Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Socio-Legal Studies

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) allows you to undertake a minor research subject and coursework subjects in a specialist field of study at an advanced level. This course is equivalent to an Arts Honours program if the thesis component is taken. It serves as prerequisite entry to a Masters by Research or PhD for those who have not completed a four-year Arts (Honours) degree in the relevant area.

Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation should:

• understand the social, political and historical context of law and legal process;
• have developed a specialized knowledge in an area of socio-legal studies;
• appreciate the problems of legal reform;
• gain a deep conceptual understanding of the relationship between law and society;
• be able to critically and constructively discuss the role of law in society;
• gain a high level of critical thinking and analysis and a high standard of academic writing; and
• be equipped to engage in creative and methodologically rigorous, independent and high quality research, integrating theoretical and empirical analysis.

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

• one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
• thesis subject (50 points)
• elective subjects (37.5 points)

Total 100 points

Compulsory Subject

1 compulsory subject (12.5 points)

Thesis Subject

Thesis subject (50 points)

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Elective Subjects

37.5 points