All students undertaking an Honours program in the ANU Research School of Management are required to complete a 24 unit thesis.
THES4208 is the honours thesis course for the Research School of Management, focusing on the discipline areas of:
- Corporate Sustainability
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
Students in this course carry out advanced research on a question of their choice. Their topic is agreed with their thesis supervisor. Students design and implement a project to answer their research question, to place the answer in the context of an intellectual tradition, and to communicate it clearly to others.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and disciplinary debates, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and methodologies as vital epistemological and ethical perspectives
- Problematise a significant issue within the discipline through critical engagement with theory, context, and evidence, and translate this into coherent, researchable questions for systematic investigation
- Design an ethically grounded research approach using appropriate methodologies and methods that may integrate Western and Indigenous ways of knowing (where relevant)
- Critically analyse acquired evidence with intellectual independence, methodological rigour, and reflexivity throughout the research process
- Synthesise findings through a sustained scholarly argument that extends disciplinary knowledge and demonstrates theoretical, practical, and societal awareness, culminating in a well-structured written thesis.
Indicative Assessment
- The thesis will be completed in stages (e.g. proposal, literature review, thesis, and oral presentation) that may be marked separately or as a single final thesis (to be confirmed with your supervisor and course convener). Discipline experts will examine the resulting thesis in the Research School of Management. (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time per 6 units of study, comprising independent student research, consultations with an ANU supervisor, reading, writing and presentations.
Inherent Requirements
This course has no identified inherent requirements.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Research School of Management to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Information about the prescribed textbook (if any) will be made available via the Class Summary and in discussion with an ANU supervisor.
Preliminary Reading
Readings relevant to each student's research project topic will be determined in discussion with an ANU supervisor.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
| 7.00 | 0.14583 |
| 8.00 | 0.16667 |
| 9.00 | 0.18750 |
| 10.00 | 0.20833 |
| 11.00 | 0.22917 |
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
| 13.00 | 0.27083 |
| 14.00 | 0.29167 |
| 15.00 | 0.31250 |
| 16.00 | 0.33333 |
| 17.00 | 0.35417 |
| 18.00 | 0.37500 |
| 19.00 | 0.39583 |
| 20.00 | 0.41667 |
| 21.00 | 0.43750 |
| 22.00 | 0.45833 |
| 23.00 | 0.47917 |
| 24.00 | 0.50000 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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