Research Assistance

1-3 units

Students may enroll in Research Assistance under the direct supervision of a member of the faculty with the consent of the faculty member. The exact nature of the project shall be determined by the individual faculty member. A student may earn from one to three credits for Research Assistance depending upon the scope of the project, the precise number of credits to be determined by the supervising faculty member after completion of the project. For each credit, a student is expected to devote at least 42.5 hours of work, and written work as assigned by the faculty member equivalent in substance to 10 pages of writing. In order to earn the credit(s) for Research Assistance, the project must be completed and a grade recorded by the end of the semester for which the student registers for the course. Failure to complete the course by the end of the semester will result in withdrawal. A student must register for and begin work for credit for Research Assistance no later than the end of the second week of classes of the semester in which the credit is to attach. No student may receive more than three credits in a single semester for Supervised Research and/or Research Assistance. No student may receive academic credit for more than four Research Assistance experiences or six credits total for Research Assistance. Research Assistance is not available for credit during the summer term. Research Assistance is graded on a pass/fail basis.