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Essay and seminar 400


 
Module code SKY 400
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Law
Module content

*For LLB
(a) The essay deals with a subject from the field of law.
(b) The Dean advises final-year students of the date on which the subject of the essay must be submitted to him for approval.
(c)The head of department responsible for the subject, or a lecturer designated by him/her, acts as project leader and as examiner: Provided that the head of  department may appoint an external examiner should he/she deem it necessary.
(d)Two typed, duplicated or printed copies of the essay of between 8 000 and 14 000 words (with an indication of the amount of words on the last page of the essay), must be submitted. The date when the essay must be submitted is the first Monday after the September/October recess.
Each lecturer supervises a maximum of 15 students annually. The topics chosen by these students must preferably be thematically linked. At the beginning of the year, all registered students as a group attend three compulsory one-hour lectures on the approach to and writing of an essay. Following this, each lecturer organises one seminar of two hours with his or her group of students, during which students submit the topics and basic structure of their essays.
After completion of the essays, a copy of each essay is made available to students. For this purpose, one copy must be handed in at the library, and the other at the supervisor. The lecturer then organises a further series of seminars, where each student presents his or her conclusions for the group to criticise. At these seminars, the lecturer also involves another faculty member or expert.
The evaluation is as follows:
Design of thesis 10%
Written document 70%
Participation in seminar 20%

Module credits 15.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Separate classes for Afrikaans and English
Academic organisation Law Dean's Office
Period of presentation Year

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