BIOG 4990

Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

For students with previous undergraduate experience conducting biological research at Cornell. Students enrolled for this credit should be doing independent work on their own project.  Applications available online at http://biology.cornell.edu/research/opportunities. Research supervisors must approve by the Add Deadline, two weeks after the start of classes.  Each student must submit a project description as part of the application. Any Cornell faculty member whose research field is biological in nature may serve as supervisor for this course.  Non-Cornell supervisors are not acceptable.

When Offered Fall, spring, or summer.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: one semester BIOG 2990 or equivalent or permission of instructor and Office of Undergraduate Biology.

Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

Comments Arts students may not register for more than 6 credits per semester with one supervisor or 8 credits per semester with more than one supervisor. Students in CALS may use up to 15 credits of independent study (BIOG 4990, BIOG 4980) toward graduation. 

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