PLSCI 4990

PLSCI 4990

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Affords opportunities for students to carry out independent research under appropriate supervision. Each student is expected to review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, conduct the research, and prepare a report.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.0.

Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

Comments Students enrolling in this course for honors research should take a minimum of 3 credits each semester while conducting the honors research.

Outcomes
  • Identify a question or topic requiring original research through critical examination of existing literature.
  • Formulate the question into one or more testable hypotheses or central arguments and develop methods suitable to evaluate these hypotheses or arguments.
  • Obtain information relevant to the hypotheses or arguments through effective use of contemporary methods and research techniques.
  • Critically analyze the evidence obtained to refute or support the hypotheses or arguments.
  • Integrate the findings of this research to the findings of others and to larger issues in the discipline.
  • Communicate effectively through writing the thesis and oral or poster presentations.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 15857 PLSCI 4990   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • DiTommaso, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.2. Students enrolling in PLSCI 4990 for honors research should take a minimum of 3 credits when conducting the honors research.
    Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 15859 PLSCI 4990   RSC 707

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Katz, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.0. Students enrolling in PLSCI 4990 for honors research should take a minimum of 3 credits when conducting the honors research.
    Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
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Syllabi: none
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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
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  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17493 PLSCI 4990   RSC 758

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Landis, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.2. Students enrolling in PLSCI 4990 for honors research should take a minimum of 3 credits when conducting the honors research.
    Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17504 PLSCI 4990   RSC 759

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Gandolfo Nixon, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research
    Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.0. Students enrolling in PLSCI 4990 for honors research should take a minimum of 3 credits when conducting the honors research.
    Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21541 PLSCI 4990   RSC 762

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bushley, K

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21542 PLSCI 4990   RSC 763

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Van Wijk, K

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21599 PLSCI 4990   RSC 764

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Martinez, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 21600 PLSCI 4990   RSC 765

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Bogdanove, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research