{"id":1351,"date":"2014-03-21T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/chemistry\/?page_id=1351"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:56:06","slug":"guidelines-chem-4908-oral-defense-examination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/guidelines-chem-4908-oral-defense-examination\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidelines for the Chem 4908 Oral Defense Examination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Guidelines for the Chem 4908 Oral Defense Examination\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The following is a suggested format for the BSc Honours thesis oral defense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. 10-15 mins research summary made by the candidate.<br>\n2. First Round: Each examiner (3 members of the committee) is allowed to question the candidate on an individual basis for 10 mins.<br>\n3. Second Round: The 3 examiners can field questions or comments in an open fashion for 10 mins.<br>\n4. Questions can be entertained from the floor. The candidate should be consulted in advance whether he\/she objects to this. Note that total time for the oral examination is typically 1.25 hours.<br>\n5. Request the candidate and other onlookers to withdraw from the examination room.<br>\n6. The committee members deliberate and obtain a consensus grade by taking the following into consideration:<br>\na) Oral presentation<br>\nb) Written report<br>\nc) Work performed (Supervisor\u2019s opinion is heavily weighted here)<br>\nd) Ability to respond to questions<br>\n7. Inform the candidate of the provisional grade ASAP. Note that 10% of their final mark is dependent on their poster presentation at the annual Research Poster Day (April, 2014) as evaluated by the Chem 4908 Coordinator according to the scheme (for example): Excellent: A becomes an A+ Good: A stays and A Absent: A becomes A-<br>\n8. All committee members sign the attached marking sheet with the provisional Chem 4908 grade and return the completed marking sheet to the Chem 4908 Coordinator ASAP.<br>\n9. Ensure that the research supervisor is provided with a written list of corrections which the committee members require for the final written report no later than Monday May 5, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a suggested format for the BSc Honours thesis oral defense: 1. 10-15 mins research summary made by the candidate. 2. First Round: Each examiner (3 members of the committee) is allowed to question the candidate on an individual basis for 10 mins. 3. Second Round: The 3 examiners can field questions or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-1351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}