MCDB 474a or b Independent Research.
Joseph Wolenski, David Breslow, Jing Yan
HTBA
Research projects under faculty supervision taken as Pass/Fail only. This is the only independent research course available to Underclassmen. Students are expected to spend approximately ten hours per week in the laboratory. Written assignments include a short research proposal summary, at the beginning of the term, approved by the Yale faculty sponsor and the instructor in charge of the course. A final research report is required at the end of the term. Students should line up a research laboratory during the term preceding the research. Guidelines for the course should be obtained from the office of the director of undergraduate studies or downloaded from the Classes server. Written proposals are due by the end of the first week of the semester.
MCDB 475a or b. Senior Independent Research.
Joseph Wolenski, David Breslow, Jing Yan
HTBA
Research projects under faculty supervision, to fulfill the senior requirement in MCDB. Students are expected to spend approximately ten hours per week in the laboratory. Written assignments include a short research proposal summary, at the beginning of the term, approved by the Yale faculty sponsor and the instructor in charge of the course. A final research report is required at the end of the term, before a letter grade is given. Seniors taking this course to fulfill the senior requirement must give an oral presentation of their research at the end of the term. Students who take this course more than once must reapply each term; students planning to conduct two terms of research should consider enrolling in MCDB 485a, 486b. Students should line up a research laboratory during the term preceding the research. Guidelines for the course should be obtained from the office of the director of undergraduate studies or downloaded from the Classes server. Written proposals are due by the end of the first week of the semester. This course is only open to Senior MCDB students.
MCDB 485a and 486b. Senior Research.
Joseph Wolenski, David Breslow, Jing Yan
HTBA Credit/Year Only
Individual two-term laboratory research projects under the supervision of a faculty member. Students are expected to spend ten to twelve hours per week in the laboratory. Written assignments include a short research proposal summary due at the end of the first week of classes, a grant proposal due at the end of the first term, and a research report summarizing experimental results due at the end of the second term. Students are required to make an oral presentation as well as attend a minimum of two research seminar sessions per term. A poster session is held at the end of the spring term. Students should line up a research laboratory during the term preceding the research. Guidelines for the course should be obtained from the office of the director of undergraduate studies or downloaded from the Classes server. This course is only open to Senior MCDB students.
MCDB 495a and 496b. Senior Research Intensive.
Joseph Wolenski, David Breslow, Jing Yan
HTBA Credit/Year Only
Qualified students may undertake directed research in some field of biology during the senior year. Before registering for this course, the student must be accepted for a research project by a Yale faculty member with a research program in experimental biology and obtain the approval of the instructor in charge of the course. Students spend approximately twenty hours per week in the laboratory, and make written and oral presentations of their research to students and advisers. Written assignments include a proposal summary due at the end of the first week of classes, a grant proposal due at the end of the first term, and a research report summarizing experimental results due at the end of the second term. Students must attend a minimum of two research seminar sessions (including their own) per term. Students are also required to present their research during both the fall and spring terms. A poster session is held at the end of the spring term. Guidelines for the course are covered in detail in an information sheet that students should obtain from the office of the director of undergraduate studies early in the final term of the junior year. This course is only open to Senior MCDB students pursuing the MCDB BS INT degree.