JOINT HONOURS THESIS A

LST4TJA

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject is available to students who are completing joint honours in Legal Studies and another discipline or area of study within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. It requires students, under the supervision of a staff member, to design, research and produce a 12,000-15,000 word thesis on an approved topic of relevance to both disciplines. The thesis component of the Legal Studies Honours program is usually completed over two semesters through enrolment in this subject and also LST4TJB. A final result will not be determined until both of these subjects have been completed. LST4TJA and LST4TJB are available to students who are enrolled in a joint Honours program on either a full-time or part time basis.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Tarryn Phillips

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

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: Enrolment in one of LHLS-Bachelor of Legal Studies Honours, AHA-Bachelor of Arts Honours, or AHSS-Bachelor of Social Sciences Honours degree

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

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 through the production of a thesis

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 Legal Studies

03. In an oral presentation, 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, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Tarryn Phillips

Class requirements

Supervisor ConsultationWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour supervisor consultation other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

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, SILO4, SILO5