Unit information: Research Project and Study Skills in 2011/12

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Unit name Research Project and Study Skills
Unit code GEOG35310
Credit points 20
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Professor. Anesio
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Either all units in Geography Year 2 Syllabus A or Syllabus B or Syllabus C

Co-requisites

Either all units in Geography Year 2 Syllabus A or Syllabus B or Syllabus C (MSci students only)

School/department School of Geographical Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

The research project provides an opportunity for students to undertake and report on a piece of original and individual geographical research on a topic of their own choosing. It allows them to demonstrate their skills in topic selection, in investigating the background context of their chosen topic, in research design and implementation, in analysis and in report writing. The background literature and research skills on which they draw might be those introduced in other parts of the geography programme, but the research project also provides an opportunity to explore a topic of interest beyond those covered formally by the School's teaching.

Tutorials both support the research project and continue to provide support over a range of coursework for the relevant syllabus.