Summary Research Project in Physics and Astrophysics
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Course
Physics
Institution
Physics
Course organization
Meetings with supervisors
Students will meet regularly with their supervisor to discuss the research project being
undertaken. The frequency of these meetings is up to the student and supervisor. It is
suggested that meetings should be weekly.
There must be meetings a m...
Research Project in Physics and
Astrophysics
Coordinator: Dan Weaver
Email: dan.weaver@utoronto.ca
Office: SW 506F
Office Hours: By appointment
Course Description
Introduces students to current research in physics or astrophysics under the supervision of a
professorial faculty member. Students undertake an independent project that can be of a
theoretical, computational or experimental nature. Evaluation is by the supervising faculty
member in consultation with the course supervisor. Students must obtain consent of the course
supervisor to enroll in this course.
Supervisors can be physics or astronomy faculty members at any U of T campus.
Prerequisites:
14.0 credits, cumulative GPA of at least 2.5, and permission from the coordinator.
Exclusions:
PHY478H, PHY479Y1
Enrolment
Enrolment in this course is different from other courses.
To enrol in a supervised study course, students must find a professor who will agree to
supervise the course, and then follow the steps outlined below.
Step 1: Request the course on ACORN. Your status will be interim (INT). You will not be
officially enrolled until you complete the remaining steps.
Step 2: Fill the 'Student' section on a Supervised Study Form available
at: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/registrar/supervised-study-form.
Step 3: Once you fill-in the Student section, contact your supervisor and provide them with the
form. Your supervisor will complete their section and forward the form to the course
coordinator for departmental approval.
Step 4: Once the project is approved at the departmental level, the form will be submitted to
the Registrar's Office and your status on ACORN will be updated from interim (INT) to
approved (APP).
, PHYD01 – Fall 2021
Course Evaluation
Written proposal: 20%
Progress report: 15%
Final report: 35%
Final presentation: 30%
The proposal and reports should be emailed directly to the supervisor. The course coordinator
should be CC’ed on the email to enable them to keep a record of student progress and work.
Additional details about these evaluations are found later in this document.
Students are evaluated on a letter-grade basis. These grades will map onto the middle of the
range used by University of Toronto Scarborough (link) as follows:
where your name, student # are inserted, & **** is “proposal”, “progress-report”, or “final-report”.
Course Expectations
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