Legal Studies (LGST) 249
Legal Literacy (Revision 1)
Revision 1 is closed for registrations, replaced by current version
Delivery Mode: Individualized study online
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)
Prerequisite: None
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
LGST 249 is not available for challenge.
Detailed syllabus and assessment information (PDF)
Sample course pages (PDF)
Questions? Contact the Course Coordinator Archie Zariski
Overview
LGST 249 is designed to help make the law and its institutions more understandable and accessible to people without professional legal education. It will help those facing legal issues to learn and assert their legal rights and to learn the rights and obligations of others. The course supports efforts to make law and legal systems responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens. Legal Literacy will assist everyone to make use of the law in pursuing their legitimate interests.
Outline
- Unit 1: What is Legal Literacy?
- Unit 2: Legal Structures
- Unit 3: Legal Systems
- Unit 4: Legal Processes and Procedures
- Unit 5: Legal Language
- Unit 6: Legal Research
- Unit 7: Legal Interpretation
- Unit 8: Legal Communication
Evaluation
To receive credit for LGST 249, you must complete all of the assignments, write the final examination, and obtain a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Assign. 1 | Assign. 2 | Assign. 3 | Assign. 4 | Assign. 5 | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 25% | 35% | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
All of the required readings for the course are provided online through the course website, including links to references and additional optional readings.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 1, August 24, 2010.