COURSE DESCRIPTION - This independent laboratory course is based on the work completed in the Research Seminar. The students will be responsible for establishing their experimental design, standardizing their protocols, and continuing their literature search. The term paper is a rough draft of the senior thesis with results to date. This course should be taken by students in the fall semester of their senior year. Credits: 3

TIMETABLE:

The following requirements (typed) are due on the dates below.  These are deadlines, not guidelines. Your grade depends on strict adherence to them.

1

9/15/06

Deadline for thesis statement or hypothesis

2

9/22/06

Protocol must be finished

3

9/29/06

Typed protocol must be handed in

4

10/06/06

All orders for supplies must be complete, one sheet for each vendor

5

10/12/06

Lab work must be started before this date

6

10/20/06

Hand in: revised and more detailed protocol

• Comprehensive experimental design with completed calendar of experiments

7

11/03/06

Completed Bibliography using proper format

8

11/10/06

Rough draft of Introduction section

9

11/17/06

Rough draft of Materials and Methods section

10

12/08/06

Final Submission term paper - includes results to date