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LAWS3900: Law Honours
2024 unit information
The Honours Unit in Law consists of: 1. A dissertation written under the supervision of one member of academic staff, and 2. Participation in a non-assessable research workshop. The dissertation will be a maximum of 12,000 words.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Law
| Code | LAWS3900 |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Critically analyse and synthesise complex legal issues at an advanced level to produce original and reasoned legal arguments within the student's approved independent research topic.
- LO2. Employ advanced legal research skills to identify, find, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal, scholarly and policy information in an ethical manner.
- LO3. Demonstrate autonomy and advanced written communication skills in conducting an independent legal research project.
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Modes of attendance (MoA)
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