Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 00 54097 S2 X M COMM DISS - ABF - F/TIME 4.00
55004
The Master of Commerce Dissertation comprises the research and writing of a thesis. Students examine a professional or academic area of interest, usually related to their work environment and are assisted by one or more supervisors with appropriate background. Each candidate is required to submit a research proposal for approval and endorsement by the Dean prior to the commencement of research.
On successful completion of this unit students will be able
to:
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL WWW 1 S 10.00 21/07/00 SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN DIS. PROP 10.00 N N 2 S 75.00 24/11/00 SUBMISSION OF 3 COPIES OF DISSERTATION 90.00 N N
1 To obtain a passing grade in the unit students must perform
satisfactorily in all aspects of assessment. A grade of HD,
A, B, C, F or I may be awarded.
2 The typed and bound dissertation should be approximately
15000 to 20000 words in length (including tables and figures
but not including appendices).
3 The style guide used for the dissertation shall be consistent
with the tradition of the discipline. Students are referred
to the University Calendar Guidelines on the Preparation of
Dissertations for the cover, flypage, body of dissertation
and spine.
4. Submission of dissertation
4.1 Two copies of dissertation in temporary form shall be
presented by the date for submission of thesis.
4.2 Three permanently bound copies of the typed and bound
dissertation shall be presented to the Faculty Director
of the Research & Research Higher Degrees before the
award of the degree. The binding of these copies will
be in red cloth with gold lettering. Students are
referred to the University Calendar Guidelines on the
Preparation of Research Dissertations.
5 A dissertation supervisor will be assigned by the Dean to
each student in this unit prior to the date indicated for
item 1 of the `Assessment Details'.
6 Commerce Masters Dissertation Committees will be appointed by
the Dean for each major offered by the Faculty of Commerce.
Each committee will consist of at least three appropriately
qualified staff members from the discipline area, drawn from
the staff within the Faculty of Commerce. The committees may
contain supervisors of dissertations.
7 The Commerce Masters Dissertation Committee for the relevant
major shall receive the Dissertation Proposal. The committee
may approve the Dissertation Proposal and advise the student
that he/she may proceed with the research and dissertation,
or may refer the Dissertation Proposal back to the student
(with appropriate commentary and feedback) for resubmission.
8 The Dean will appoint two examiners (the supervisor of the
dissertation may be appointed as an examiner), who will grade
the typed Dissertation.
9 In the case where the two examiners are in disagreement
concerning the grade to be awarded for the unit, the matter
will be referred to a third examiner who will make a casting
decision.
10. No oral presentation of the dissertation proposal is
required, however students in the region are encouraged to
make an oral presentation.
11. No oral defence of the dissertation is required, however
students in the region are encouraged to do an oral defence.
12 DISHONEST ACTIONS
12.1 Any student who is alleged to having performed a dishonest
action relating to any assessment in the unit will have a
course of action taken against him/her as outlined in the
Academic Regulations.
12.2 Pieces of assessment should be the work of individual
students unless otherwise indicated in the assessment
details. In other circumstances, joint pieces of assessment
are not permitted unless written approval has been obtained
from the unit leader.
12.3 Dishonest action in relation to assessment includes: -
copying or attempting to copy the work of others; - use of or
attempting to use information prohibited from use in that
form of assessment. - submitting the work of another as your
own; - consciously committing acts of plagiarism, ie: taking
and using another's thoughts or writings as one's own with
intent to deceive, which occurs when: . paragraphs,
sentences, a single sentence or significant parts of a
sentence which are copied directly, are not enclosed in
quotation marks and appropriately footnoted or referenced in
the text; . direct quotations are not used, but text is
paraphrased or summarised, and the source of the material is
not acknowledged by footnoting or other reference in the
text.
13. Attendance Reguirements
Students are required to communicate with the thesis
supervisor at intervals and in the manner approved by the
supervisor. This communication may be by way of email,
telephone, or in person.