Undergraduate Research and Supervised Study Courses

 

These courses, PHY371Y1, PHY372H1 and PHY471Y1, PHY472H1, are available to students in good standing, subject to the approval of the Physics undergraduate chair.  Students may take advantage of these courses either to specialize further in a field of interest or to explore interdisciplinary fields not available in the regular syllabus.  Interested students should contact potential supervisors directly.  Supervised Study courses may be be taken during any term, including the summer, and are scheduled by arrangement between the student and the supervisor.  Workload in these courses is expected to be comparable to a regular lecture course.

 

A student in a Supervised Study course is normally required to write a final report and present a 20 minute seminar at an oral exam. Evaluation of the oral exam is done by a committee consisting of the study supervisor and the Physics undergraduate chair.

  

 

Undergraduate research project courses, which may be taken for either half or full credit (PHY478H1 or PHY479Y1), are available to students in good standing, subject to the approval of the Physics undergraduate chair.  Research projects may be experimental, computational or theoretical, or any combination, and are expected to involve a workload similar to a regular upper level laboratory course.  Research Project courses are scheduled by arrangement between the student and the research supervisor and may take place during any term, including the summer.

 

A student undertaking an Undergraduate Research Project course is normally required to write a final report and present a 20 minute seminar at an oral exam. Evaluation of the oral exam is done by a committee consisting of the research supervisor and the Physics undergraduate chair.

 

Students may not receive course credit for paid research work, such as NSERC summer employment, but credit may be obtained for continuations of such work.

  

No student will be allowed to undertake a total of more than 1.5 credits of Supervised Study and Undergraduate Research Project courses toward graduation.  These courses are subject to the availability and interest of the supervisor, and to the discretion of the Physics undergraduate chair.