RS: Discipline-Based Research in STEM. 1-9 credits

Catalog description

Students will conduct an original Discipline-Based STEM Research project with their faculty mentor. Project proposals are developed jointly by the student and faculty mentor and approved by the course instructor. COS 401 research projects may include lab-based and field-based studies, discipline-based educational research (DBER), computational and simulation studies, quantitative or qualitative data analyses, or systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Concurrent instruction will supplement research activities to guide students through the research process, the development of summative scholarly research products, and the effective dissemination of results. Each student will develop a scholarly research product that represents their time and effort, and will present their research at a poster session at the conclusion of the course. Offered by College of Science . Limited to three attempts.