Geography Research Project

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

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The Geography Research Project is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in Geography. The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of research.

Students who complete this subject will:

• produce a 23,000-word thesis on a research project dealing with an area of Geography;
• demonstrate an ability to present, argue and demonstrate a coherent hypothesis on an issue in Geography, supported by research and analysis; and
• demonstrate an aptitude for original research at a higher degree level in the future.

Thesis 23,000 words.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students should:

• demonstrate an aptitude for original research at a higher degree level in the future.