Research Practicum

Each student must submit a proposal (approved by his/her sponsor) with a detailed plan for the practicum. This plan must specify what the product of the semester's work will be (list of specific laboratory skills to be mastered, or specific study to be carried out, or report of research to be written up, etc.). For continued practica, a progress report is also required regarding product(s) achieved in past practica. Approval of the Head of the MA Program is required before the start of the semester in which the practicum is to take place. Students will be provided with an internship in research through practical experience in the laboratory with a member of the department. The actual number of hours which the student will work in a given laboratory will be mutually arranged with the student's laboratory mentor. Each practicum will include both direct laboratory experience and guided reading of pertinent secondary and primary literature.

Fall, Spring