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Area/Catalogue
LAWS 4005

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
101568

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Law

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 3)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* 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.

Course Coordinators

Dr Steven Churches
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Prof Wendy Lacey
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