Research Residency

Catalog description

Mentored research practicum experience. This six-semester course (0.5 credits or 60 hours/semester for a total of 360 hours) focuses on the students’ development of selected research skills in collaboration with their Advisor or, when appropriate, a Research Practicum Mentor (researcher) who is conducting active research protocol. The Advisor and/or Research Practicum Mentor will design a practicum experience that complements prior research experience and tailored to the student’s current learning needs. The course activities may include, the following: helping to develop a research proposal, (other than one’s own) and/or submitting such a proposal as a part of a grant application, preparing a protocol for submission to the institutional review board, assisting with recruitment or data collection for ongoing investigation, learning data management skills, participating in performance of laboratory procedures, participating in research team meetings, conducting literature searches for ongoing research projects and preparing abstracts and/or manuscripts for presentation and publication.