Level: Stage 1
Prerequisite: None required
Additional Cost: None
Further Enquiries:
- Please contact Humanities coordinator Ms Maggie McLean
- Phone: 8647 3300
Who Is This Course For?
Through Legal Studies, students develop an appreciation and awareness of their role as a citizen in the Australian legal system, the skills to communicate their ideas, and the confidence to make informed and effective decisions regarding legal issues.
What Will I Learn?
Stage 1 Legal Studies focuses on the use of laws and legal systems to create harmony within dynamic and evolving communities. Through an inquiry-based process, students explore and develop their understanding of the concepts of rights, fairness and justice, power, and change. These concepts are examined in the context of law-making, law enforcement, and dispute resolution, and should be applied to a range of contemporary Australian issues. Opportunities exist to consider alternative perspectives such as international law, customary law, and systems used in other jurisdictions.
Students complete a study of Focus area 1: Law and communities, and two additional focus areas
How will I be assessed?
Assessment: Analytical Response
Students undertake one analytical response for a 10-credit subject,
A response should be a maximum of 1200 words if written, or a maximum of 7 minutes if an oral presentation or in multimodal form.
Assessment: Inquiry
Students undertake one inquiry for a 10-credit subject
The inquiry should be a maximum of 1200 words if written, or a maximum of 7 minutes if an oral presentation or in multimodal form.
Assessment : Presentation
Students undertake at least one collaborative presentation and an individual reflection.
The form of presentation chosen must include between 7 and 10 minutes of oral communication.
The individual reflection for each student should be a maximum of 500 words or negotiated format.