This includes topics such as senior research projects and internships, their senior comprehensive and GRE exams, possible career paths, graduate school applications, and graduate school and job interviews. The class may include guest speakers and field trips based on students' interests. Students are required to take this no-credit seminar for one semester during their junior year. This course gives students an opportunity to conduct original research with human or animal subjects in the areas of learning and cognition. Reviews literature on various topics concerning how the environment affects behavior, especially its effects in inducing stress on animals and humans.
Students then analyze data relating to environmental stress and behavior.
Provides acquaintance with research literature and skills in analysis and statistical treatment of data. Some beginning computer knowledge is beneficial.