The purpose of this unit is to introduce you to the French département of la Réunion.  Your first task will be to select a research topic. All of the topics are outlined in English and your research will be conducted in English. To help you develop the necessary understandings for your research, you are required to work your way through all of the core pages. The optional extras are there to give you additional support for the research topic that you choose. Select the pages that you consider to be relevant to your topic. Likewise, select the web links according to your particular topic.