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Year 4 Environmental Studies.
Credit points: 50.0
Coordinator: Associate Professor B. L Finlayson.
Pre/Corequisite: Admission to fourth year.
Contact: Regular meetings with supervisor.
Timetable: Double semester
Objectives:
The objectives of the fourth-year honours course, in addition to those common to all subjects in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies are as follows:
- to be familiar with the techniques and concepts involved in the preparation of a review of the literature relating to particular research topics in environmental studies;
- to be able to select a research question and to design a program using the most appropriate techniques to gather the information on which an answer to the question can be developed;
- to be able to analyse data and reach sensible conclusions;
- to be capable of presenting these results in written and oral form so that they are comprehensible to persons who are not experts in the field.
Content:
Original research on an approved research problem.
Assessment:
A 12000 word thesis.
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