Faculty
The Office of the Dean is strongly encouraging you to participate in the Research Opporuntiy Program for this coming season.
As you are aware, the Research Opportunity Program (ROP) gives students the opportunity to work with faculty in the development of their research in an interactive student-teaching partnership. A broad range of disciplines is represented in this program, from Psychology to Classics. The ROP is part of our continuing efforts to offer students the benefits of a superb undergraduate education in a research intensive university. Faculty members who have participated have also found it enormously rewarding and helpful to them both in getting useful work done, and in working one-on-one with undergraduate students.
Students earn one (1.0) full course credit by participating in a faculty member's research project. There is no final exam in this program. Students are expected to put in approximately 8 - 10 hours/week on their project, keep a journal and meet regularly with their supervisor. Acceptance of students should be on a competitive basis. Grading in terms of reports and meetings is left to your discretion but must not contravene the University Grading Practices Policy.
The application and approval process is now entirely online. Log into the ROPAPP and submit your project proposals directly for approval Students also have access to the ROPAPP and will be able to view your approved project(s) and apply for them directly online. The ROPAPP allows you greater flexibility and ease of use, if you wish to participate in the ROP (299Y, 399Y and/or 499Y) for the 2012-13 season be sure to log into the ROPAPP through this website to do so.
The ROPAPP will open to instructors on:
Monday January 16th, 2012.
The deadline for submission of ROP projects for approval is:
Friday, February 17th, 2012.
The projects for the upcoming year will be made available through the ROPAPP for students to begin submitting their applications by:
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012.
It is essential that your project descriptions are submitted for approval no later than:
Friday February 17th, 2012
If you have any questions about the program, please contact Melissa Berger ROP Coordinator in the Office of the Dean. Melissa can be reached at melissa.berger@utoronto.ca.
