All the Chemistry faculty have projects in which students can involve themselves - or you may have an idea which a faculty member could supervise. These are jointly sponsored by the College and a public or private agency and allow you to earn credit while doing research outside of the school. These are taken as a course, but instead of studying a text you can do research in the laboratory under the supervision of a faculty member. Normally a paper is produced and presented orally to the Department for a grade. This requires you to produce a substantial research paper which is defended orally in front of a committee of three faculty members.
Funds are available at Lycoming to pay students to do full-time research over summer vacation.
Credit may be earned for such work if you desire. Student research plays a vital role in preparing for your career. We believe that the undergraduate research program is one of the strengths of the Chemistry Department at Lycoming College. Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental, Chemical Education. Inorganic Synthesis, Crystallography, Computational Chemistry.