Major Thesis - Environmental Studies

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The Environmental Studies Major Thesis is designed for students to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research in Environmental Studies. 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 30,000-word thesis on a research project dealing with an area of Environmental Studies; demonstrate an ability to present, argue and demonstrate a coherent hypothesis on an issue in Environmental Studies, supported by research and analysis; and demonstrate an aptitude for original research at a higher degree level in the future.

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Thesis 30 000 words

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• think critically about environmental studies;
• obtain information to evaluate propositions about issues and principles in environmental studies;
• write a coherent, well-argued and empirically substantiated research paper.