IFS 201Student-Initiated Workshops on Technological and Social Problems (WOTASP) Workshops on Technological and Social Problems
- Last listed
- 1975–76
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1973–74 to 1975–76; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Workshops on Technological and have been established in response to the needs felt by faculty and Social Problems (WOTASP) students at the University of Waterloo for increasing the involvement of the University, as an institution with a unique concentration of knowledge, resources and expertise, in seeking solutions to urgent technological and social problems, and developing in students the ability, to work with fellow students from a variety of disciplines in formulating and defining complex problems, demonstrating initiative and \ resourcefulness in obtaining relevant information from documents, interviews, and field work, and evaluating and weighing the relative _- Merits of alternative ‘solutions with a view toward constructive utilization of the findings. . , Workshops are to be student-initiated, student-planned, and student directed. . Inter-Faculty. Studies It is assumed that the idea for a Workshop will originate with a group of interested undergraduate students, who will then submit to the WOTASP Co-ordinator, preferably before the start of the term, a one-page statement presenting the problem that is to be the subject of investigation. The statement should outline a) the problem, b) some possible approaches that might be used within the Workshop, ¢) Suggestions as to how the findings might contribute to a constructive ; solution to the problem, d) references to relevant information sources, research reports, and publications, - e) a statement from each faculty resource person (if possible, more than one) who has agreed to consult with the students as necessary, f) a list of resources needed (technical apparatus, paper materials and other items), , g) proposed grading criteria, and h) names of students interested in enrolling in the Workshop. The Inter-Faculty Programme Board will provide, as necessary, consultation and advice to the students on all aspects of the proposal, including assistance in locating resource persons to evaluate student perforniance and assign grades, in consultation with the Co-ordinator. Further details may be obtained from the WOTASP Co-ordinator or the Inter-Faculty Programme Board office.
As printed in the 1973–74 to 1975–76 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1973–74 to 1975–76, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1973–74 to 1975–76 3 calendars
Workshops on Technological and have been established in response to the needs felt by faculty and Social Problems (WOTASP) students at the University of Waterloo for increasing the involvement of the University, as an institution with a unique concentration of knowledge, resources and expertise, in seeking solutions to urgent technological and social problems, and developing in students the ability, to work with fellow students from a variety of disciplines in formulating and defining complex problems, demonstrating initiative and \ resourcefulness in obtaining relevant information from documents, interviews, and field work, and evaluating and weighing the relative _- Merits of alternative ‘solutions with a view toward constructive utilization of the findings. . , Workshops are to be student-initiated, student-planned, and student directed. .
Inter-Faculty. Studies
It is assumed that the idea for a Workshop will originate with a group of interested undergraduate students, who will then submit to the WOTASP Co-ordinator, preferably before the start of the term, a one-page statement presenting the problem that is to be the subject of investigation. The statement should outline
a) the problem, b) some possible approaches that might be used within the Workshop, ¢) Suggestions as to how the findings might contribute to a constructive ; solution to the problem, d) references to relevant information sources, research reports, and publications, - e) a statement from each faculty resource person (if possible, more than one) who has agreed to consult with the students as necessary, f) a list of resources needed (technical apparatus, paper materials and other items), , g) proposed grading criteria, and h) names of students interested in enrolling in the Workshop.
The Inter-Faculty Programme Board will provide, as necessary, consultation and advice to the students on all aspects of the proposal, including assistance in locating resource persons to evaluate student perforniance and assign grades, in consultation with the Co-ordinator. Further details may be obtained from the WOTASP Co-ordinator or the Inter-Faculty Programme Board office.