I’m interested – How do I get started?

The first step is to find a faculty research project that interests you and is being directed by a faculty member who is looking for URES 197 students.  You can find some of the projects available by looking at the list of available URES projects posted here, or you can contact the department in which you are interested in doing work to see if they have other research opportunities that haven’t been posted on the project listing at this web page.

After finding a project, the second step is to contact the sponsoring faculty member to get additional details, and to express your interest in taking part in the research project.

The third step is for you and the sponsoring faculty member to complete the URES 197 learning contract, and to deliver it to the Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, (Academic Affairs), George Washington Hall, room 309, no later than the end of the second week of classes in the semester in which you wish to do the project.  Once the learning contract is reviewed, and all required details are taken care of, you’ll be enrolled in URES 197 for the number of credits specified on the learning contract. 

By the way, what will show up on your transcript as the course title will be “Undergraduate Research in ____” with the blank being filled in by the name of the academic discipline in which you are doing the research project (such as psychology or English or biology).

For additional information, consult the FAQs about the URES 197 course opportunity.