MEC orientation
Welcome!
MEC Executive Committee
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Dr. Thomas Trappenberg (CS [email protected])
Dr. Sunny March (Bus [email protected])
Anne Uteck LL.M. (Law [email protected])
Theo Chiasson ([email protected])
Menen Teferra (Student Issues [email protected])
Angie Bolivar (Admissions [email protected])
Michelle Saulnier (Cont. Student Rep [email protected])
TBA (MEC 2003 rep)
Issues to be discussed
MEC program outline and options
Supervisors
Program Fees & Extra Courses
Internship
Progress Reports & Program Forms
General
Graduate program
Interdisciplinary
Global
Professional oriented
New discipline
ESL writing workshop
Program overview
Overview
Module
Elective
Module
Research Module
ECMM6000
ECMM6xxx
Internship + Project
ECMM6010
BUSxxx
ECMM6020
LAWxxx
Research
Internship +
+ 2 courses
Paper
Internship + Thesis
ECMM6030
CSCIxxx
Modules
Overview:
– Get an overview of the fundamentals in the required
disciplines and relate them.
Electives:
– Choose courses for further studies of ecommercerelated topics
– Has to cover at least 2 out of the 3 disciplines
Research:
– Individually supervised component of the program
– Internship: learn real world applications
– Project/Paper/Thesis: Further deepen your specialty
area under supervision of specialists in the field
Electives
ECMM courses
Grad CS courses
– prerequisites musty be met
– approval by coordinator is required
Grad Law course (max five seats)
– Primary: Law and technology (Uteck), Internet and Media (Fraser), Privacy Law
(Gibson)
– Secondary: Information Technology Transactions (Hirschfeld), Intellectual
Property (Scassa)
Grad Bus courses
– prerequisites must be met
If the course is listed on the MEC web page (to be updated soon),
then explicit permission is not required.
For all other courses, an executive committee member must
approve the course
– CS: Thomas Trappenberg, Theo Chiasson
– Business: Sunny Marche
– Law: Anne Uteck
Courses at other universities are typically not approved
Internship
All internships must have a significant portion of the job
related to e-commerce.
Internship proposal and Employer form must be
submitted to the executive committee for approval.
Student has to be registered in internship course
Work are not approved in retrospect as internship
Internship report is required (new guidelines effective
this term)
Please read the MEC internship web page:
http://www.ecomm.dal.ca/mec/internship.html
We will assist in any way we can but ultimately it is the
responsibility of the student to secure an internship
placement (see internship resource list; letters to
employer)
Program Option (1)
Project (8 courses + Internship + Project)
– Requires supervisor (from any institution) and a reader from one
of the three faculties at Dalhousie (Law, Business, CS) who is a
member of FGS
– This option typically has the focus on an implementation of
specific solutions or thorough analysis of a specific topic with a
significant contribution. It requires a comprehensive write-up of
the project, which includes literature review, research
methodology, detailed description of the analysis or the
implementation, and a discussion that demonstrates critical
thinking and a vision for future work or directions.
– Public presentation
Program Option (2)
Research Paper
(10 courses + Internship + Research paper)
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Requires a reader from one of the three faculties at Dalhousie
(Law, Business, CS) who acts also as supervisor (don’t need
to be FGS member).
This option requires the thorough study of a specific topic and
the demonstration of critical thinking, but is not expected to
generate new data or theories. The research paper must
include a comprehensive literature review, detailed description
of the specific research subject that demonstrate advanced
knowledge in this area beyond typical textbook knowledge,
and a conclusion with a vision for future directions. The
student must demonstrate critical thinking.
This option must be augmented with two more courses that
facilitate the specialty study of the paper subject.
No public presentation
Program Option (3)
Thesis (8 courses + Internship + Thesis)
– Requires supervisor from one of the three faculties at Dalhousie
(Law, Business, CS) who is a member of FGS, and two readers
(from any institution).
– Must make an original research contribution (see FGS thesis
guidelines) of considerable scientific, legal, or management
interest that would qualify for a publication in a major conference
or professional journal.
– The write-up has to take the standard form of a thesis within the
faculties of the program
– Thesis defense
– Recommended for Ph.D.
Supervisor
It is the students responsibility to find a project / paper /
thesis supervisor
Research what various professors are interested in and
try to set up a meeting. Come with ideas in mind about a
project that they might be interested in supervising.
Talk to the appropriate executive committee member for
general advise.
Program Fees
4 semesters full time tuition
No fees first summer BUT MUST STILL REGISTER
“Graduate students in the programme-fee programmes must maintain their
registration on a continuing basis (i.e. they must register for and pay the
required tuition for each and every term following their official start date. If
graduate students allow their registration to lapse they will be considered to
have withdrawn …”
Graduate Studies Calendar 2003/2004, section 4.1, page 22
Continuing fees after 5 semesters
Extra Courses
“… under the programme or continuing fee, students may take only the
courses approved by the department on the student program form.”
Graduate Studies Calendar 2003/2004, section 1.3, page 19
Max 8 courses for the project/thesis option
and 10 courses for the paper option
To do list
Program Form (deadline November 15)
Progress Report (first week following term)
Internship Proposal + Employer Form (before starting
Internship!)
Project/Paper/Thesis Proposal + Supervisor selection
form
Register for ALL TERMS
Read announcements (deadlines)