Undergraduate - UnitMON2005 - Law in professional contexts

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Monash Passport category	Depth (Enhance Program)
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Lloyd England

Synopsis

This Unit provides an overview of fundamental legal concepts, principles and institutions which affect professionals across disciplines. Working individually and in groups, students will research and communicate information about current legal issues as applied to their selected profession or discipline.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, a student should be able to:

Locate and apply regulatory requirements relevant to the student's intended profession
Research, articulate and apply the legal principles relevant to issues arising in professional practice
Communicate effectively about legal principles to a professional audience in a suitable format
Integrate and synthesise inter-disciplinary perspectives to resolve legal problems arising in professional practice
Collaborate effectively with students within and across disciplinary backgrounds in producing a group work output.

Assessment

Research essay (3000 words): 60%
Group work product (1500 words each) and presentation: 30%
Class participation and attendance: 10%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Lloyd England

Prerequisites

48 credit points completed in a bachelor degree course. This unit has a quota and selection process. Please note that there is an application form for this unit, available at: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/resources/forms/index.html

Prohibitions

LAW1101 - Introduction to legal reasoning
LAW1104 - Research and writing
HSC3001 - Health law and ethics
BTH2012 - Biotechnology regulation law and ethics
NUR1202 - Legal issues and concepts