Getting Involved In Undergraduate Research: Psych 99/199

 

Basic Information

  • Units
    • Four (4)
  • Grading Option
    • First quarter: P/NP
    • Subsequent quarters: P/NP or Graded
  • Course Requirements
    • Two (2) hours/day (10 hours/week)
      • Attendance and completion of a short assignment for each of at least two (2) of the three (3) lectures given to undergraduate research assistants each quarter
    • A paper (5–10 pages) based on the research you conduct is required the first quarter and is also required in subsequent quarters if they are taken for a grade (not required for P/NP).

 

Procedure for Enrollment

If you are a new student looking to become involved, then you will need to send in a short application and attend a lab tour. Information about this will be sent out to all Psychology and Bio-Psychology undergraduates by an undergraduate adviser during the first week of each academic quarter. If you do not receive the email or are not a Psych/Bio-Psych major, then please contact the VIU Lab's undergraduate research assistant coordinator for the current quarter. Please contact the VIU Lab at viu.ucsb@gmail.com with any questions.

 

Once Enrolled

  • You will be assigned to work with a particular researcher in the lab. In most cases, you and the researcher then can arrange a meeting for your training session. After your initial training session, you will be expected to work independently in the lab without supervision.
  • Later in the quarter, you will be expected to attend at least two lectures about the type of research that we conduct. Those lectures will be scheduled based on your availability.
  • We try to be as flexible as possible when scheduling your hours--they are based on your availability.
  • If you are taking Psych 99/199 for a letter grade, you will be required to write a paper. A researcher in the lab will be assigned to help you with the paper, and the two required lectures will help you develop and understand the content of the paper. Do not worry too much about this requirement; we will help you with it.