Application Instructions: Students interested in applying for an independent research course with CPS must complete the following:
- Contact a faculty member to be their supervisor for the course and obtain approval.
- Fill out the appropriate application form below.
- Submit your application to the CPS Undergraduate Administrative Assistant via email to cpsug.utm@utoronto.ca. PDF format is preferred, but a clear image of the form can be accepted.
- Register for the course on ACORN.
Students working in a lab will need to complete a mandatory department onboarding training session. Details can be found here: https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/cps/health-safety/mandatory-departmental-training.
The deadline to submit your application form is listed below:
- For Fall term (-H5F) and Year (-Y5Y) courses: second Monday of August.
- For Winter term (-H5S) courses: second Monday of December.
- For Summer term (-H5Y and -Y5Y) courses: Second Monday of April.
Here are the ballot forms of the independent studies courses:
CHM485H5 Dissertation Based on Literature Research
CPS398H5 Teaching Opportunity Program in Sciences
CPS401Y5 Research and Development in Science Education
CPS489Y5 Introduction to Research in the Chemical and Physical Sciences
JCB487Y5 Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory
PHY473H5 Supervised Readings
NOTE: starting Fall 2021, CPS489Y5 replaced CHM489Y5, ERS470Y5 and PHY489Y5.