Law Honours Thesis 2

Course aim

This course provides students with an opportunity to complete the Honours Thesis in Law – a sustained research project involving the examination of a specific research question, which makes an original or innovative contribution to the existing literature. This course has also been designed to extend and further develop students’ skills and experience in legal writing.

Course content

This course will extend students’ understanding of and experience in the following areas:

• Advanced legal research methods
• Evaluating and analysing research data
• Writing a dissertation
• Communicating research methods and research outcomes, in written form

Textbook(s)

Grubba P and Evans D 2002, How To Write a Better Thesis , 2nd , Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LAWS 4004	Law Honours Thesis 1

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop	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

Honours thesis

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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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.