BIOG 4990

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BIOG 4990
Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

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. 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, 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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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-8 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1759 BIOG 4990   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisite: one semester of BIOG 2990 or equivalent or permission of instructor and Office of Undergraduate Biology. Register for course by filling out the online enrollment form at https://biology.cornell.edu/research/research-credit-biog-29904990/.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)