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Students will be enrolled in the Master’s Thesis or Master’s Project Paper Milestone when the research proposal is approved by both the faculty supervisor and the program director.

The Project option is intended for students following a professional career path in environmental applied science and management, and is typically conducted in an applied setting. In the project, students propose and carry out advanced work in an industry or a public sector organization under the direction of a faculty supervisor. Upon completion, the research project is submitted in a written report to the faculty supervisor and is defended by the student before a project examining committee.

To fulfil the master's thesis requirement, thesis option students conduct an advanced examination of a topic relating to the environment and/or sustainability. Students propose and carry out the research under the direction of a faculty supervisor. On completion, the research is submitted in a thesis format, to the supervisor and defended by the student before a thesis examining committee.  

• ES8901 and ES8930 (MASc specific) are typically offered once each academic year. 
• ES8920 and ES8921 Students, who have completed both ES8920 and ES8921, may use one of these two course credits as a master’s required course credit and the other course as a Group B elective credit.
• Elective Groups A, B and C courses: As a general rule, electives are offered every other academic year on a rotating basis. The program reserves the right of changing the elective course offering pattern due to unforeseeable circumstances.
• Independent Study Courses (Group C): Students must submit a proposal form approved from their supervisor. These forms must be processed prior to the last date to enrol in courses for the term.
• GD1000 is a ‘place-holder’ course.  All graduate students are enrolled in GD1000 in every term while they are actively studying in a graduate program.  It is not a real course; there is no credit or grade attached to GD1000.
• Second year MASc students who have submitted an approved thesis or project proposal by the end of July will see their ES8930 Seminar enrollment in RAMSS at the end of August.  

• ES8930 is offered only once in an academic year. If a student misses the opportunity to enrol in the Seminar course in Fall of their second year, they will have to delay taking this course until the following Fall.  
• Students who need to take ES8930 but have not been enrolled may email the program administrator (ensciman@torontomu.ca) to request for enrollment.  The email must include the APPROVED research proposal form or evidence that the proposal has been approved by the student’s faculty supervisor and Graduate Program Administrator.  With no exception, all students must be enrolled in Fall term courses by the Fall enrolment deadline.
  

• To learn more about the requirements of the master’s thesis and/or the master’s professional project, pease refer to the appropriate guides listed below.  

The EnSciMan program uses a Google Word Document Plan of Study form. This form will be saved in the student's digital record. Access to the file will be granted to the student, supervisor, graduate program director and program administrator. 

In consultation with the student, the supervisor/advisor will recommend an initial Plan of Study including submitting it to the GPD for approval. This should normally be completed within the first four weeks of the program.

The Plan of Study should be reviewed at a minimum of once each term, prior to course enrolment by the student for the following term, and any additions or changes should be discussed and approved between the student and the supervisor and submitted to the GPD.

For more information, see Plan of Study. 

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