GENE-220 : Research in Genetics

This course provides academic credit for independent research. It is offered on a variable credit basis and students may elect to register for 1 to 9 credits, depending on the level of time commitment to research the student expects to dedicate. In most cases, the research conducted in this venue is research under the guidance of a faculty mentor of the student's choosing leading to a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. This course is structured so that Masters and Doctoral students can focus on and perform literature research, identify mentors & research projects, and conduct thesis and dissertation research in the Department of Genetics & Human Genetics. Because research is rarely completed in a single semester, this course may be taken repeatedly until the research is concluded and the thesis or dissertation judged to have passed. See note on page 577 related to research and dissertation hours.