GE403 provides the basic research, analytical and presentation skills required for archival and field research in Geography, Environmental Studies and related disciplines. The main emphases are on the skills required to formulate research projects and hypotheses, to write research and funding proposals, to gather and analyse data, and to write-up and present the findings required for master’s theses and major research projects. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the sensitivities, difficulties, intellectual property rights issues, challenges, advantages of and opportunities for carrying out original applied research in the Pacific Islands.
- Lecturer: Naohiro Nakamura