Undergraduate - UnitATS4137 - LLCL special reading unit 1 (Honours)

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Chris Watkin

Synopsis

The study in depth of a particular topic in literature, culture, society or linguistics, or, in exceptional circumstances, a subject taken in a cognate discipline. Students should consult with the honours coordinator.

Outcomes

After successfully completing this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate an in-depth understanding of their chosen topic;
identify the key sources relevant to the topic;
develop a research proposal based on those sources;
write a detailed research report;

More generally students are expected to develop their abilities to:

devise and conceptualise a research project;
develop a viable research strategy; and
present logical, coherent arguments.

Assessment

Written (in the form of one or more essays - 9000 words): 100%

Details to be negotiated with the individual student

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Watkin

Workload requirements

Approximately 2 hours per week (classes and individual supervision)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Chinese studies
French studies
German studies
Indonesian studies
Italian studies
Japanese studies
Korean studies
Linguistics
Spanish and Latin American studies
Ukrainian studies
Literary studies

Prerequisites

Acceptance into the LLCL Honours program.