University of Sydney Handbooks - 2016 Archive

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Public Health Law

Units of study

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law

Exemption from core units of study should not be assumed to be automatic. Formal approval must be obtained from the Faculty prior to enrolment.
Candidates must complete 24 credit points of units of study, comprising:
(i) 12 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study, for candidates without a law background; or
(ii) 6 credit points of core unit of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study, for candidates with a law background.

2016 Core Units of Study

Candidates without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake either LAWS6881 or LAWS6252 prior to or concurrent to enrolling in other law units.
LAWS6839
Critical Issues in Public Health Law
6   

Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Intensive August
LAWS6848
Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles
6   

This unit replaced LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles (formerly: New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy). This unit may be substituted for LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law as a compulsory unit in the MHL.
Intensive March
LAWS6252
Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System
6    N LAWS6881


International students who are required to enrol in this unit must undertake classes during the first week of their study. Health Law and Public Health students should enrol in LAWS6881 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals in lieu of LAWS6252, if available. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. Students must attend all classes on the timetabled dates as prescribed for their enrolled session/group. An Absent Fail grade may be granted to students who fail to attend the correct session/group.
Intensive April
Intensive July
Intensive March
Intensive September

2016 Elective Units of Study

LAWS6330
Fundamentals of Regulation
6   

Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015.
Intensive August
LAWS6920
Global Health Law
6      Intensive July
LAWS6052
Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics
6   

MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881.
Intensive October
LAWS6877
Mental Illness: Law and Policy
6      Intensive September
LAWS6335
Neurolaw: Brain Mind Law and Ethics
6      Intensive August
LAWS6096
Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy
6    A LAWS6252 or a law degree (GradDipPubHL and MLLR students) and LAWS6071 (MLLR students)
Intensive July