This document provides a description of the classes and guidelines for registration, content, and evaluations. 397 is designed to provide research training that is comparable to an upper-level research course. 399 is less comprehensive than 397 and does not fulfill the upper-level research requirement. Identifying a Faculty Advisor for 397 and 399 . Students initiate undergraduate research experiences.
Students can also look at recent publications by faculty members.
Sometimes faculty members announce in class, or through flyers posted in Swift Hall, that they are looking for 397 or 399 students. An additional resource is the Independent Study Opportunities Notebook, which you can borrow from the Undergraduate Secretary in the department office. This notebook contains abstracts in which former 397 and 399 students describe their research experiences. You can access these through the UPA webpage . Once students have identified faculty members with whom they might like to work, they should contact those faculty members to talk about 397 or 399 possibilities.