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, External, St Lucia, In person, External)

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) External External Profile unavailable

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

Course duration

This course runs over course, commencing 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 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Profile unavailable