Students will submit a Learning Agreement Form developed in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies, or designate, Coordinator of PLEP, and the on-site internship supervisor. Students must be able to attend a pre-internship workshop in order to register for credit. Students can identify a variety of projects for Biology Colloquium, Directed Research, and Directed Study by searching the Research Database located in the CBS Career Center. Students are also encouraged to talk with their faculty advisor as well as the Departmental Director of Undergraduate Study to identify individuals who are working in research areas of interest. In designing the project, each student and faculty member must discuss the objectives of the project, method and resources to be used, duration of the project, and the procedure for evaluating the outcome of the work.
Different projects require students to spend varying amounts of time.
The University's minimum standard for one credit is 45 hours of work per semester. Undergraduate projects last at least a full semester, and many are carried out over the entire year. Students doing a project with someone outside of CBS, must find a CBS faculty member to work with in submitting a grade. Many students contact their faculty adviser or the Departmental Director of Undergraduate Study. CBS students may use 3 semester credits of directed research to meet one of the upper division elective lab courses required in all CBS majors.