The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Jan. 14 to 18.

All are open for the University community to attend.

Master of Science thesis defence

Zak Schedler, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Math and Statistics, will present his thesis defence on Monday, Jan. 14 at 1 p.m. in WH 147.

His thesis is titled “Upper Bounds for the Number of Solutions for the Diophantine Equation.”

His examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Sukrawan Mavecha, External Examiner (King Mongkuts Institute of Technology, Thailand); Omar Kihel, Supervisor; and Bill Ralph and Henryk Fuks, Committee Members.

Sociology MA thesis defence

Master of Arts in Critical Sociology student Josh Watterton will defend the thesis “Marx at 200 — Inquiries in the Measurement of Profitability and its Determinants: The U.S. Economy, 1950-2016” on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at 1:30 p.m. in WH 147.

The examination committee includes Rosemary Condillac, Chair; Raju Das, External Examiner (York University); Murray Smith, Supervisor; Kevin Gosine, Graduate Program Director; and Jonah Butovsky and June Corman, Committee Members.