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Major: Social Justice

Major details:

Social Justice

SOJ01

Department:
Macquarie Law School
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts

This major must be completed as part of an award. The general requirements for the award must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 24 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Law, Human Rights and Global Governance (3)
 
Required
3cp from
 
Foundations in Gender Studies (3)
 
 
Philosophy, Morality and Society (3)
 
3
Australian Society (3)
 

200 level

Required
3
Human Rights, Policy and the Law (3)
 
Required
3cp from
 
Reading Gender in Everyday Life (3)
 
 
Freedom and Alienation (3)
 
 
Bioethics and Biotechnology (3)
 
 
Contemporary Issues in Australian Politics: Race, Nation, Class and Gender (3)
 
 
Social Inequality and Social Policy (3)
 
 
Power, Difference and Recognition (3)
 
 
Crime, Justice and Society (3)
 
 
Migration, Human Rights and Diversity (3)
 
3
I Shop, Therefore I Am: Global Consumer Society (3)
 

300 level

Required
6cp from
 
Racialised Punishment and the Construction of the Nation (3)
 
 
'Family Values' in the 21st Century (3)
 
 
Social Philosophy (3)
 
 
The Philosophy of Race and Identity (3)
 
 
Understanding Contemporary Societies (3)
 
 
The Public Sphere (3)
 
 
Activism and Social Change (3)
 
 
Living Diversity: Multiculturalism, Racism and Nation (3)
 
6
Social Inequality (3)
 

400 level

Required
either
or
 
Discrimination and the Law (3)
C
3
Discrimination and the Law (3)
C

400 or 500 level

Required
3cp from
 
Family Law (3)
 
 
Indigenous Peoples and the Law (3)
 
 
International Human Rights Law (3)
 
 
Law and Religion (3)
 
 
Health Law and Ethics (3)
 
 
Human Rights and Moral Dilemmas (3)
 
 
Family Law (3)
 
 
Indigenous Peoples and the Law (3)
 
 
International Human Rights Law (3)
 
 
Jessup International Law Moot (3)
 
 
Law and Religion (3)
 
 
Health Law and Ethics (3)
 
3
Human Rights and Moral Dilemmas (3)
 

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

24
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.