As undergraduates advance through a program, their learning experiences should become closer and closer to the activity of the graduate student. For those who do not enter graduate school, the abilities to identify, analyze, and resolve problems will prove invaluable in professional life and in citizenship. I n the Psychology Senior Project, students work in an apprenticeship relationship with a faculty mentor. Every year, a select group of senior projects are presented at the annual Natural Sciences Student Symposium . Many of our seniors present their research at regional and national professional meetings, and some co-author published papers with their faculty sponsors.
T here are several other ways that students can actively participate in faculty research.