Bachelor of Arts

Socio-legal Studies


2008 BA Handbook


Field of Study

Socio-legal Studies

This sequence is available as a Minor only consisting of:

  • 25 points at Level 2 made up of 191-211 Law, Justice and Social Change and one level 2/3 subject taken from the list below;
  • and 25 points at Level 3 made up of 191-301 Law in Social Theory and one level 2/3 subject taken from the list below.

Socio-legal Studies: Level 1 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
191-110 Law in Society 1 12.500

Socio-legal Studies: Level 2 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
191-211 Law, Justice and Social Change 1 12.500

Socio-legal Studies: Level 2/3 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
102-211 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity 1 12.500
110-244 Islam and the State in Indonesia 2 12.500
131-025 Empire, Race and Human Rights: 1800-2000 12.500
131-073 Human Rights in Australian History 12.500
131-225 Terrorism in Modern Conflict 12.500
166-004 Change & Conflict in Australian Society 2 12.500
166-022 Public Policy Making 1 12.500
166-024 International Gender Politics 2 12.500
166-032 Sexual Politics 2 12.500
166-038 Indigenous Rights: Land and Heritage 12.500
166-083 Sociology of Youth & Youth Policy 12.500
166-089 Sociology Internship 2 25.000
166-090 Love, Family and Sexuality 2 12.500
166-216 Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms 1 12.500
166-219 Democracy, Terrorism and Violence 1 12.500
191-004 Introduction to Research Methods 1 12.500
191-220 Criminal Minds 12.500
191-311 Global Criminology 2 12.500
191-312 Punishment and Social Control 1 12.500
191-314 Crimes of the Powerful 1 12.500
191-315 Crime and Culture 12.500
730-394 Indigenous People, History and the Law 12.500

Socio-legal Studies: Level 3 Subjects

Code Title Semester Credit Points
191-301 Law in Social Theory 2 12.500
Links School of Social and Political Sciences http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/pscs/