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IE405a/IE405b Mentorship-Senior Research
Two trimesters
Credit: Two units core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Senior standing, completion of IE308 Mentorship Explorations with a
grade of A- or higher, and permission of the Academic Programs Office.
Meeting pattern: Seven periods per week including two labs.
Mentorship-Senior Research is for senior students interested in doing research
under the guidance of a mentor at one of the local universities or Research
Triangle companies. Students spend two afternoons each week developing a
research proposal, learning appropriate lab protocols for the research,
collecting data and analyzing the data under the supervision of the mentor(s).
Students are expected to keep a journal of their mentorship experiences,
research protocols, data if not kept at the mentorship site, and individual
readings log. Each student writes a formal review of the literature in the first
trimester and a scientific paper based on the research project in the second
trimester of work. Students are required to present the outcome of their work at
one or more of the following via poster and/or oral presentation: NC Student
Academy of Science, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and/or the
NCSSM Research Symposium.
IE406 Mentorship – Extended Research
One trimester
Credit: One unit core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Completion of IE405 Mentorship-Senior Research and permission of
the Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs.
Meeting Pattern: Seven periods per week including two labs.
This course is intended for mentorship students whose research presents the
opportunity for a full additional term of work. Students must apply to the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Programs by not later than three weeks before the
end of the prior term. The Vice Chancellor reviews the application and
determines if a faculty member is available and has the necessary expertise to
supervise the student’s continued research. The application includes: written
commitment from the mentor to work with the student for a full additional term,
description of work already completed by the student, specific goals for the
additional term of mentorship, schedule of days and times student will work with
the mentor, and how the student is to be graded. A description of
transportation arrangements must also be included. Transportation is typically
the responsibility of the mentor or the student’s family, although other means of
transportation may be approved.
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