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Allegheny College

Introduction to Research

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2 Credits

Live interactive classes with college professors. Interact with other bright and ambitious students. Official transcript with transferable credits upon completion.

Course Content

The internet age has made the ability to sift through and make sense of overwhelming amounts of information not just valuable, but essential. But, how does one evaluate and use information for effective research? Students in this course learn how to apply critical thinking to turn general curiosity about a topic into real knowledge, grounded in research and supported by evidence. Students will learn to ask the right kinds of questions, find credible sources, determine an author’s argument and effectively communicate a research topic.

After an initial immersion into research methodologies, students will work under the professor in their field of study. The evaluation of the course will primarily be on basis of a research paper that the student submits. High quality research papers that are endorsed by the professors will be published by Scholarly.

Eligibility

Student should have completed class IX or appeared for class IX final exam.

Prerequisite

None

Timelines / Duration

Sep 21 – Nov 11, 2020

Class Schedule

Summer 2024 – 10 Jun to 5 Aug
Fall 2024 – Sep to Nov 24

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Fees

USD 2,500/- 

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Physics – Astronomy

Faculty

Prof. Jamie Lombardi
Professor of Physics

B.A., Princeton; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell

Physics – Classical

Faculty

Prof. Doros Petasis
Professor of Physics, Biochemistry

B.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Environmental Science & Sustainability

Faculty

Prof. Eric Pallant
Professor, Chair, Environmental Science & Sustainability

B.A., Wesleyan University; M.F.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Biology

Faculty

Prof. Ronald Mumme
Professor, Biology

B.S., University of South Florida Ph.D.; University of California (Berkeley)

Faculty

Prof. Caryl Waggett
Associate Professor – Global Health Transitions, Environmental Health

B.A., Brown University; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley

Psychology & Neuroscience

Faculty

Prof. Aimee Knupsky
Associate Professor of Psychology

Director, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities; B.A., Muskingum College; M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Economics

Faculty

Michael Michaelides
Assistant Professor of Economics

B.A., University of Essex; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A., Virginia Tech; Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Marketing Management

Faculty

Prof. Ishita Sinha Roy
Professor

B.A., M.A., University of Bombay; M.A., Ph.D., Annenberg School for Communication (University of Southern California)

Faculty

Prof. Gaia Rancati
Assistant Professor of Marketing & Neuromarketing

B.A, University Institute for Modern Languages, Milan (IULM) 2009; M.A.,Il Sole 24 Ore Business School Milan 2012 Ph.D. IULM Milan and Claremont Graduate University, CA 2019

Data Science

Faculty

Prof. Oliver Bonham-Carter
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

B.S., Creighton University; M.S, PhD, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Computer Science

Faculty

Prof. Janyl Jumadinova
Chair, Associate Professor, Computer Science

B.S., Peru State College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha

Faculty

Prof. Gregory Kapfhammer
Associate Professor, Computer Science

B.S., Allegheny College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Faculty

Prof. Douglas Luman
Assistant Professor, Computer Science

M.F.A., George Mason University; B.S., Bradley University

Mathematics

Faculty

Prof. Craig J. Dodge
Associate Professor and Department Chair

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo

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"In Undergraduate Research"
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Research

#19

Best Undergraduate Teaching
U.S. News and World Report,
2020

#43

"In Undergraduate Research"
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2020

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