GEN ST 391 is a Credit/No Credit course designed for students who wish to pursue faculty-supervised independent study or research. GEN ST 391 is only appropriate for students who have exhausted all available departmental courses relevant to your subject (ex. departmental 399/499 credit).

If you are a pre-major student, please check with the department in which you are doing your project as often you do not need to be in that major to enroll in departmental related research/independent study credit (ex. A pre-major student doing research with a Biology faculty member should check with the Biology department about options to enroll in Biology research credit).

Students wishing to enroll in GEN ST 391 should have an already established independent study/research project and faculty supervisor who is willing to serve as a sponsor. Students normally enroll for 1 to 5 credits in a given quarter. A maximum of 15 credits of GEN ST 391 may be applied toward graduation.

Below you'll find the application to apply for GEN ST 391 credit.

Application components

1. Personal information

2. Project components

• Please describe the topic, scope, and academic objective of your project.
• Please describe how you plan to conduct your study/research (ex. Library research, lab facilities, research team, etc.)
• What supervisory/mentorship arrangements have you made with your faculty sponsor?
• How will you document your work (ex. papers, research reports, journals articles, audio/video, original art, etc.)?

3. Enrollment information

• Quarter you wish to enroll
• # of credits

4. Faculty sponsor information

• Name, department
• You will be asked to upload a letter of support from your faculty sponsor. The letter should include their intention to supervise you in this project.

Apply for GEN ST 391

Application form