» 291/491 Student-Faculty Research and Creative Activity for Course Credit

Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity allows students to work directly with a faculty mentor on independent contributions to the mentor's scholarly research/creative project(s) or on the student's independent scholarly research/creative project under faculty guidance.

This coursework is available to undergraduate matriculated students. 291 is available to all undergraduate matriculated students. 491 is available to junior/senior-level only. This allows students to earn course credit while making an original contribution to scholarship or creative work in a discipline or across disciplines. 291/491 projects are designed to enhance traditional learning formats; therefore, no degree or minor program can require 291/491 for all its students, nor should a program use this system to cover a gap in its curriculum or staffing.

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Must be full-time faculty and cannot be on research leave.

A minimum of 5 hours of instructor-student contact for each hour of credit is required. The student should spend a total of 40-50 hours in instruction and research for each credit of individual study. Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity are required to keep a record or journal with a listing of dates, hours-spent, nature of activities, etc.

Link to the registrar’s form: https://www.chapman.edu/students/academic-resources/registrar/_files/forms/undergraduate-student-faculty-research-and-creative-291-491.pdf

Fill out the Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity form
Attach the course description and course learning outcomes of the proposed Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Obtain signature approvals from the department chair/graduate program director and the instructor of the course on the approval list below.
Submit the completed form with the course description and course learning outcomes to the Office of the University Registrar by the end of the 5th week of the semester. For Interterm and Summer registration deadlines, see the Academic Calendar.

The Faculty Mentor Directory is an online tool that provides undergraduate students a network of faculty members interested in mentoring undergraduate students in research or creative activity. Students can explore the Faculty Mentor Directory to identify potential faculty mentors that inspire or fit their academic and intellectual research/creative interests.

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