A research unit which must be undertaken by students seeking to be considered for the award of honours in both natural resources and environmental engineering. Students shall undertake study and research on a topic of relevance to natural resources and environmental engineering and shall present a thesis reporting the results. The maximum length of the thesis shall be 14 000 words (excluding tables, figures and plates). Students shall also present a seminar on their research. The topic and supervision arrangements must be approved by the unit coordinator.