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The Bachelor of Justice and Society requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the College of Business, Government and Law.
Students wishing to continue to Honours may do so in Legal Studies, or one of the other disciplines that offer major sequences within this degree. Students should ensure that they meet the individual admission requirements or their selected area of specialisation.
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
This course is designed to give students the intellectual tools to research and evaluate the way the legal system works in practice in society.
Students develop:
Upon graduating, students will:
To qualify for The Bachelor of Justice and Society, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic.
As part of the 108 units, students must complete 36 units of core topics, 18 units of Legal Studies topics, one 36 unit major from the BA major sequences listed below, and elective topics according to the following program of study.
A major sequence consists of 9 units of year 1 topics, 9 units of year 2 topics, 9 units of year 3 topics plus an additional 9 units of year 2 or 3 topics according to the requirements for the specific major sequence.
The elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided topic prerequisites are met. Overall, students must complete a maximum of 9 units of upper level electives in the degree.
Students wishing to continue to Honours should complete a major (36 units) in their chosen sequence, and ensure they meet any other admission requirements.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
18 units comprising:
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)*
JUSS1000 An Introduction to Justice and Society (4.5 units)
LEGL1101 Australian Justice System (4.5 units)
LEGL1102 Contentious Justice Issues (4.5 units)
plus 9 units of year 1 topics from each of two of the BA majors listed below (to make a total of 18 units),
*Under certain conditions the core topic COMS1001 may be replaced with an alternative topic. See COMS1001 for further details.
9 units comprising:
LEGL2110 Access to Justice: Policy and Reform (4.5 units)
LEGL2116 Young People and the Law (4.5 units)
Select 9 units from the topics listed:
LEGL2111 Legal Writing and Research Skills (4.5 units)
LEGL2112 Gender Policy and Law (4.5 units)
LEGL2113 Protecting Children (4.5 units)
LEGL2115 Theory and Practice of Mediation (4.5 units)
LEGL2117 Legal Fictions: Race, Crime and Sovereignty (4.5 units)
plus 9 units ofyear 2 topics from one of the BA majors selected in Year 1;
plus 9 units of electives. Electives may be chosen from any year 2 or 3 topic offered by the University, provided topic prerequisites are met.
JUSS3333 Seminar in Justice Policy (4.5 units)
LEGL3113 Socio-Legal Research Methods (4.5 units)
Select 9 units from the topics listed below or from the year 2 Legal Studies topics listed above:
BIOL7731 Evidence Evaluation (4.5 units)
JUSS3300 Justice Policy Work Integrated Learning (4.5 units)
LEGL3111 Comparative Law, Culture and Society (4.5 units)
plus 9 units of year 3 topics from the selected BA major;
plus an additional 9 units from the year 2 or 3 topics from the selected BA major.
The Bachelor of Justice and Society may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
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