SUST 4900

Honours Thesis

In this class we examine the research process as students complete a senior honours thesis. The fall term features a series of seminars about designing and executing a research project, drawing on the expertise of cross-appointed faculty from across the university, and shared with SUST 4000; the winter term will be devoted to the writing and presentation of the thesis.

Over the course of the year, students will design, research, and write a thesis, supervised by a faculty member in their partner discipline. This thesis explores an issue related to questions of sustainability, and operates at the place of intersection with their other major discipline. The objective is to craft a piece of original research that makes connections between different types of knowledge and ways of understanding, and that embodies in some way the student’s individual sense of self and his or her interests.