LAWS410-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Advanced Research Skills

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Advanced Research Skills

This is the preliminary honours course that must be taken as a prerequisite to LAWS420 Honours Research Paper. It involves a series of skills seminars delivered by academic and library staff. Assessment is linked to research tasks that will prepare the student for the LAWS420 course.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the completion of the course, students should be able to:
  •  Choose a research topic;
  •  Describe a research question and a research methodology;
  •  Demonstrate the ability to search for research resources; and
  •  Evaluate a research process.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Restrictions

LAWS401

Course Coordinator

For further information see Faculty of Law Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Research Topic Form 04 Mar 2019
Research Proposal 25 Mar 2019 50%
Research Report 01 Apr 2019 50%
Research Presentations


The assessment may consist of four items of: a research topic, a research proposal, a research report and an oral presentation. All pieces of assessment must be passed to an appropriate honours standard in order to pass the course.

The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $641.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS410 Occurrences

  • LAWS410-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019
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