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Course structure

Graduate Certificate in Ethics and Legal Studies
Students must complete two core subjects:
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System
PHL402 Ethical Theory
and two electives - one in Ethics and one in Legal Studies (see List A).

Graduate Diploma of Ethics and Legal Studies
Students must complete three core subjects:
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System
PHL402 Ethical Theory
PHL502 Law, Ethics and Human Rights
and five electives – at least two in both Ehtics and Legal studies drawn from List A. To graduate with a vocationally-specific specialisation, at least three must be taken from the specialist area (see list B).

Master of Ethics and Legal Studies
Students must complete three core subjects:
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System
PHL402 Ethical Theory
PHL502 Law, Ethics and Human Rights

and EITHER nine electives, at least four in both Ethics and Law, OR five electives and a Dissertation of 15,000-20,000 words (32 points) (PHL506 or LAW550) with at least 24 points in both Ethics and Law.

To graduate in a specialisation the student must have at least four electives from that specialisation (see List B) or two electives from the specialisation and a Research Dissertation in that area.

LIST A

Electives
NOTE: Some subjects are classified in both Ethics and Law

Ethics subjects
ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
ETH402 Vulnerability and the Ethics and Intervention
ETH403 Bioethics
ETH404 Ethical Issues in Correctional Management
HRM501 Labour Market Studies
HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
HRM540 Theories of Conflict Resolution
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR502 Industrial Relations Systems and Issues
ITC506 Topics in Information Technology Ethics
JST433 Principles of Correctional Management
JST534 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing
MGT531 Business Ethics
MGT542 Internet Ethics
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics, Leadership and Accountability
MGT547 Ethics of Corporate Governance
MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics
PHL401 Critical Reasoning
PHL402 Ethical Theory
PHL403 Social Justice
PHL404 Ethics and the Public Sector
PHL409 Theories of Justice
PHL504 Criminal Justice Ethics
PHL506 Ethics Research Dissertation (32 points)

Law subjects
 HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
INR504 Industrial Law
JRN504 Journalism Law and Ethics
JST408 High Tech Crime
JST446 Introduction to Law and Compliance
JST520 Theories of Crime and Deviance
JST532 Juvenile Justice 1 - Context
LAW401 Legal Issues in Child and Adolescent Welfare
LAW502 Law of International Business
LAW503 Administrative Law
LAW511 Commercial Law 1
LAW512 Commercial Law 2 (prerequisite: LAW511)
LAW515 Law of Employment
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Practice
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
LAW521 Digital Communities: Law and Policy
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
LAW550 Legal Research Dissertation (32 points)
LAW595 Legal Issues in Health Care
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics, Leadership and Accountability
PHL502 Law, Ethics and Human Rights

LIST B

Specialisations

Specialisation subjects for Graduate Diploma and Master in Ethics and Legal Studies

Students who complete a specialisation graduate with the name of the specialisation in brackets in the award nomenclature, as shown in the examples below. Examples: Graduate Diploma of Ethics and Legal Studies (Social Work) or Master of Ethics and Legal Studies (Health and Welfare).

Business
 LAW502 Law of International Business
LAW511 Commercial Law
LAW512 Commercial Law 2 (prerequisite: LAW511)
LAW514 Australian Taxation
LAW515 Law of Employment
LAW521 Digital Communities: Law and Policy
LAW522 Banking and Finance Law
MGT531 Business Ethics
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics Leadership and Accountability

Corrections
 ETH404 Ethical Issues in Correctional Management
JST433 Principles of Correctional Management
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Practice
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
PHL504 Criminal Justice Ethics

Dispute Resolution
 HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
HRM540 Theories of Conflict Resolution
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Practice
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses

Government
 ETH404 Ethics and the Public Sector 
LAW503 Australian Administrative Law
MGT546 Corporate Governance: Ethics Leadership and Accountability
PHL409 Theories of Justice
PHL410 Corruption and Anti-Corruption

Health and Welfare
ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
ETH403 Bioethics
LAW401 Legal Issues in Child and Adolescent Welfare
LAW595 Legal Issues and Healthcare

Human Resource Management
 HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR504 Industrial Law
LAW515 Law of Employment

Industrial Relations
HRM501 Labopur Market Studies
HRM540 Theories of Conflict Resolution
INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR502 Industrial Relations Systems and Uses
INR504 Industrial Law
LAW515 Law of Employment

Justice Studies
 JST520 Theories of Crime and Deviance
JST532 Juvenile Justice
JST534 Restorative Justice
PHL409 Theories of Justice
PHL504 Criminal Justive Ethics

Professional Studies
 ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations
LAW515 Law of Employment
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Practice
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
MGT531 Business Ethics

Social Work
 ETH401 Ethics and Social Welfare
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
LAW401 Legal Issues in Child and Adolescent Welfare

Technology
 ITC475 Ethics and Technology
ITC506 Topics in Infoemation Technology Ethics
LAW511 Commercial Law 1
LAW521 Digital Communities: Law and Policy
MGT542 Internet Ethics

 

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