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Purpose
These courses are designed to increase undergraduate research opportunities by
- broadening the scope of research courses,
- making them available to more students, and
- making the undergraduate research component more interdisciplinary.
What kind of courses are these? Who can take them?
396 courses:
- contain a significant research component that requires substantial independent work by students;
- feature a final report worth at least 50% of the final grade;
- are elective courses;
- can be taken outside your own department (i.e., by students whose major is outside the offering unit);
- count towards the requirements of the Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List (DMURL);
- can be taken after one term of undergraduate studies; and
- are not available under the satisfactory/unsatisfactory option.
General prerequisites
- At least one term of undergraduate studies, a CGPA of at least 3.0, or permission of instructor to waive these requirements.
- Open to students in any program offered by the Faculty of Science.
- A project proposal form must be completed by the student and instructor and approved by the unit head or his/her delegate* before the start of the term.(* For NSCI 396 and COGS 396, it is the Neuroscience Program Director or the Cognitive Science Program Director, and the Interdisciplinary Programs Adviser.)
- Instructors will list project-specific prerequisites with the project description listings.
- A student may take more than one 396 course, but cannot be supervised by the same instructor for two 396 Science courses. Each 396 course must also be for a different project.
Participating departments, schools, or programs
The following departments, schools, or programs offer 396 courses. See our list of projects currently offered.
| Department, school, or program | Course number |
|---|---|
| Anatomy and Cell Biology | ANAT 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | ATOC 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Biochemistry | BIOC 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Biology | BIOL 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Chemistry | CHEM 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Cognitive Science | COGS 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Computer Science | COMP 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | EPSC 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Environment, McGill School of | ENVR 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Geography | GEOG 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Human Genetics (NEW IN WINTER 2013) | HGEN 396 Human Genetic Research Project |
| Mathematics and Statistics | MATH 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Microbiology and Immunology - MICROBIOLOGY | MIMM 396 Ugrad Research Proj-Microbiol |
| Microbiology and Immunology - IMMUNOLOGY | MIMM 397 Ugrad Research Proj - Immunol |
| Neuroscience | NSCI 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Physics | PHYS 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Physiology | PHGY 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Psychology | PSYC 396 Undergraduate Research Project |
| Redpath Museum | REDM 396 Undergraduate Research Project |