Law Honours Thesis 1

Course aim

This course aims to equip students with the requisite skills in advanced legal research and writing, in preparation for completion of the Honours thesis in LAWS 4005 Law Honours Thesis 2.
A central aim of this course will be to develop independent research skills in each student and to utilise peer feedback and academic supervision for evaluating, developing and refining the research project.

Course content

• Advanced legal research methods
• Developing research questions
• Undertaking and writing literature reviews
• Evaluating and analysing research data
• Ethics and research
• Writing a dissertation
• Communicating research methods and research outcomes, in oral and written form

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LAWS 2018	Real Property Law
LAWS 1013	Legal Research and Writing

Students must have successfully completed 72 units NOTE: Eligibility Requirements: In accordance with the DBLA, DBLD and DBLE Program Entry Requirements and the Honours Programs Policy No A-42, students must have a GPA of not less than 5 to be eligible for this course.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	2 hours x 10 weeks
Directed Study	2 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Literature review, Peer evaluation report, Research project presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.