GEO6669   Polar and Alpine Change Research Project   (135 credits)

Description

This module aims to enable students to develop their research, methodological and writing skills in a topic within the scope of cold-regions geo-/climatological science. It requires them to independently design and conduct a theoretically-informed empirical research project. This project will involve bibliographic searches, appraisal of the current state of the research field of the topic, use of qualitative and/or quantitative and/or field research techniques, derivation and analyses and interpretation of data, presentations of the proposed research and of project findings, and write-up of results in a report in the style resembling that of a journal paper.

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