Minor: Law and Justice


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Course Details

Course coordinator:Anna Huggins
Course contact:3138 2000, buslaw.enquiries@qut.edu.au; ciesj.support@qut.edu.au
Faculties:University Wide
Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
Faculty of Health

Study areas

A minor is a set of related units in a particular study area. You may be able to choose one from another area of the University if your course rules allow. To find out, go to your study plan: if you have a complimentary studies option block, search using the code in brackets above the unit list and if it exists you will be able to select it on plan.

Minors consists of 48 credit points with the introductory units having no prerequisites. Later units may have earlier units as prerequisites. Depending on class timetabling it may not be possible to complete all units in a university wide minor. Consult with your course coordinator and relevant discipline coordinators prior to undertaking interfaculty studies.

Individual units completed in a university wide minor will appear on your academic transcript but it will only be recorded as a successfully completed study area if you have a). selected it as an option on your study plan and b). completed the correct number of credit points.

Course Structures

School of Law University wide minors are available to non Bachelor of Laws students.

School of Justice University wide minors are available to non Bachelor of Justice students.

Unit Lists

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-FORINV
JSB174Forensic Psychology and the Justice System
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Antirequisites:
PYB215
Select one of the following units (12 credit points):
JSB225Forensic Criminology
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
JSB235Investigations Uncovered
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
Select two of the following units (24 credit points):
JSB156In Cold Blood: Case Studies in True Crime
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
JSB207
Equivalents:
JSB373
Punishment and Penal Policy
Available for enrolment in 2025
Prerequisites:
96 Credit Points of Completed Study
JSB225Forensic Criminology
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
JSB228101101: When Crime Goes Digital
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB235Investigations Uncovered
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB338Action and Advocacy for Child Protection
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
96cp of completed study
JSB339
Equivalents:
JSB224
Understanding Trauma in Criminology
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
96cp of completed study
JSB386
Equivalents:
JSB986
Death Investigation
Prerequisites:
96cp of previous study

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice Students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-JUSTICE
JSB169Justice Sectors: Foundations and Futures
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Select 36 credit points of Justice unit options

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-CVPREV
JSB169Justice Sectors: Foundations and Futures
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
JSB238
Equivalents:
JSB272 or JSB374
Explaining and Preventing Crime
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB339
Equivalents:
JSB224
Understanding Trauma in Criminology
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
96cp of completed study
Select one of the following units (12 credit points):
JSB239
Equivalents:
JSB372
Youth Crime: Causes and Prevention
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB286Domestic and Family Violence
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of previous study

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-INVINTL
JSB169Justice Sectors: Foundations and Futures
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
JSB235Investigations Uncovered
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB279Criminal Network Analysis
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB283Intelligence Matters: Insights into Strategic Decision-Making
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
JSB279. JSB279 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as JSB283.

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-PPSREFM
JSB169Justice Sectors: Foundations and Futures
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
JSB250
Equivalents:
JSB379
Political Practice, People Power, and Protest
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB261Government and Democracy
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB263Australia's Political System: Challenges and Opportunities
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLB101
Equivalents:
LWB145
Introduction to Law
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Choose 36 credit points from the Minor Options List
LLB102
Equivalents:
LWB148
Torts
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB102
LLB104Contemporary Law and Justice
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
LLB108Law, Governance and Sustainability
Online
Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 (LLB101 can be studied concurrently with LLB108)
LLB140Human Rights Law
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB140
Antirequisites:
LWB496
LLB142Regulation of Business
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 or LWB145. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB142
LLB242Media Law
Available for enrolment in 2025
Antirequisites:
LWB480
LLB245Sports Law
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB102 and LLB106. LLB106 may be studied at the same time as LLB245
Antirequisites:
LWB260, LWB460
CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
LLBXMNR-LAW
LLB101
Equivalents:
LWB145
Introduction to Law
Online
Semester 1, Semester 2
Gardens Point
Semester 1, Semester 2
Choose LLB103 or LLB104
LLB103Dispute Resolution
Last offered in 2023
Antirequisites:
LWB150, LWB498
LLB104Contemporary Law and Justice
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Select 2 units: LLB140 or LLB141 or LLB142
LLB140Human Rights Law
Online
Semester 1
Gardens Point
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB140
Antirequisites:
LWB496
LLB141Introduction to International Law
Last offered in 2023
Prerequisites:
LLB101. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB141
Antirequisites:
LWB142, LWB144
LLB142Regulation of Business
Gardens Point
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
LLB101 or LWB145. LLB101 can be studied in the same teaching period as LLB142

The following study areas have been discontinued. Students who have already commenced one of these minors will be permitted to complete it.

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-CRIMPOL
JSB170
Equivalents:
JSB131, JSB011, JSB101
Introduction to Criminology and Policing
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
JSB173Understanding the Criminal Justice System
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
JSB228101101: When Crime Goes Digital
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB286Domestic and Family Violence
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Online
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of previous study

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-POLGOV
JSB171Understanding Justice and Inequality
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
JSB178
Equivalents:
JSB081, JSB251,JSB271
Policy, Governance and Justice
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
JSB261Government and Democracy
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB379Political Practice, People Power, and Protest
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
96 Credit Points of Completed Study

This university wide minor is not available to Bachelor of Justice students.

CodeTitleOffered InRequisites
JSBXMNR-POLPOL
JSB171Understanding Justice and Inequality
Online
Semester 1
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
JSB178
Equivalents:
JSB081, JSB251,JSB271
Policy, Governance and Justice
Online
Semester 2
Kelvin Grove
Semester 2
JSB263Australia's Political System: Challenges and Opportunities
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
72cp of completed study
JSB379Political Practice, People Power, and Protest
Kelvin Grove
Semester 1
Online
Semester 1
Prerequisites:
96 Credit Points of Completed Study