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LAW8006 Major Law Honours Dissertation

Interim Trimester 2, 2023 Online
Units : 2
School or Department : School of Law and Justice
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: LAW8001

Overview

This course provides students with opportunities to draw together aspects of their learning throughout the program, demonstrating their level of understanding of law, legal policy and legal processes, as well as a variety of legal and generic skills. This course represents a culmination of student learning experiences in preparation for professional legal careers or other occupations.

This course requires students to undertake a major project that involves initiative, organisation, research and other activities that may include analysis, problem-solving, reflection, written communication, teamwork, interpersonal skills and ethical inquiry. The course is intended to provide students with a capstone experience that requires and allows them to demonstrate detailed legal knowledge, together with various skills, in multiple areas as they prepare to complete and exit the law program.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students should:

  1. be able to demonstrate their ability to address and engage with a complex legal or social issue or problem and to generate justifiable solutions or answers as required;
  2. have achieved an advanced understanding of a specialised area of law or of interlinked areas of law;
  3. have demonstrated advanced evaluative, critical thinking and reflective skills in the approach taken to the legal or social issue or problem addressed in the project;
  4. be able to demonstrate an advanced capacity to apply theoretical knowledge to complex legal or social questions or problems;
  5. be able to present the project outcomes in writing and orally to a high standard.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Enhanced knowledge and understanding in selected fields of law, together with highly developed research, writing and other skills. 100.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Given the project nature of the course, there are no prescribed texts or other materials that need to be purchased.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Oral Presentation (ind, grp, mltmd) No 30 1,2,3,4,5
Assignments Written Research (thesis) No 70 1,2,3,4,5
Date printed 9 February 2024