Administrative Law and Policy
Units of study
Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Administrative Law and Policy |
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Exemption from core units of study should not be assumed to be automatic. Formal approval must be obtained from the Sydney Law School prior to enrolment. | |||
Students must complete 48 credit points, comprising: | |||
(i) 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study, including a minimum of 24 credit points from the Sydney Law School, for students without a law background; or | |||
(ii) 18 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study, including a minimum of 24 credit points from the Sydney Law School, for students with a law background. | |||
Core Units of Study |
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For LAWS6252, students without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake this unit prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
LAWS6011 Administrative Law |
6 | A undergraduate law degree or LAWS6252 (core unit for MALP and Environmental Law students) N LAWS2010, LAWS5010 Core unit for MALP students. Students who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before undertaking other law units. |
Intensive April |
LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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LAWS6257 Public Policy |
6 | N LAWS6139 or LAWS6042 or LAWS6113 or LAWS6984 Core unit for MALP students. |
Intensive September |
Elective Law Units of Study |
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JURS6018 Constitutional Theory This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive August |
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LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This is not a skills unit and students will not be trained as negotiators or mediators. This unit has a restricted class size. |
Intensive August |
LAWS6355 Energy and Water Security Law |
6 |
Students who have previously completed both LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change and LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law are not permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Intensive October |
LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction N LAWS3430 or LAWS5130 Students who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before undertaking the environmental law units. |
Intensive March |
LAWS6354 Environ Planning and Impact Assessment Law |
6 | A students who do not hold an undergraduate law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit and LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy (MEL only) N LAWS6043, LAWS6045, LAWS3430, LAWS5130 |
Intensive October |
LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. |
Intensive September |
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. |
Intensive October |
LAWS6147 Independent Research Project |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A |
6 | C LAWS6183 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS6183 Independent Research Project B |
6 | C LAWS6182 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students whose application is pending on the outcome of their previous semester's results should not apply until after the official results release date. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or over two semesters. If you have any concerns, please contact Sydney Law School E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P'ciple, Pol and Procedure |
6 | Intensive August |
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LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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LAWS6198 Refugee Law This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive September |
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LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | Intensive October |
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Elective Units Offered by Other Faculties/Departments |
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Elective Units Offered by the Department of Government & International Relations |
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GOVT6150 Challenges of Democratic Politics |
6 | Intensive February |
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GOVT6358 Comparative Migration Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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GOVT6123 Globalisation and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6156 Governance and Civil Society |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6319 Governance and Public Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6357 International Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6313 Leadership in Theory and Practice |
6 | Semester 2 |
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GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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GOVT6301 Public Sector Ethics and Corruption |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Elective Units Offered by the School of Education and Social Work |
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SCWK6949 Global Social Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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SCWK6948 Social Policy Frameworks |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Elective Units Offered by the Department of Sociology and Social Policy |
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SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements |
6 | N SCWK6901 This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
SCLG6903 New Debates in Social Theory |
6 | Semester 2 |