Review 1
When did you complete this unit? Semester and Year
S1 2021.
Teaching of the Unit (lecture, class and tutorial style)
Semi intensive, runs from Week 1 to Week 9. Lectures are 4h a week (broken into 2 per week, each 2h). Lectures are mostly on the content although there is time for questions and some interaction.
What are assessments and exams like?
One 10% quiz, one 30% short essay and one 60% take home exam.
Essentiality of readings? i.e. Must complete or are lectures sufficient?
The lectures are sufficient for quiz and take-home exam, but readings are essential to doing well in the take-home exam.
Pros and Cons of the Unit
Pros: the content finishes in 9 weeks, fair grading, only 3 assessments.
Cons: since it is a semi-intensive, your exam will fall in week 12.
Difficulty of unit on a scale
Quality of the unit
General feedback + tips for students
Make sure to manage your time towards the end of the unit, especially in week 12.
Review 2
When did you complete this unit? Semester and Year
Semester 1 2021.
Teaching of the Unit (lecture, class and tutorial style)
Two seminars.
What are assessments and exams like?
Quiz, essay and take-home exam- was really clear what these covered and not too hard to revise.
Essentiality of readings? i.e. Must complete or are lectures sufficient?
Readings needed for assessments 🙂
Pros and Cons of the Unit
Pros- Tania was a great teacher who was very passionate about the course content. It’s more of a general overview of political and legal history of human rights, not so much legal problem solving. That’s not a pro or a con but good to know what to expect! It gives a good taste of other areas of law e.g. discrimination law, torts, constitutional law.
Difficulty of unit on a scale
Quality of the unit
General feedback + tips for students
If you are interested in Australian politics and enjoyed international human rights law this is a good place to start.
progressivelawnetwork.org 