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Research Scholars (intended exclusively for STEM students)

Note: This Pathway is intended exclusively for STEM students

The Research Scholars Pathway is designed for students who are pursuing degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, and Psychology (B.S. degree only) who wish to place their research interests in a humanistic context. Students will learn to think about their work creatively and analytically. Through their interdisciplinary study, they will consider how values and culture shape their colleagues and clients, enabling them to better serve those constituents.

REQUIREMENTS
Research Scholars are placed in a match program to be assigned to a research lab during their first year. They take SAS 125: Cornerstone Research Mentorship, a one credit course, during the spring of their freshman year. This course allows students to present their research to faculty and students, consider the broad implications of their work, and receive professional development.

Research Scholars in the College of Engineering, Physics, and Computing and the School of Architecture take PHIL 362 Professional Ethics in Engineering or ARPL 383: Ethics and Stewardship or a discipline-specific ethics course or take the one-credit course SAS 210: Cornerstone Symposium three times.

Research Scholars in other schools must take HIST 208: Transformative Texts II and choose one additional course from the following list:

  • PHIL 303: Biomedical Ethics* -or- TRS 333: Bioethics* -or- PHIL 311: Contemporary Moral Issues*
  • PHIL 313A/B: Philosophy of Human Nature*
  • PHIL 331A/B Philosophy of Knowledge*
  • TRS 335: Christian Marriage & Family*
  • TRS 353: Religion and the Life Cycle*
  • FREN 242: From Earth to the Moon: Rockets, Space Travel and Imagination in French and Francophone Literature and Film*
  • HIST 214: Pandemics: A Comparative History*
  • HIST 340A: Mapping History
  • CLAS 244: Greek Tragedy and its Modern Reception*
  • ENG 461 -or- 462: Plays of Shakespeare*
  • ENG 232: The History of English Literature II -or- ENG 236: American Literature II
  • SAS 210: Cornerstone Symposium can also be taken three times to fulfill one of the course requirements

* Indicates courses that fulfill a Liberal Arts Curriculum “foundations” or “explorations” requirement