The Research Principles and Applicationsmilestone is a requirements for all MASc and PhD students. This milestone is composed of two components:
Seminar Attendance
Seminar attendance is a degree requirement for all MASc and PhD students as part of the Research Principles and Applications milestone.
- MASc students are required to attend 10 seminars
- PhD students are required to attend 20 seminars
For the purposes of the Research Principles and Applications milestone, these seminars can consist of MASc seminars and defenses, PhD comprehensive exams, PhD defenses, and department organized seminars.
For each seminar you attend, please complete a seminar tracking form, have your supervisor approve it, and submit it to the Administrative Coordinator for processing.
Graduate Skills Workshop
The Graduate Skills Workshops is a degree requirement for all MASc and PhD students as part of the Research Principles and Applications milestone. This series consists of eight workshops that are to be completed in the first term of study. You will be enrolled on LEARN by one of the graduate coordinators during your first two weeks of your program. Completion of all eight workshops is required. The eight topics covered are:
- Aspects of a Literature Review
- Conducting Research Tasks
- Expectations of Graduate Students
- How to Develop a Research Proposal
- Experiemental Design and Hypothesis Testing
- How to Prepare and Deliver a (15 minute) Research Presentation
- Preparing Manuscripts for Dissemination of Results
- Why Research Matters