Unit Code: HIS703
Unit Name: Major Research Prpject: Migration Culture & Identity
Description: This course examines contemporary migration patterns of Pacific Islanders to Pacific Rim countries and beyond, and the diasporic communities formed therein, through field research with particular emphasis on re-located communities. It focuses on the status of minority groups and their impact on host communities. The course will further develop students? historical research skills and afford them an opportunity to grapple with the challenges of a historian, seeking historical sources, evaluating them as evidence, drawing conclusions about interrelationships, and reconstructing the past in order to find explanations. The research moves beyond the Pacific region, covering rapidly developing countries such as China and India.
Learning Target Outcomes:
Prerequisite: HIS701, HIS702
Prerequisite Sentence: or equivalent
Credit Point: 15
Offered In: Semester 2