Undergraduate Research Experience in Physics

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This is a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). Students will learn to perform research, including conducting background research, writing a review, data acquisition, and interpretation. Students will also engage in scientific discussion and draw conclusions. Students will learn about ethics and biases in science and how to convey science to a broader audience. By the end of the course, students will write an academic paper and disseminate their findings through an abstract. Students will disseminate their findings via an oral or poster presentation.