Undergraduate - UnitBTX3900 - Research project in business law or taxation

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Berwick First semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day) Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula First semester 2015 (Day) Berwick Second semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Alice De Jonge

Synopsis

This unit offers students an option to complete a unit by way of a research project. The project requires a student to undertake guided research on a topic taken from a business law and taxation unit.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

analyse various methodological approaches to business law
identify an area in the contemporary commercial environment that presents business law or taxation issues
research, analyse and evaluate those issues using the methodologies previously studied
construct a framework to discuss the results
prepare and present a research paper.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Alice De Jonge

Prerequisites

Students must have passed 12 credit points from units owned by the Department of Business Law and Taxation.