This course facilitates undergraduate research teams in completing scientific research projects. Research activities are conducted through video conferencing, and teams attend weekly staff meetings with their research supervisor and other teams. Each student team independently manages research tasks, acquires and processes observations from a remote robotic telescope, analyzes original data, prepares and revises a team paper, solicits external review, and submits the paper for publication.
Prerequisites
AST 131 with a grade of “C” or higher or instructor approval
1. Participate in advanced scientific research activities.
2. Demonstrate increased leadership in designing research projects collaboratively with peers.
3. Obtain and process observational data collected using a remote robotic telescope.
4. Analyze the processed observational data.
5. Prepare and revise a team manuscript, seek external peer review, and submit the manuscript for publication.