INFO 7903

This course provides an opportunity for supervised in-depth academic research on a topic of special interest to the student (proposed by the student and faculty member involved and approved by the PhD in Information Program Director. The objective of this course is to help students work on a research project with the topic(s) that are not necessarily covered by the mandatory research seminar courses of students’ areas of concentration. The required course deliverables should be specified in the course proposals but usually include (but not limited to) periodic reading reports, a literature review, and research proposal and presentations, etc., depending on the topic of interest. Deadlines for electronic submission of proposals (submitted to phdinfo@dal.ca) are July 15, November 15, and March 15 for the following term. Proposals must be accompanied by name of supervising professor. Once approved by the PhD in Information Academic Director, the student may engage in this course.