Independent Research in Ocean Science

3 credits · Undergraduate

Students in their 3rd or 4th year of study conduct supervised, independent research in Ocean Science. The student and a faculty supervisor together develop a course outline, with a proposal for original research and the method of evaluation, including a formal research paper. The course outline must be approved by the course coordinator before the student is permitted to register. The course coordinator is the Chair of the Curriculum Committee or designate. CALENDAR NOTES: This course builds on field work, lab experiment(s) or measurements, literature meta-analysis, and/or modeling exercise(s). The course is to be started and completed within one term. Supervisors are regular faculty in the department of Oceanography who conduct research in an area related to the course. A maximum of 3 credit hours can be taken as an Independent Research course. The Independent Research course cannot replace one of the required core OCEA courses. The student, with approval from the supervisor, must submit the the Registration Form and other documents to the course coordinator no later than 3 days after the start of the term in which the student wishes to register. For Registration Form and more information, please visit www.dal.ca/faculty/science/oceanography/programs.html PREREQUISITES: OCEA 2001.03, OCEA 2002.03, OCEA 2020.03, OCEA 2021.03, and at least one 3000-level OCEA course. An average grade of ‘B’ average (GPA 3) must be attained in these OCEA courses. Signature required from the course coordinator. RESTRICTIONS: Material prepared for an Independent Research course cannot be used in an Honours thesis. Students cannot take OCEA 4302.03 and the Honours course (OCEA 4201.03 and OCEA 4202.03) in the same academic year. For additional restrictions, please see http:// EXCLUSIONS: E2 FORMATS: Other (explain in comments)