{"id":3488,"date":"2025-05-23T17:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?page_id=3488"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:38:43","slug":"undergraduate-research-courses-for-credit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/undergraduate-research-courses-for-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Courses for Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: 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id=\"gain-credit-for-research-experience\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gain Credit for Research Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These unpaid research experiences contribute to your degree as Biochemistry courses while gaining experience in a Biochemistry professor\u2019s research laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Submit the Registration Form to\u00a0biochem@carleton.ca\u00a0a minimum of 1 business day prior to the last day to register.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/Undergraduate-Research-Course-for-Credit-Registration-Request-Form-2.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Registration Form\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Research Courses\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p>Each undergraduate research course below counts as 0.5 credit towards your degree. These courses involve a laboratory research project under the supervision of faculty member from the Institute of Biochemistry. A confirmed supervisor is required prior to registration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=BIOC%202400\">BIOC 2400 \u2013 Independent Research I<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=BIOC%203400\">BIOC 3400 \u2013 Independent Research II<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=BIOC%204901\">BIOC 4901 \u2013 Directed Special Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/MG_0181-sized-1-768x336.jpg); background-position: 52% 64%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Honours Capstone Courses\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Honours c<\/strong><strong>apstone courses<\/strong>&nbsp;are final-year research experiences. If you are registered in an Honours degree, you must complete one of the capstone courses listed below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/current-students\/undergraduate\/capstone-courses\/\">start planning your capstone course<\/a>&nbsp;in the Fall term of your third year.&nbsp;A confirmed supervisor is required prior to registration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=BIOC%204907\">BIOC 4907 \u2013 Honours Essay and Research Proposal<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/search\/?P=BIOC%204908\">BIOC 4908 \u2013 Research Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/capstone-courses\/\">Learn More about Capstone Courses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/convocation-header-2019-1600w-1-opacity-3-768x336.jpg); background-position: 55% 36%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"credit\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gain Credit for Research Experience These unpaid research experiences contribute to your degree as Biochemistry courses while gaining experience in a Biochemistry professor\u2019s research laboratory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[40],"class_list":["post-3488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4028,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3488\/revisions\/4028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=3488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}