URES 197
URES 197 is a course in which a student conducts individual or group research as a part of a faculty member’s research project. This guided research experience is open to all students, including first- and second-year students, who meet the qualifications set by the faculty member in charge of the research project. Students serve as research apprentices who conduct important tasks with the faculty member on his or her project and learn about the process and products of the research as a result.
Course credit is a function of the hours worked per week. Each one hour of course credit requires three hours of research work per week, and a student can register for up to three course credits on one particular URES 197 project. The course may be repeated once, and a maximum of 6 credits in URES 197 courses may be counted toward graduation. Permission of the instructor and the Department is required for students interested in enrolling in URES 197.
All URES 197 projects require that students complete a final report about their work on the research project. The nature of this required final report is determined by the faculty member supervising the research project.
Steps to sign up for URES 197 project
URES 197 FAQs
This will vary from project to project. Project descriptions will usually specify the sorts of prior experiences required of students wishing to be involved in the project. When in doubt, contact the faculty sponsor to see if you are a good candidate to get involved in the project.
When a student enrolls in individual study, the expectation is that the students is designing and conducting an independent research project in which the faculty member serves as mentor and guide. Individual studies are most often done by more advanced students (juniors and seniors) who have the necessary background to successfully formulate an individual study project. In URES 197, the student does not design a research project but instead contributes to the faculty member’s project. URES 197 is open to students at any level, so long as they meet the requirements for project participation as outlined by the faculty member. Students who complete URES 197 will likely develop their own individual study project at a later time, thereby building on the URES 197 experience.
Absolutely!
You’ll have an unique opportunity to engage in a research project with a faculty member that will give you an introduction to and appreciation of research that would be hard to duplicate in a traditional classroom course. You’ll get to see, and be a part of, an actual, on-going project supervised by a faculty member. This will help you learn about research by doing some of it under the guidance of an experienced research mentor. You’ll also have the sense of satisfaction in knowing that you had a part in the successful completion of a research project.
You must submit the competed and signed learning contract to the Office of the Registrar, Lee Hall, no later than the end of the first week of classes in the semester in which you wish to enroll for credit.
Contact the department in which you wish to work to see if there are other opportunities available. You might also ask a faculty member you are interested in working with if she or he has an available project in which you might work.
You’ll first have to meet the required time commitment, which is three hours of research project work per week for each credit hour you have registered for. You will also complete a final project/report designed by the faculty member that will serve as an opportunity (1) to summarize the work done and (2) to reflect on the experience of serving as a research apprentice. The course grade will be based on the quality of the student’s research activities in support of the faculty member’s project, and on the final project/report evaluated by the sponsoring faculty member.
The course title listed will state “Undergraduate Research in” followed by the name of the academic discipline in which you worked. So, if the project you worked on was in mathematics, your transcript would read “Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.”
No. These are elective credits. A maximum of 6 URES 197 credits may be counted toward graduation.
A maximum of two times, for a maximum of 6 credits. Each URES course may be taken for up to three credits.
Absolutely not. You can still do internship or individual study.
