Overview

Masters coursework students take this unit in their penultimate or final semester. Students in LAW5082 are attached to a nominated masters unit (in their specialisation area, if any) in which they participate as any other student. However, instead of completing the attached unit's ordinary assessment, they complete research-focused assessment based … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
S2-01-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T1-57-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T1-58-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T2-57-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T2-58-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T3-57-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T3-58-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS
T4-57-MEL-LAWCHM-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Becky Batagol

Notes

Enrolment guidelines for postgraduate unit LAW5082 - Masters research can be viewed at https://www.monash.edu/law/current-students/resources/enrolments/enrolment-guidelines-pg-research-units

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.monash.edu/law/current-students/postgraduate/pg-jd-discontinuation-dates

For postgraduate Law unit timetables, please see http://law.monash.edu.au/current-students/course-unit-information/timetables/postgraduate/index.html

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories;

2.

Plan, design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship;

3.

Apply theories, knowledge and skills to different legal areas or to new situations in legal practice or scholarship;

4.

Design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship;

5.

Discuss complex and abstract legal ideas and theories;

6.

Communicate and justify arguments, methods, and conclusions to a scholarly or professional audience; and

7.

Apply research methods and specialist discipline knowledge to plan and execute a substantial research-based project with a high level of personal autonomy and accountability.

Teaching approach

Research activities

Assessment summary

Supplementary assessment is not available for this unit. Check the supplementary assessments page for details about exemptions.

Assessment

Project plan and annotated bibliography
Research paper on an approved topic

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Required resources