Topics for Project 1 (pdf)

General Information for Project 1 (pdf format)

The objective of Project 1 is for you to explore one of the topics in the general area of energy or pollution. You will be working in assigned groups. Some of the work will be done within class time, but there is an expectation that some work outside class will be required. Each group will organize itself operationally on how the work outside class time will proceed.

The development of the reports you will produce is similar to the process you may encounter in your professional life. Reports are frequently developed with input from colleagues using a division of labour agreed upon by the working group.

The final outcome of Project 1 will be a written report that includes a discussion of the background (or state of the art), the cost and/or benefit to society and the future outlook for the topic in question. A short presentation (5-10 minutes) on the important things you learned in researching your topic will be made to the class on Monday, Feb. 10^th or Thursday, Feb 13^th.

The written report should be between about 10 and 15 pages (line spacing 1.5, font size 12 pt.), including Figures and Tables. The list of references is additional to this page count and should be drawn from a variety of sources (web citations are okay but they cannot all be from the same source: i.e. Wikipedia). The final report will be submitted electronically as either a pdf or Word doc file to me at: djberg@uvic.ca. The following steps for the development of the project are suggested:

• Definition of the scope of the project
• Literature search – list of references that will be consulted
• Outline of the project: ungraded but submitted to me in point form by Jan 27^th 
• Submission of final report: due by the end of the day Feb 14^th

Final report (out of 20)

• Depth of content (8)
• Quality of the commentary (4)
• General presentation (includes Figures, Tables and general style) (3)
• Grammar/spelling (2)
• References (3)