Opinions on socio-legal studies at USYD. Help! (1 Viewer)

[David09]

Employment-wise it seems like a B Socio Legal studies would be preferable over an Arts degree basically because it would look better on a resume. Legal connotations help and unfortunately first impressions count. Everyone has an arts degree.

But how practical/useful/interesting are the required core subjects -
(I think these are correct. USYD site contradicts itself)

• SLSS1001 Introduction to Socio-Legal Studies
• SLSS1003 Law and Contemporary Society
• SCLG2601 Sociological Theory
• SLSS2601 Socio-Legal Research
• SCLG2615 Law and Social Theory
• PHIL2645 Philosophy of Law
• SLSS2603 Medico-Legal and Forensic Criminology

Also, is the 2nd Arts major restricted by the socio legal topics?
I want to combine it with Government and International Relations.

Any feedback from someone doing Socio Legal Studies or knowledgeable about it would be great.

 

[philphie]

Employment-wise it seems like a B Socio Legal studies would be preferable over an Arts degree basically because it would look better on a resume. Legal connotations help and unfortunately first impressions count. Everyone has an arts degree.

But how practical/useful/interesting are the required core subjects -
(I think these are correct. USYD site contradicts itself)

• SLSS1001 Introduction to Socio-Legal Studies
• SLSS1003 Law and Contemporary Society
• SCLG2601 Sociological Theory
• SLSS2601 Socio-Legal Research
• SCLG2615 Law and Social Theory
• PHIL2645 Philosophy of Law
• SLSS2603 Medico-Legal and Forensic Criminology

Also, is the 2nd Arts major restricted by the socio legal topics?
I want to combine it with Government and International Relations.

Any feedback from someone doing Socio Legal Studies or knowledgeable about it would be great.

i want to combine with international relations as well but don't worry about the title of the degree seriosuly, that's not how employment works. plus if you're becoming a lawyer you have to go to law school so it wouldn't matter what your degree was called as long as you majored in law

 

[X2RADialbomber]

Your 2nd Arts major can be anything from the Faculty of Arts (Tables A or B). The core subjects look really awesome actually. Does anyone know if you could do a third major in this course?