Socio-legal Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1038 (2013)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2013.

Year and Campus: 2013
Overview:

The prerequisites for entry to socio-legal studies honours are completion of all the requirements for the BA, completion of a major in socio-legal studies and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives:

See course objectives

Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in socio-legal studies must complete:

  • A 15,000 word thesis: SOLS40002 Socio-Legal Studies Thesis (50 points);
  • One Compulsory subject (12.5 points);
  • One Core Methods subject (12.5 points);
  • Two elective subjects or CRIM90006 Criminology and Sociology Internship (25 points)

Students undertaking combined honours in socio-legal studies must complete:

  • SOLS40002 Socio-Legal Studies Thesis (50 points);
  • POLS40014 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
  • 3 subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)

OR

  • Thesis in combining discipline (50 points);
  • Coursework subject from the combining discipline (1.25 points);
  • CRIM40002 Qualitative Research Methods (12.5 points);
  • Two elective subjects or CRIM90006 Criminology and Sociology Internship (25 points)

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

Compulsory subjects

50 points for students in pure honours. Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above.

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2013
25
Not offered in 2013
12.50

Core Methods Subjects:

12.5 points

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2013
12.50

Elective Subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Not offered in 2013
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/

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