Course Registration Contract and Guidelines:
Please see our Research for Credit website for more information.
Course Syllabus
Course Satisfies Departmental Learning Goals
- To understand and develop an appreciation for research as the basis of scientific study.
- To understand and to appreciate the process of science. To acquire the ability to use scientific reasoning as embodied by the structured process commonly known as the scientific method.
Exams, Assignments, and Grading Policy
Students must complete a minimum of 6 credits to qualify for Departmental Honors (3 fall/ 3 spring). Students must submit a 10 page progress report at the end of the first semester and a written thesis accompanied by an oral presentation and thesis-defense in the second semester. The thesis committee must be composed of at least three faculty members, including the research advisor and at least one member of the SAS Division of Life Sciences faculty.
Faculty
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Anne Carr-Schmid
Director of Advising, Biological Sciences
** All information is subject to change at the discretion of the course coordinator.