PD-ARTS Socio-Legal Studies

Please note that PD-ARTS Postgraduate Diploma in Arts will no longer be accepting new applications as of the 1st January 2015, the program from 2015 will be offered as GDA-ARTS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced). Please refer to the correct handbook entry for program information for commencing students from 2015.

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Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts 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;
• be equipped to engage in creative and methodologically rigorous, independent and high quality research, integrating theoretical and empirical analysis.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

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

Total 100 points

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

Thesis Subject

50 points

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

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Elective Subjects

37.5 points