What is the difference between a tutorial and directed readings?
A tutorial is another name for a directed readings course. In Sociology, we have a 3-credit and a 6-credit tutorial available. Both are at the 4000 level. What we ask is that students work with a preferred instructor to develop a course of study. This is then submitted to the Honours Committee for approval. After that is granted, the Chair of the Department then signs a Permission to Register form. In essence, tutorials are used when students want to look in depth at a particular topic, a topic often relating closely to their proposed Honours research paper area of study.
