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Socio-Legal Studies

Unit of study table (Table A)

Major

A major in Socio-Legal Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core unit
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core unit
(v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Socio-Legal Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core unit
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level units
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level core units of study

SLSS1001
Introduction to Law, Policy and Society
6  
SLSS1003
Law and Contemporary Society
6  

2000 level units of study

Core
SLSS2607
Making Policy and Law
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies
N SCPL3604
Selective
SLSS2606
Key Debates in Socio-Legal Studies
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies
SCPL2601
Australian Social Policy
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-legal Studies
N SCPL3001
CRIM2604
Race, Law and Justice
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Criminology
N SLSS2604

3000 level units of study

Core
SLSS3601
Doing Socio-Legal Research
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Socio-legal Studies
N SLSS2601
Selective
SLSS3602
Human Rights: Law, Policy and Protest
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Socio-Legal Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Criminology
N SCLG2624
SLSS3603
Social Justice, Law and Society
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Socio-Legal Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Social Policy
N SCLG2605 or SCLG2017 or SCLG2536
SCLG3702
Social Inquiry: Quantitative Methods
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points of (HSBH1003 or OCCP2087 or OCCP2088 or OCCP2085 or OCCP1097 or OCCP1096) or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Criminology
N SCLG2632 or SCLG3603

Interdisciplinary Project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 P 72 credit points
Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points