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Course Description

Summary

This two-credit seminar is required for all fall-term juniors whose Plan significantly involves mathematics or science (other students may register with permission of instructors if background is appropriate). The seminar uses students’ ideas/plans for advanced work as a vehicle for intensive exploration of the scientific process. We will look at the research methods employed by ¿­ÐýÃŹÙÍø science faculty and visiting scientists, read primary scientific literature, learn how to formulate scientific questions, and learn how to plan a research/inquiry project. By the end of the term, students will be expected to produce an initial proposal for advanced work in science/math. This may, if desired and appropriate, be used as the basis for his/her sixth-term plan confirmation essay. Students in this course will be assessed only on a pass/fail basis.