Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
A research course designed by individual arrangement with a faculty member. Complete descriptions of
faculty research programs can be found on the
faculty web pages. For current information about faculty members looking for
undergraduate research students, email
.
Students engaged in independent research are expected to devote an average minimum of 10 hours per week to their
project. The following procedures are required for approval of an independent study course.
- Obtain an Independent Studies form from the Center for Academic Support, 312 Lattimore Hall.
- Complete the form with the faculty member who is sponsoring your research project. If your sponsor is in an
affiliated department, you must find a faculty member within the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences who is
willing to serve as a secondary sponsor. The nature of the research project and the criteria for evaluation must be
clearly stated on the Independent Studies form. Evaluation should be based, in part, on some presentation of the
results of the study, or on a critical review of literature relevant to thestudy. This presentation may be written or
oral.
- Leave the last copy of the form with your sponsor to be used for the evaluation of your work at the end of the
semester. That evaluation will be returned to the Supervisor of Academic Records.
- Before the end of the first week in the semester, give the completed Independent Studies form to the
undergraduate program coordinator for Brain & Cognitive Sciences (Email: ). The Committee on
Undergraduate Studies will review the proposal, and forward the approved form to the Center for Academic Support.
You will be contacted if any questions arise in the review of your proposal.
NOTE: This course cannot be used for BCS concentration credit.
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