Faculty of Arts Socio-legal studies

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1. Requirements for a major
2. For more information
Subject Lists
    First year subject
    Second/third year subjects
        Third year subject

The Faculty of Arts offers an interdisciplinary major in socio-legal studies. This program is designed to provide Bachelor of Arts students with an opportunity to become familiar with legal ideas, concepts amd language, legal institutions and legal processes. It will appeal to students who wish to use the methods and perspectives of various academic disciplines to study legal issues and to use the conceptual framework of the law to illuminate empirical and theoretical concerns in the various disciplines. The program is not designed to prepare students for law school nor does it provide paralegal training. It is a field of study within the Faculty of Arts curriculum which helps students develop their ability to think clearly and to analyse arguments critically. It provides sound preparation for a variety of activities including teaching, public and social policy, public advocacy, business administration and government.

There are no prerequisites for first year subjects in socio-legal studies.

The prerequisite for entry into second year socio-legal studies subjects is usually the completion of 25 points of arts subjects at first year including the core subject 191-110 Law in Society. The prerequisite for entry into third year socio-legal studies subjects is usually three second year subjects in socio-legal studies (37.5 points) including the core subjects 166-215 Rights and the Law and 191-210 Theories of Law and Society.

1. Requirements for a major

A major in socio-legal studies consists of nine 12.5 point subjects totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• two first year arts subjects (25 points) including 191-110 Law in Society and;

• three socio-legal subjects at second year level (37.5 points) including 191-210 Theories of Law and Society and 166-215 Rights and the Law and;

• four socio-legal studies subjects at third year level (50 points) including 191-310 Law, Justice and Cultural Diversity.

2. For more information

Department of Criminology
234 Queensberry Street
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 9440
Fax. +61 3 9349 4259
Email: discovery@criminology.unimelb.edu.au

First year subject

191-110 Law in Society

Second/third year subjects

166-215 Rights and the Law
191-210 Theories of Law and Society
733-213 Legal Studies:Environmental Law

Third year subject

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