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LS501T: CRITICAL LEGAL THINKING AND SCHOLARSHIP (2017-2018)

Last modified: 27 Feb 2018 15:36


Course Overview

This compulsory course provides students from diverse legal and educational backgrounds with a common understanding of the core research, analytical, and writing skills which would be required to excel in LLM-Taught courses. It commences with a few lectures and progresses to working within smaller groups in a workshop environment and finally to the submission of an individual assignment. It also incorporates elements such as library workshops to provide students with hands-on experience with the resources available for course and dissertation work.

 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 0 credits (0 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Mátyás Bodig

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Law (LS) (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • LS551T Critical Legal Thinking and Scholarship (Studied)
  • Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will consist of:

  • 4 lectures (2 hrs each)
  • 2 x 1 avoiding plagiarism workshops (1 hr)
  • 2 library workshops (2 hrs each)
  • 1 journal article analysis workshop (2 hrs each)
  • 1 case analysis workshop (2 hrs each)
  • 1 thesis statement / professional skills workshop (1 hr each)

 

 

In addition, upon completing the 2 avoiding plagiarism workshops, students must sit and obtain full marks on a short quiz to demonstrate that they have attained a practical understanding of the plagiarism training from the avoiding plagiarism workshops. Students will be given as many opportunities as necessary to obtain full marks. However they must do so within 2 weeks after completing both avoiding plagiarism workshops. Not completing the quiz with full marks within the required timeframe will attract a C7 for the course.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Students will pass the course upon meeting the requirements for attendance at course lectures, seminars, and workshops, and upon submitting the required assignments.  There is no counting assignment for this course.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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