The course coordinator assists students in finding mentors working in areas of students' interests. Freshmen and sophomores should contact 116 Ag Hall in late Fall to learn about the application process. Many students find that the Summer Session is a good time for working on this type of a project. Students are responsible for finding their own faculty mentors. You will need to contact a faculty member to discuss the type of research you are interested in doing.
Departments have lists of their faculty and research interests.
This is one way to find out who is doing research on a topic that is of interest to you. For additional suggestions, you may also want to talk to your TA's, departmental advisors or to a professor who teaches one of your favorite courses. Remember that there may be many opportunities outside your major department. For example, faculty who do research with plant systems are in departments of Botany, Horticulture, Agronomy, Entomology, Forestry, Wildlife Ecology, Biochemistry and others. If you would like to work with bacterial systems, you may want to look in the departments of Bacteriology, Plant Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Food Science, Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, Animal Sciences, and the Veterinary School.