Selected undergraduates participating in research projects can apply for research units, click link above for information:

Approval codes for all research credit courses are released starting the first week of instruction and the email info can be filled out anytime during the first 3 weeks.

Research units procedure:
1) Faculty and the student agree on the project to be conducted in fulfillment of the research units via email. 50 hours of work = 1 unit

2) A detailed description of the research project and what you do on a daily basis, along with the faculty member's approval and the number of units to be earned must be included in this e-mail.  -Several sentences to a paragraph should suffice. You'll then e-mail that correspondence to either Andrew or Mike: (mike.tucker@lifesci.ucsb.edu or kroes@lifesci.ucsb.edu)
 
3) The Advisors will use that correspondence as the faculty signature and will then issue an approval code to the student (we will first verify qualifications and GPA requirements).

Note:  Your email should include: Your Name, Perm #, Faculty Sponsor Name and their approval, project description, the research credit course number being requested, and how many units are proposed (50 hours of work = 1 unit).  The subject line should say "Research Credit".

Requirements for research credit
Lower Division credit:
84 = internship (cum gpa = 2.5 or better) : counting, sorting, identifying, data entry
99 = Introduction to research (cum gpa = 3.0 or better) : analytical aspect to research

Upper Division credit: (for 197 and 199 credit a minimum of 2 completed upper division (UD) biology courses are required for the UD major gpa )
184 = internship (cum gpa = 2.5 or better)
197 = directed studies (UD biology gpa = 2.5 or better; biology majors only) : analytical aspect to research, learning techniques used in the lab
199 = independent studies (UD biology gpa = 3.0 or better; biology majors only) : analytical aspect to research, more independent

Good luck in the quarter!!