need both business strategy and legal clarity.
Final Year (Year 5): In your final year, you’ll engage with more advanced and specialised law electives — courses like International Business Law, Competition and Consumer Law, Property Conveyancing, Advocacy, or Media Law, depending on your interests. You might also take a professional placement or participate in moot courts and legal clinics, honing your practical skills in real-world settings. On the business side you’ll wrap up your major and electives, readying yourself to step confidently into a range of industries.

Focus Areas: Business + Law integration, Corporate Strategy, Legal Practice, Commercial & Regulatory Compliance

Learning Outcomes: Graduates will emerge with a deep understanding of legal frameworks and business operations, plus transferable skills in analytical thinking, problem-solving, negotiation and ethical decision-making.

Professional Alignment (Accreditation): The law portion of the degree is formally approved by the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board, Queensland — meaning that with additional practical legal training, you’re on the path to qualify as a solicitor or barrister in Australia. The business major (for example Human Resource Management) is also accredited by the national professional body, reinforcing its value if you choose a business-focused career.

Reputation (Employability Rankings): UniSQ is proud of its record: their business graduates are ranked #1 in Queensland for full-time employment outcomes (Good Universities Guide, 2025). That means as a double-degree graduate, you join a cohort many employers already view as highly job-ready and versatile.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

If you choose to study the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws at University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), you’ll be signing up for a degree that’s deeply rooted in experiential learning — meaning you don’t just learn theory, but actually practise business and legal skills in real-world and simulated settings. It’s designed so that by the time you graduate, you’ll be ready to walk into a workplace and confidently handle business or legal challenges. You’ll earn two degrees in a streamlined timeframe — a powerful combination that opens up versatile career paths in law, business, consulting, finance, HR, marketing and beyond.

Here are the hands-on, real-world learning opportunities built into the program:

Participate in moot courts and advocacy — simulate real trials, litigation, dispute resolution and legal argumentation, so you get a taste of working as a lawyer before graduation.
Engage in legal practices and support centres — giving you practical exposure to law in a setting that mirrors real legal work (client support, legal research, advisory skills).
Complete professional work experience with organisations — as part of the business component, you have the opportunity to work with a real organisation on a project, blending your business and legal knowledge.
Choose from business majors like Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems Management, Marketing or Emerging Leadership — letting you tailor the business side of your double degree to real interests and industry needs.
Develop key transferable skills — analytical thinking, complex problem-solving, research, communication, negotiation and mediation — all of which are honed through practical learning, not just lectures.

Progression & Future Opportunities

If you go through with this double-degree, you’ll be graduating ready for a breadth of career paths — many grads step into roles such as solicitor or legal officer; others go into business-facing roles like human-resource advisor, marketing/management specialist, or business analyst. Some even land in roles that combine both law and business — for instance, in corporate compliance, in-house counsel, or management and consulting where legal + commercial thinking helps.

Here’s what this means for you:

Strong employability support: UniSQ offers real professional work experience embedded in the program — working with an organisation on projects as part of your degree gives you workplace exposure even before you graduate.
Dual qualification, time and cost savings: Because this is a combined degree, you earn both a Business degree and a Law degree in five years — faster (and often cheaper) than pursuing them separately.
Industry-relevant flexibility: With business-majors like Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, or Information Systems Management, you can tailor your business degree to align with your interests — making it easier to enter sectors from banking/finance to HR to IT.
Accreditation and professional recognition: The Law part of the degree is accredited under Queensland’s legal-practitioner admission rules — so if you decide to practise law (after also completing necessary practical legal training), you have the academically approved qualification. And certain business majors (for example, Human Resource Management) are professionally accredited, which adds credibility in the job market.
Versatility: law OR business OR both: The degree gives you flexibility — you could step into legal practice, go into business roles, or aim for hybrid roles (e.g. business law, corporate consultancy) — depending on your interest, mood, or job market when you graduate.

Further Academic Progression:
After finishing this double-degree, you’re well-positioned to deepen your expertise or specialise further. If you lean toward law — you could go for postgraduate law-level programs or professional legal training to become a fully admitted lawyer. If you’re more business-oriented, you could pursue Master’s degrees in finance, management, marketing, human resources or business analytics (depending on the major you select). Alternately, if you find a passion at the intersection — say corporate law with business strategy — you could even explore specialised postgraduate courses or certifications in corporate governance, compliance, or niche areas like international business law.