RESEARCH PROPOSAL PREPARATION SEMINARS - SPRING

All students enrolling in PhD or Masters (Research) degrees at the University of Wollongong are required to complete a satisfactory research proposal within their first year. The proposal is to be presented at a First year research proposal review seminar.

The Research Proposal Preparation Seminars offered by the Faculty of Law in Spring session are designed to assist research students in Law to complete this task.

In Spring session of 2009, four seminars will be held on Fridays from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm, commencing on 4 September. The timetable for all seminars is below. Seminars will be held in Room 67.209, McKinnon Building (Main Campus). All commencing postgraduate research students in Law are expected to attend these seminars.  Students enrolled in LAW994 must do so.

Resources available through this website are of relevance to each of the seminars. Students should read the web pages and electronic readings relevant to each of the seminar subjects before attending the seminar. The seminars are highly interactive and students are expected to participate in active discussion.

Week*
Subject
Resources
6

4 September		 Overview: Topic Development and Resources Access

Purposes and Styles of Research		 Overview of research resources
Developing a topic

Purposes and styles of research
7

11 September		 Developing Research Questions Research questions

10

2 October

 Methods and Arguments Methods Arguments

11

9 October

 Written and Oral Proposal Presentation Requirements Research proposal

* Seminars are held on Fridays from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm in Room 67.209, McKinnon Building (Main Campus).

Last reviewed: 11 September, 2009

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