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Many students are interested in taking Biology/Botany/ Zoology 152 during the Spring semester, and would like to do a Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 project with their supervisor or a lab researcher. This is not an automatic process; students interested in doing a Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 project in the labs should read this page carefully and follow the steps outlined below.

Most of the requirements are the same as for our other research credit courses. However, there are some differences. Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 students also need to do some prep work before (or very early in) the Spring semester to prepare for the course. Students taking Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 during Fall semester should replace "Spring" in these guidelines with "Fall,” and should start their Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 planning and discussions during the preceding Summer.

All requirements are the same as for other research credit students (see Undergrads Home > Research Credit Student Requirements, with the following exceptions:

• Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 students are not required to write a typical semester paper. However, they must turn in a printed copy of their Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 project paper to Jane Lambert at the end of Spring semester in lieu of a semester paper.
• Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 students should register for 2 or 3 credits of Psych 699.
• FAN (Fun with Affective Neuroscience) Meeting attendance is highly recommended but is not required.

All other requirements are unchanged. Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 students must still:

• Participate in the peer review paper exchange.
• Do 90 hours of labwork (if registered for 2 credits of Psych 699) or 135 hours of labwork (if registered for 3 credits); the labwork and Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 project work should be one and the same.

To prepare for taking Bio/BotZoo 152 in the Spring semester, you should do all of the following during Fall semester preceding the Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 course:

• Nicely ask your supervisor if they have the time and inclination to act as your project mentor for the Bio/Bot/Zoo 152 project (Dr. Davidson will act as your overarching research mentor). If not, ask if your supervisor can recommend a project mentor (and if it would be possible for you to work with the recommended person for the Spring semester). Print a copy of the Bio 152 mentor document and give it to your mentor.