76040 Research Thesis

6cp; availability: all students in LLB and LLB combined programs, and who are in line to receive their law degree with Honours
Requisite(s): 70120 Legal Method and Research OR 70102 Foundations of Law
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 77740 Research Paper AND 78102 LLM Project by Research

Description

This subject comprises the research and writing of a supervised thesis on an approved topic in law. The thesis is in the range of 10,000 to 12,000 words in length. Undertaking this subject provides an opportunity for undergraduate law students to further develop and refine their legal research and writing skills, as well as explore and analyse a topic of law of their own choosing.

It is a requirement under the UTS: Law honours rule that this subject must be undertaken before a student can be awarded an undergraduate law degree with honours. Undergraduate students who are not in line to receive their law degree with honours are not normally approved to enrol in this subject. Students should consult the honours rules in the UTS: Handbook for information about requirements for the award of honours at graduation (note: from 1 January 2010 marks received for law exchange subjects are not included in any determination of marks either for application to undertake a research thesis or for the final award of the LLB with honours).

Early submission of the proposal and form is encouraged. Forms are accepted and processed from Week 12 of the preceding semester. The last date to submit forms is the Friday, two weeks before the start of semester, to allow for processing.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Footnote(s)

This subject was formerly called Research Project 4.

Detailed subject description.

Fee information

2015 contribution for commencing Commonwealth-supported students: $1283 (Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2010 should consult the Fees Calculator by Subject for relevant student contribution charges for Commonwealth-supported students. Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth-supported places.)
Fees for postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Domestic Fees Search: Postgraduate and Research or International Fees Search.
Subject EFTSL: 0.125

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