Development Studies Thesis

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

An average of 10 hours each week

Note: Enrolment in this thesis subject must be over two consecutive semesters

Entry into BA Honours (Development Studies) or Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Development Studies)

Students enrolled in DEVT40008 Development Studies Thesis are also required to enrol in DEVT40004 Directed Study in Development

None.

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An original, supervised research project on a topic to be decided in consultation with the coordinator and the supervisor.

Students who successfully complete this subject should

• have an awareness of the specific methodologies appropriate for research in the asepct of the discipline within which their Honours thesis is situated.
• be familiar with the techniques and concepts involved in the preparation of a review of the literature relating to particular research topics in development.
• be capable of communicating research results in written and oral form so that they are comprehensible to persons who are not experts in the field.

A thesis of 15,000 words 100%. A hurdle requirement is the submission of a statement of a research problem at a date to be specified by the first week of the first semester of enrolment.

Hurdle Requirements - The following hurdle requirements must be met in order for students to be eligible to submit the final Thesis:

1. Supervision: Regular supervisory meetings

2. Topic Proposal Form: To be submitted by the first week of the Semester of thesis enrolment

3. Progress Report: To be submitted half way through the thesis year

4. Thesis Draft: A full draft of the thesis is to be submitted approximately 5 weeks prior to the final thesis submission date.

Final Theses submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day.

Students will be provided with relevant submission dates will be provided to students

Assessment that is submitted after the due date and up to 10 working days late without an approved extension will be marked on a pass/fail basis only. Assessment that is submitted later than 10 working days will not be accepted or marked.

Appropriate texts will be decided in consultation with supervisor

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject should

• think critically (for example, about development and its measures).
• obtain information to evaluate propositions (about the principles of development).
• write a coherent and empirically substantiated research paper.
• defend that paper.