Bachelor of Socio-Legal Studies

There is no new intake for this degree. You can choose to complete a Socio-Legal Studies major within a Bachelor of Arts however.

3 years full-time
4 years full-time with Honours

The Bachelor of Socio-Legal Studies is designed for students who are interested in studying and understanding legal ideas, institutions and practices from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences. It is not a professional law degree, but an opportunity to engage with the every-changing relationship between law and society using the methods of a broad range of humanities and social science disciplines, including history, philosophy, political science, sociology, social policy, performance studies, anthropology, literary studies, and economics. It combines a clear focus on the core socio-legal subjects with the breadth provided by a second major in Arts and Social Sciences or Government and International Relations, as well as a pool of related electives.

As well providing a solid starting point for a research degree in socio-legal arenas, the degree will provide the foundation for a wide variety of professional fields which lie outside the legal profession itself, but articulate closely with it: social policy, government and business administration and management, non-government organisations, criminology and public
advocacy.

An additional honours year is also available for suitably qualified students.

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Requirements

1. 144 credit points made up of
2. A Socio-Legal Studies major comprised of 2 junior core units, 4 senior core units and 2 senior units from a pool of related Socio-Legal Studies elective units and
3. An Arts and Social Sciences major from Table A of the Table of Units of Study and
4. 4 additional related Socio-Legal Studies senior units also
5. No more than 48 junior credit points

Core Socio-Legal Studies Units

In addition to your Socio-Legal Studies major, you have a choice of 4 additional senior units from a pool of related Socio-Legal Studies units from the disciplines of Sociology and Social Policy, Philosophy, History, Government and International Relations, Industrial Relations, and Political Economy. Unit offerings are subject to change from year to year. Please see the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Handbook or relevant department website when selecting from the below units.

Pathways

There are many ways to structure your degree. The following diagram provides an example of how a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Socio-Legal Studies on a full-time basis (ie 24 credit points per semester) over 3 years might structure their degree.

						Credit Points
First Year	S1	SLSS1001 Intro to Socio-Legal Studies	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A) Major Junior Pre-req Unit	24
	S2	SLSS1003 Law and Contemporary Society	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A) Junior Unit Choice	Arts (Table A) Major Junior Pre-req Unit	24
Second Year	S1	SLSS2601 Socio- Legal Research	SLSS Major Senior Elective Unit	SLSS Related Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	24
	S2	SLSS Major Senior Elective Unit	SLSS Related Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	24
Third Year	S1	SCLG2601 Sociological Theory	PHIL2645 Philosophy of Law	SLSS Related Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	24
	S2	SCLG2615 Law and Social Theory	SLSS Related Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	Arts (Table A) Major Senior Unit	24
					Total=	144

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