Individual Directed Reading/Research Course:

An individual reading or research course is a course created when an individual student (or a very small group of students) wishes to explore a topic not currently offered as a graduate course. The student is responsible for finding a faculty member who is willing to work with the student; together they will create the learning goals, deliverables, resources, timeline, and mechanism for feedback.  The supervising faculty member must have a Graduate Faculty (SGS) Appointment through the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences.

Directed Reading and Research courses have a weight of 0.5 FCE and are graded using the letter grade scale.

Procedures for Directed Reading and Research Course

  • The course should be equivalent in terms of reading, organized academic activities and written assignments to a regular (0.5 FCE) graduate course, and written work should be a requirement.
  • With input from the supervising faculty member, each student will submit the SGS Reading and/or Research Course form along with a brief course outline that includes all of the following:
    • course title (max 60 characters) and a paragraph describing the body of work to be studied;
    • learning goals and objectives;
    • required readings (journal articles, book chapters, (non-) governmental documents, etc.) necessary to meet learning goals and objectives;
    • deliverables/methods of evaluation with corresponding due dates and relative weights;
    • a statement regarding the penalty for late submission of work; and
    • planned contact with instructor and mechanism for obtaining instructor feedback.
  • The form and outline should be submitted to the Graduate Office, for approval by the Graduate Coordinator, at least 5 working days before the sessional deadline to enrol in courses.

Course Codes:
Directed Reading course: CHL7001H
Directed Research course: CHL7002H