BTM3290 - Independent study - 2019

This elective is designed to allow students to conduct an independent study in the area of business law or tax under the supervision of a member of the Business Law and Taxation academic staff (the supervisor). The student will, with the guidance of the supervisor, identify a research project, prepare a proposal, collect data (which may involve library research or collection of empirical data or both) and write up a final report of about 6,000 words. The project may be a bibliography or annotated bibliography, journal entries or other kinds of short reflective pieces such as a book review or a research essay. The project may apply hypothetico-deductive interviews. No formal lectures will be held for this unit.

This unit will comprise a specially tailored course of reading and/or other activities that are agreed to by the student and the student's supervisor. The unit allows the supervisor and student the flexibility to design a course of study that enables the student to acquire specialised knowledge in his/her selected topic and the necessary research skills to access that knowledge.

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. generate questions/aims/hypotheses within structured guidelines
2. collect and record self-determined information/data, choosing an appropriate methodology
3. evaluate information/data and the inquiry process using self-determined criteria developed within structural guide lines
4. organise information within the supervisors parameters
5. analyse information gaps stated by others.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester, typically comprising a mixture of one-on-one conferences with a supervisor and independent study. The unit requires on average contact between the supervisor and the student at least once every two weeks.

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