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Major Research Paper Option (MRP)

Instructions

Step 1: Choose and MRP supervisor and a second reader

Step 2:

Have your MRP supervisor sign off on your MRP proposal and send a copy to Sabina Lackner ( slackner@yorku.ca) , once this is done you can start ( the MRP proposal should be 1-2 pages in length)

You should also review Guidelines for Writing a Major Research paper (MRP)

When submitting your final version of your MRP ( after your supervisor and second reader have no more revisions for you to make and a pass has been assigned to your paper) please submit two bound copies of the MRP in addition also please submit one electronic copy of the MRP on disk to Sabina Lackner ( slackner@yorku.ca) .

Ethics

If you are using "human participants" for your MRP you will need to complete "ethics" forms that need to be approved by our internal ethics committee before proceeding , ethics forms can be found by going to the below link and scrolling down to "research ethics forms&.

Ethics forms can be forwarded to Sabina Lackner ( slackner@yorku.ca) to forward to the ethics committee for approval at any time .

Please remember to keep an eye on graduation and degree requirement deadlines on the FGS web-site so that you fulfill all program requirements including completion of your MRP by the required deadlines,