CRIMINOLOGY HONOURS THESIS

LCR4TH

2020

Credit points: 60

Subject outline

This subject constitutes the thesis component of the Legal Studies Honours Program, and will run over the duration of two semesters. Working under the supervision of a staff member, students are required to design, research and produce a 12,000-15,000 word thesis on an approved topic. Students must also attend the Honours seminar series which will be tailored to your topic areas and designed to support and further develop your research skills. There will be approximately ten seminars (dates and times to be arranged with the instance co-ordinator and depending on eventual enrolments), beginning in first semester and to be completed approximately by the end of August. Every student will be required to present a report on their research during the seminar series. The subject is available to students who are enrolled in the Criminology Honours program on either a full-time or part time basis.

School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 60

Subject Co-ordinator: Maria Elander

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Admission into LHCRI

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate highly developed writing and editing skills.

02. Design a research project, including the formulation of research questions and the selection of an appropriate methodology, in respect to a specific topic within Criminology

03. Provide a coherent and incisive account of the significance, nature and progress and/or outcomes of your thesis research

04. Locate and utilise primary and secondary resources of relevance to the thesis topic

05. Produce a sustained, well substantiated and theoretically informed analysis of the thesis topic

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Maria Elander

Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours seminar every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Oral presentation on thesis (equivalent 1,000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	5	SILO3
12,000-15,000 word thesis	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	95	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Blended