ERTH 4101

Research Project

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This course allows students who are not in an Honours program to do a research project. See course description for ERTH 4201.03/ERTH 4202.03.

Sections

Lecture

From the syllabus

From the Full year 2023 syllabus by Tarah Wright. Fall 2026 is taught by Grujic D., so details may differ. Open the PDF

Grading

5%Preliminary ProposalTerm 1, week 3
0%Research Project Approval FormTerm 1, week 4
5%Draft Chapter 1 – IntroductionTerm 1, week 6
5%Literature Review OutlineTerm 1, week 9
0%Methods PresentationTerm 1, week 11
10%Mid-Term Research PresentationTerm 1, week 13
10%Final Thesis ProposalDecember 13
5%Conference AbstractTerm 2; date TBD
60%Final Thesis/Research ReportDue April 1
0%Final Thesis RevisedDue April 20
Honours Qualifying Exam presentation and defenseOral presentation and defense at the thesis symposium

Textbooks

  • Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Kjel Erik Rudestam and Rae R Newton, editors
  • Doing Science, Ivan Valiela (optional)

Course rules

Late work
Late assignments lose 10% per day; work more than seven calendar days late without an extension receives zero.
Extensions
Request extensions at least three days before the original due date.
Academic integrity
Written assignments must be produced independently, without generative AI or large language models.
Participation
Students must review assigned peers’ submissions three times; participation is expected but not graded.
Qualifying exam
Students are expected to attend all presentations on the symposium day.

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