Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitBTX4110 - Directed studies 1

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Berwick First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Carolyn Sutherland

Synopsis

Under the guidance of an academic supervisor, this unit allows a student independently to gain in-depth discipline knowledge in a selected area of business law and/or taxation as a foundation for the completion of an honours project. The student will complete a prescribed list of readings, undertake further independent literature studies, and complete other learning activities and assessments considered appropriate for the selected field of study.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

analyse the literature in order to develop subject matter expertise beyond the specific focus of the Honours project
synthesise the literature to inform the student's research topic of choice
critically evaluate academic literature and present in written and oral form key arguments related to the research project.

Assessment

Within Semester Assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Carolyn Sutherland

Workload requirements

Research based

Off-campus attendance requirements

On campus only

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) to undertake this unit.