The Bachelor of Law 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 apply for the Bachelor of Law and Society (Honours), provided that they meet the admission requirements.
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 have:
To qualify for the Bachelor of Law and Society, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below..
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
18 units comprising:
COMS1001 Academic and Professional Communication (4.5 units)*
CRIM1102 Criminal Justice System (4.5 units)
LEGL1201 Law in Australian Society (4.5 units)
PHIL1060 Critical Reasoning (4.5 units)
Choose 9 units from the following:
AUST1004 An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognising Opportunities (4.5 units)
POLI1003 Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
SOCI1001 Issues in Sociology (4.5 units)
Plus
Choose 9 units from the Option Streams listed below. Options can be chosen from more than one Stream.
*Under certain conditions the core topic COMS1001 may be replaced with an alternative topic. See COMS1001 for further details.
18 units comprising:
CRIM2301 Criminal Law in Context (4.5 units)
CRIM2205 Basics of Research Design and Methods (4.5 units)
LEGL2117 Crimes Against Populations (4.5 units)
PHIL2601 Ethics for Professionals (4.5 units)
Choose 4.5 units from the following:
CRIM2201 Punishment and Society (4.5 units)
CRIM2202 Policing and Society (4.5 units)
Plus
Choose 13.5 units from one of the Option Streams listed below.
13.5 units comprising
CRIM3402 Advanced Research Methods and Analysis (4.5 units)
LLAW3256 Socio-Legal Theory (4.5 units)
PHIL2608 Freedom, Law and Society (4.5 units)
Choose 9 units from the following:
CRIM3011 Current Issues in Criminal Justice (4.5 units)
CRIM3203 Corporate Crime (4.5 units)
CRIM3301 Crime, Law and Trauma (4.5 units)
CRIM3302 International Criminal Justice (4.5 units)
CRIM3303 Psychology, Crime and the Law (4.5 units)
CRIM3304 Criminal Networks (4.5 units)
CRIM3306 Encountering Crime (4.5 units)
WMST3013 Gendering Politics and Policy: Justice, Rights and Representation (4.5 units)
Plus
Choose 13.5 units from the same Option Stream as chosen in Year 2.
BUSN1011 Accounting For Managers (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
BUSN1013 Economics for Business (4.5 units)
BUSN1019 Law for Business (4.5 units)
INNO1001 Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognising Opportunities (4.5 units)
BUSN2019 International Business Context (4.5 units)
BUSN2022 The Australian Economy (4.5 units)
BUSN2026 Entrepreneurship and Small Business (4.5 units)
BUSN2038 Human Resource Management (4.5 units)
BUSN2039 International Business Management (4.5 units)
POLI2002 Government Business and Society (4.5 units)
BUSN2042 Corporations Law (4.5 units)
BUSN3035 Employee Relations (4.5 units)
BUSN3038 International Business Negotiations (4.5 units)
BUSN3043 Governance, Sustainability and Ethics (4.5 units)
BUSN3052 Leadership in Business and Society (4.5 units)
BUSN3054 Taxation Law and Practice (4.5 units)
BUSN3056 International Trade (4.5 units)
AMST1002 America and the World: The United States in a Global Context (4.5 units)
INTR1006 International Relations: An Introduction (4.5 units)
INTR1100 Exploring the International (4.5 units)
POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
INTR2006 Debating Human Rights (4.5 units)
INTR2015 New Security Agenda (4.5 units)
INTR2101 Democracy & Human Rights in Asia (4.5 units)
PHIL2611 Breaking the Rules: Opposing Injustice Without Violence (4.5 units)
PHIL2613 Global Justice (4.5 units)
POLI2020 Australian Indigenous Politics (4.5 units)
WMST2017 Gender, Globalisation and International Development (4.5 units)
INTR3001 Australian Foreign Policy (4.5 units)
INTR3101 Global Inequality (4.5 units)
INTR3102 Controversies in International Relations (4.5 units)
LLAW3251 The International Protection of Human Rights (4.5 units)
LLAW3252 International Trade Law and Development (4.5 units)
AUST1001 Australian Studies: Identities (4.5 units)
AUST1004 An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies (4.5 units)
PHIL1030 The Individual and Society (4.5 units)
SOCI1001 Issues in Sociology (4.5 units)
SOCI1010 Sociology of Everyday Life (4.5 units)
WMST1001 Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia (4.5 units)
AUST2612 Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges (4.5 units)
PHIL2612 Moral Problems (4.5 units)
POLI2025 The Politics of the Australian Welfare State (4.5 units)
SOCI2015 Sociology of Deviance (4.5 units)
SOCI2021 Race, Power and Identity (4.5 units)
SOCI2026 Contemporary Social Problems (4.5 units)
WMST2015 Sex, Gender and the Law (4.5 units)
ARCH8017 Cultural Heritage and the Law** (4.5 units)
AUST3330 Reading Australian Culture (4.5 units)
ITAL3215 The Italian Mafia: Origin and Representations (4.5 units)
SOCI3008 Knowing the Social World (4.5 units)
SOCI3047 Shaping the Future (4.5 units)
SOCI3048 Gender and Sexuality (4.5 units)
WMST3013 Gendering Politics and Policy: Justice, Rights and Representation (4.5 units)
Other topics may be taken with the approval of the Course Coordinator to enable entry into Honours programs.
**ARCH8017 Cultural Heritage and the Law is a postgraduate topic and requires the achievement of higher learning outcomes. It is strongly recommended that students interested in enrolling in this topic contact the topic coordinator prior to enrolment.
A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Law and Society, or another qualification which the Dean (Education) agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the Bachelor degree.
Refer to Bachelor of Law and Society (Honours)
The Bachelor of Law and Society may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:
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