摘要：Learning and teaching is geared to provide lifelong skills to its pupils – who are able to
contribute to the economy not only as physical capitals, more so as human capitals with the
source of wealth for social and economic development. At the backdrop of this vision is the
University of Fiji’s five years Annual Strategic Plan 2017-2021, that relentlessly pursuits to
develop a knowledge society through the University’s work-ready graduates. One of the
undergraduate courses in the field of Science is exactly road mapping its course to expose
learners to a great degree of research through hand-on research experience. This paper aims to
investigate the merits of entailing Course-Based Research (CBR) practice in Science at
undergraduate level at a tertiary institution. The paper further attempts to explore the
plausible benefits of tying research experience at undergraduate study that is primarily
content heavy and theoretical in nature. The paper provide recommendations for courses
pitched at undergraduate level to consider entailing research experience in their programmes
given the benefits it provides to learners venturing into the work field.
关键词：Course;Based Research; Active Learning; Student Engagement;Participation;
Higher Education; Fiji Islands;
