Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
You’re about to finish your course work or comprehensive exams and have started to think about writing your thesis or dissertation. Where do you begin?
Rock your Thesis is a full-day workshop that will guide early stage graduate students through some of the first phases of planning and writing a thesis or dissertation.
During interactive sessions throughout the day, the Writing and Communication Centre, the Library, the Office of Research Ethics, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and other campus partners will offer sessions designed to provide resources, strategies and information to make beginning your thesis or dissertation less daunting. This workshop day will cover topics such as selecting a research topic, structuring your thesis or dissertation, writing a literature review, conducting research with integrity and knowing when ethics clearance is necessary, and using strategies for finding and recording research sources.
Additional Information: Registration is open from October 21 - 31 on Eventbrite.
**Note: This workshop was previously known as Fundamentals for Writing your Thesis**
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.