Student/Supervisor responsibilities and expectations at http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/thesis-requirements/graduate-supervision-responsibilities-expectations-policy/
Graduate Programs
Joint Programs with University of Ottawa (UO)
Civil Engineering Institute
Ottawa – Carleton Institute for Civil Engineering (OCICE)
Water Resources Management, Groundwater Management, and Contaminant Transport
Management of Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste, and Pollution Prevention
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Green Buildings
Within both Institutes: OCICE and OCIENE
Ph.D., M.A.Sc., and M.Eng. programs at the graduate level
Access to courses at both Universities
Can share laboratory facilities & computing facilities with prior arrangement
Each student has a “Home” University
Parking at University of Ottawa
Students from Carleton University who are registered to attend University of Ottawa classes, and have a valid parking permit from Carleton U, can park in lot M only after obtaining authorization from Parking Service at Ottawa U.
The application process is now done online.
Please follow the steps on their website: http://www.uottawa.ca/parking/joint-programs-algonquin-college-and-carleton-university
At least one half of the course work must be taken within your field (Civil or Environmental).
Comprehensive exam
Civil – within 3 terms FT or 6 terms PT of initial registration:
registration in CIVE 6902 (only offered Winter & Summer)
Environmental – within 4 terms FT or 8 terms PT of initial registration:
Combined with thesis proposal
Thesis Proposal:
Advisory Committee: 3 to 4 members
Civil: within 2 terms FT or 3 terms PT of Comprehensives, and 5 terms FT or 9 terms PT of initial registration
Environmental: within 4 terms FT or 8 terms PT of initial registration
Seminar
Thesis and thesis defense
Check information about thesis preparation, timeline for thesis submission & defense, and thesis examining committee: http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/thesis-requirements/
At least one half of the course work must be taken from the respective Institute.
Environmental:
Breadth requirement: at least one course from three of the five “areas”
Seminar
Thesis and thesis defense
Check information about thesis preparation, timeline for thesis submission & defense, and thesis examining committee: http://gradstudents.carleton.ca/thesis-requirements/
Time Limit:
FT: 2 calendar years
PT: 6 calendar years
Degree and Program Requirements: MEng
MEng (Project)
4.0 credits (8 graduate courses)
Project: 1.0 credit
MEng (Coursework)
5.0 credits (10 graduate courses)
At least one half of the course work must be taken from within your field (Civil or Environmental).
Breadth requirement applies for Environmental students:
At least one course from three of the five “areas”
Time Limit:
FT: 2 calendar years
PT: 6 calendar years
OCICE and OCIENE Seminars
Program requirement for PhD, MASc, and MEng-Enviro-project
Only register in the seminar course for the term you plan on presenting
The seminar course is only offered in the Fall & Winter term:
PhD - Civil : CIVE 6901
PhD - Environmental : ENVE 7800
Master’s - Civil : CIVE 5901
Master’s - Environmental: ENVE 5800
All students are encouraged to attend the seminars each term
Course Approvals
At least one half of the course work must be taken from within your field (Civil or Environmental):
GPA of 7.0 or better in each course for Ph.D. students
Only grades of B- or greater count towards degree requirements
This same rule applies for undergraduate courses that are required to be taken as an additional requirement.
Continuous Registration & Status
PhD, MASC and MEng-project: must maintain continuous registration after registering for thesis or project
“8.2 Continuous Registration in Thesis, Research Essay, or Independent Research Project Any student (full-time or part-time), after initial registration in a thesis, research essay or independent research project, must maintain this registration in all successive terms (including the term in which the student is examined) until his/her thesis, research essay or independent research project is completed.”
Failure to maintain continuous registration will result in a loss of a status.
Cannot go more than 2 consecutive terms without registering; these terms count towards your time limits
Any candidate who remains unregistered in his/her degree program for three terms (twelve months) will lose his/her graduate status
Part-time or full-time status based on application and offer of admission
Part-time (1.25 credits or less)
Full-time (no specific credit value)
Must make a request to the Department to change status by completing the Academic Change form request (i.e. Full time or Part time) and must provide appropriate reason and state duration
Instructional/Conduct Offences
Calendar
Section 18: Academic Integrity (link to Academic Integrity Policy)
Plagiarism is presenting, whether intentional or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one's own.
Plagiarism includes reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else's published or unpublished material, regardless of the source, and presenting these as one's own without proper citation or reference to the original source.
Examples of sources from which the ideas, expressions of ideas or works of others may be drawn from include but are not limited to: books, articles, papers, literary compositions and phrases, performance compositions, chemical compounds, art works, laboratory reports, research results, calculations and the results of calculations, diagrams, constructions, computer reports, computer code/software, and material on the Internet.
Examples of Plagiarism
Submitting a take-home examination, essay, laboratory report or other assignment written, in whole or in part, by someone else;
Using ideas or direct, verbatim quotations, paraphrased material, algorithms, formulae, scientific or mathematical concepts, or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment in any academic assignment;
Using another's data or research findings;
Submitting a computer program developed in whole or in part by someone else, with or without modifications, as one's own;
Failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another's works and/or failing to use quotation marks.
Additional Items
Office space
Limited space available
Allocated on a priority basis
If you require a space, contact the graduate administrator with a supervisor recommendation
We will try to accommodate the request but it is not guaranteed
Office Usage
Open door policy, security, phones
Only for your educational/professional activities
Graduate student’s mail is in the main office – check regularly.
FIPPA form for your grad profile on our website: http://carleton.ca/cee/wp-content/uploads/2014-fippa-form.pdf
Teaching Assistants
Duties & Responsibilities
Scholarships & Funding
Eligible to students that have a full-time status, and a GPA of 10 and above.
