Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 98 54998 S1 D MCOM (HONS) DISSERT F/T 4.00
The role of the Master of Commerce (Honours) program is to produce graduates who are skilled in the performance of research in one of the disciplines of Accounting, Finance or Commercial Law. This unit requires students to undertake independent critical research resulting in the production of a substantial research dissertation. This dissertation will provide evidence of competent research and original thought. Full-time candidates enrol in eight credit points per year. This is the first semester unit for full-time candidates. Candidates are expected to maintain close and frequent contact with their supervisor.
On successful completion of this unit students should be able
to:
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL WWW 1 S THESIS 100.00 N
1 An individual should be enrolled for a minimum of four
semesters part time. Except in exceptional circumstances, part-
time students should not be enrolled in the unit for more that
six years from the month in which candidature is dated.
2 Examination of Thesis
2.1 Upon receipt of notification that the candidate is about to
submit the dissertation, the Director of Research and Research
Higher Degrees shall, after consultation with the candidature's
supervisor(s) and Dean of Faculty, appoint at least two
examiners of the dissertation who shall be external to the
University. A candidate shall not be informed of the identity
of the examiners prior to the final determination of the
examination result.
2.2 The candidate's supervisor(s) may not be examiner(s).
2.3 When invited to examine a dissertation, the examiners shall be
advised of the names and contact details of the other examiners
so that they may consult each other if desired. Each examiner
shall make a separate report and recommendation, on the
approved form, on the merit of the dissertation and other work
submitted.
2.4 Examiners shall conclude their reports after examination of the
dissertation with one of the following recommendations:
2.4.1 Pass (The dissertation be accepted as satisfactory for the
award of the degree.)
2.4.2 Minor Rewrite. (Subject to specified minor revisions the
dissertation be accepted as satisfactory for the award of the
degree.)
2.4.3 Major Rewrite. (One or more sections of the dissertation is to
be rewritten in light of the examiners' comments and
recommendations prior to the resubmission of the dissertation
for re-examination.). A major rewrite might include structural
changes to the dissertation, revisions on the basis of
conceptual, methodological or analytical discussion of the
data.
2.4.4 Fail. (The dissertation be rejected and the degree not be
awarded.)
3 Length of Dissertation
3.1 There is no prescribed minimum length for a dissertation as
this will vary with the research topic and the form of
presentation.
3.2 Since a dissertation is partly intended to evaluate the
capacity of candidates to present a report on their research in
a clear and succinct manner, an excessively lengthy
dissertation could be counter productive. In general, it is
expected that dissertations would not contain more than two
hundred (200) pages in the main text.