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Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)

Major sequence option - Legal Studies


To be read in conjunction with the Program of Study [November, 2008] requirements for the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology).

33 units comprising:

First Year

LEGL1001

Australian Legal System

4.5

LEGL1003

Contemporary Legal Issues

4.5

Second and Third Years

24 units from the following topics:

LEGL2001

Child Protection

6

LEGL2002

Researching Juvenile Crime

6

LEGL2003

Gender, Law and Society

6

LEGL2004

Access to Justice in Australia

6

LEGL2100

Small Business: Legal Issues

6

LEGL2103

Technology, Regulation and Society

6

LEGL3010

Comparing Legal Cultures

6

LEGL3023

Cultural Heritage and the Law

6

LEGL3027

Law, Public Health and the Environment

6

OR

Students may substitute one 6-unit topic from the following list for the Second and Third Year LEGL topics above:

LLAW2027

Law and Literature

6

CRIM3001

Punishment, Sentencing and the State

6

INTR3059

Debating Human Rights in International Relations

6

PHIL2330

Freedom Law and Society

6

SOCI3026

Sociology of Law

6

WMST2009

Sex, Gender and the Law

6

Not all these topics will be available each year.