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Undergraduate :: Research What are the expectations of students who sign up for research credit?
Once you have signed up for research credits, you will receive a course syllabus, such as the one below, that describes the expectations of the class (click to download syllabus):
Syllabus
BCH/CHM 392- Introduction to Research Techniques
Fall 2009
Instructor: Dr. Wilson A. Francisco
Office
: PS C-210
Phone: 480-965-7480
Email: wfrancisco@asu.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Class Meetings:
No class meetings will be held this semester.
Course Description:
Introduction to Research Techniques is a course designed to give credit to chemistry and biochemistry majors who are conducting undergraduate research in the laboratory of faculty members of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Students conducting chemistry- or biochemistry-related undergraduate research with faculty members of other departments (e.g. School of Life Sciences) can enroll in the class with PRIOR authorization of the instructor. These students must request their research advisors to communicate directly with the instructor by email in order to get approval to enroll in this class. The FACULTY MEMBER must provide the following information: (1) a confirmation that the student will be conducting undergraduate research in his/her laboratory for the duration of the semester, (2) the number of hours that the student will dedicate to undergraduate research per week and, (3) a short description of the research project that the student will be participating. Approval to enroll in this class will ONLY be granted after the research advisor has provided the required information.
Credit Hours and Time Commitments:
Students have the option to enroll in this class for one to three credit hours per semester for a total of six credit hours. Students are required to dedicate a minimum of four hours per week per credit hour, as indicated below:
One credit hour: 4 hours/week
Two credit hours: 8 hours/week
Three credit hours: 12 hours/week
Research advisors have the right to increase the minimum hours that a student must dedicate to undergraduate research per research hour.
Faculty members have been asked to take into consideration the time that a student spends in the laboratory when determining the final grade. Failure to comply with the minimum time requirements could serve as the basis to grant a lower grade.
Honors Contracts:
Honors contracts are not available for this class. Honors College students are able to obtain honors credit for their participation in undergraduate research while working on their honors thesis through our two Honors Thesis courses: BCH/CHM 492 (Honors Directed Study) and BCH/CHM 493 (Honors Thesis) courses. These courses are usually taken during the senior year.
Grading:
Your final grade will be determined based on the grade recommendation from your research advisor and completion of final report. Students will be required to turn in a final report
If a student fails to turn in the final report, an Incomplete grade (I) will be assigned until this
requirement has been fulfilled. If a student completes the final report, the grade that the faculty advisor assigns will be awarded. Research advisors are required to provide the final grade directly to me no later than December 8, 2009. If a professor does not provide a final grade for a student by this date, an Incomplete grade (I) will be assigned until a grade is provided by the professor.
Final Reports:
All students will be required to turn in a Final Report. The final report is due no later than December 8,
2009 (last day of classes). The final report (usually 5-6 pages), should include an abstract, an
introduction, a short list of the specific research goals, a short description of the results indicating the
techniques used to obtain these results, a short discussion/conclusion, and a final statement indicating
the future plans for the project. Include any pertinent references. If the report is found to be deficient,
the student will be required to make the suggested modifications in order for the student to receive a
grade for the course. An Incomplete grade (I) will be assigned until an acceptable report has been
submitted.
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