Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Business, Economics & Law

School

Law School

Units

4

Duration

Two Semesters

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Supervision

Prerequisite

GPA of 5.5 and permission from Head of School

Restricted

LLM, MICLaw, MIL and MIR/MIL

Course enquiries

Professor John Swinson (Semester 1, Semester 2, Regular, St Lucia, In person), (Semester 1, Semester 2, Regular, External)

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) External External Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course duration

This is a year long course. It commences in Semester 1, 2025 and completes in Semester 2, 2025.

Course description

This 4 unit Dissertation consists of a piece of independent research completed by the student under the supervision of a member of the Law School academic staff. Students are to complete a dissertation paper on a topic approved by the Director of Postgraduate Coursework Programs (Law). The final dissertation shall be approximately 15,000 words in length. Students commencing in semester 1 must enrol in LAWS7716 for both semesters. Students commencing in semester 2 must enrol in LAWS7717 for both semesters. Any approved topic for LAWS7717 or LAWS7716 must be substantially different from any other postgraduate research project/dissertation previously undertaken by the student.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile