A Study on the Identification and Reform of Undergraduate Students Majoring in Law in Applied Universities

Zheng Xueqin

Abstract：The final link of college graduation thesis is writing and defense of graduation thesis. It is not only an important part of education teaching plan of colleges and universities， but also a comprehensive embodiment of students' quality and ability. Because the law major is different from other majors， its graduation thesis is more practical than academic. Based on this， this paper makes a study on the identification and reform of undergraduate students majoring in law， taking the law major of applied universities as an example， using literature review method， analysis method， etc. Starting from the reasons for the need for reform of the law major students' graduation recognition model， and then further put forward some measures to determine the reform of the undergraduate degree in law of applied universities so as to provide some suggestions for students majoring in law in applied universities， which has a great practical significance in improving the quality of students of law major in applied colleges and universities.

Key words：applied universities； major in law； reformation； undergraduate graduation confirmation

1. Introduction

At present， for college graduates， the identification thesis mainly adopts the thesis writing and defense form. However， due to the low quality of graduation thesis and even the problem of imitation， there are still many problems in the paper writing in law major students though they are more practical than academic [1]. It is suggested by law educators that law students should be reformed in the way of graduation thesis. They believe that the undergraduate thesis loses its original function and has no practical significance. While i believe there are truly have many problems in undergraduate thesis， it still has irreplaceable value in cultivating students innovative and practical ability [2]. Therefore， the key is to strengthen the reformation on the basis of original demands.

2. The reasons for the urgent reform of the graduate identification model of law students in applied university

In this paper， the university aims at the training of applied talents， and the traditional thesis defense method is applied to the law major， which does not meet the training objectives of the university. However， when students enter the society， the employer cannot recognizes the students' practical ability from the graduation thesis.Therefore， we need to reform the legal science specialized student graduated from that mode， the reform of the main reasons for the legal profession particularity， the traditional graduation thesis that writing problems， the problem of students and teachers， specific content is as follows：

2.1 The particularity of law profession

Firstly， the particularity of law profession object. Its object is human and human relation. After graduation， law students are more complicated in their handling of cases after they have been engaged in the profession of lawyers. Secondly， the particularity of law profession requirement. It should not only possess professional theoretical knowledge， but also have good communication ability and knowledge of relevant subjects. For the four-year study of university law students，ignoring the strengthening of students' theoretical knowledge， most students have weak theoretical knowledge base.If you use thesis writing and defense， you can graduate with the thesis. However， it ignores the study of students' practical ability and ability to use knowledge. In addition， most students' thesis writing in the dormitory and library， in addition to communicating with graduate tutor， communicate with others， this is hard to cultivate social needs of legal professional personnel [3].

2.2 Problems in traditional graduation thesis determination

As the university focuses on application-oriented personnel training. However， the traditional thesis defense identification form cannot adapt to the objective of talent training in the university， and there are still some problems in the thesis writing. It is mainly embodied in two aspects： first， student thesis writing problem. Firstly is how to chose. At present， college graduates are basically teachers when they graduate， and the students choose the topic for students. Then there is the structural problem. Most of the structure of the paper seems orderly， but the content logic is chaotic， even the situation where the upper and lower connection is not tight， the evidence and the argument are not clear. The last is the case question. Although the students have referenced a large number of articles in their writing， some of the annotations and references are not clear， and there are some irregularities in the use of the physical cases. Second， the thesis management system problem. In the process of thesis writing and defense， although the university has established the related management system， there is a general lack of writing guidance and the ambiguity of the paper standard [4]. In addition，the management system is lax in its implementation.

2.3 Problems of students

First of all， since the reform of colleges and universities is affected by expansion， the quality of the large number of graduates admitted is not guaranteed， and the law major is no exception. In addition， there are very few "masters" in colleges and universities， and the atmosphere of academic research is not strong， which is influenced by the environment of colleges and universities. The law students only pay attention to the basic knowledge， but not focus on practical courses. Lacking of attention to the design of graduation thesis.Secondly， The writing of graduation thesis conflicts with the internship， and the students have not put too much effort into writing the paper. In order to meet the requirement of the paper， they just have to deal with it [5]. At last， the students are not active enough to write the paper. Most of them are completed under the guidance of the instructor. The students can not write in the process， and the quality can be imagined.

2.4 Problems of teachers

Although the guidance of law students' graduation thesis is in charge of the professional teachers，but teachers also have complicated other grades，the teaching and research tasks are more onerous， and the disclosure is inevitable in the direction of the thesis. Even teachers， for the convenience of guidance， only communicate with students on the Internet. In addition， some teachers are responsible for a number of the students' graduation thesis， in terms of guidance in tatters， to a certain extent， this requires students to focus on his writing paper， but unable to guarantee the quality of thesis writing.

3. Law undergraduates confirmation reform measures in applied colleges and universities

Based on the analysis of the reasons for the need for reform in the undergraduate graduation recognition model of the above law students， it can make us realize the necessity and importance of reforming the undergraduate degree of university law students. Measures to the reform is reflected in thesis is to diversify forms， consummate the law teaching and writing basis， establish student credit evaluation system and improve the index of faculty performance evaluation system. Specific content is as follows：

3.1 The diversity of the identification form of graduation thesis

It is important to cultivate the application-oriented talent goals. It is not to throw away the traditional undergraduate graduation recognition model， but to innovate on this basis. This will require a diversified development of the form of graduation thesis， and diversified the form and content of graduation thesis. For example， we should to publish papers， theoretical research papers and summary papers， and to break the traditional thesis writing style， and also to reform the thesis from the form and content. For example， in the form of case analysis， law students are analyzed through the current major cases that provided by the guidance from teachers， and students themselves focus on information collection. In addition， the analysis requirement is of not less than 6000 words， so as to investigate the students' practical operation ability and the ability to combine theory with time [3].

3.2 Improve the early legal teaching and lay the foundation for the thesis writing

Due to the traditional undergraduate graduation certificate， students are required to be engaged in essay writing and internship， which can lead to greater pressure on students. Students have not enough time and energy to write the paper， and the quality of the paper is difficult to guarantee. Therefore， it is necessary to improve the legal teaching and lay the foundation for writing the thesis. Colleges and universities could open academic research writing courses to instruct students in paper writing. In addition， in the course of classroom teaching， students should understand and accept the dissolution of knowledge， and explore legal applications to form unique legal thinking [5]. Or to stimulate students to think positively in practice teaching， that is students put forward questions and solve problems with the use of professional legal knowledge.

3.3 Establish a student credit rating system

In the process of undergraduate graduation recognition， the traditional thesis writing and defense methods determine that students are dishonest behaviors in order to complete the graduation thesis. Although the school has repeatedly stressed that the paper avoids plagiarism， the plagiarism of the thesis is repeatedly forbidden.By establishing a student credit rating system， this situation can be avoided and students can complete the paper independently and reach the quality standard. In addition， the school can establish credit records to record the students' performance during the school period， and after students graduate， they can be consulted by employers. For example， the record of students' performance， homework completion and graduation thesis etc.

3.4 Perfect indicator teacher assessment system

In the process of undergraduate course graduation and traditional writing instruction，The teachers' enthusiasm for the paper is decreased due to the heavy workload and lack of certain incentive measures.The quality of the thesis is improved by perfecting the evaluation system of teacher evaluation. For example， the quality of graduation thesis is considered as one of the evaluation factors [6]. For those who are excellent in instructing students thesis， we should give extra credits. While for those who are not responsible， the teachers should give appropriate deduction， thus improving the teachers' thesis guidance enthusiasm.

4. Conclusion

To sum up， this paper studies the reform and identification of undergraduate students majoring in law in applied universities and knows the reason for the determination of undergraduate degree of law students in colleges and universities，and also put forwards the relevant reformation suggestions to help the the identification and reformation of law graduates in applied universities. It is of great importance to improve the quality of law students in applied universities.

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