Directed Research Elective

3 Credits.

Short-term, faculty-supervised research experience tailored to complement a student’s curriculum and career goals. Students engage in a focused project that may involve laboratory experiments and computational modeling. Designed for students who seek research experience without committing to a full thesis, the course emphasizes project design, data collection and analysis, research ethics, and communication of results. Prerequisite: faculty supervisor approval; prior coursework or skills relevant to the project as specified by the supervising faculty member. May be taken for credit more than once with different projects.