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The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) anchors these efforts by promoting and supporting research by undergraduates throughout campus. OUR serves all students with interests and talents in research. The OUR office is located at 6 Gilmore Hall and provides advising on how to get involved, training and development opportunities, and funding. Contact them at undergraduate-research@uiowa.edu or visit https://our.research.uiowa.edu/.
The University of Iowa depends on robust and creative research efforts, and honors students are able to receive honors credit for participating. There are many opportunities for honors students to get involved in research and creative activities at the University of Iowa, and not just in the sciences! Research happens in every department and major on campus. Research can be done with UIowa faculty members (known as mentored research) or as your own project as a part of earning honors in your major.
Options
- A S.H. CREDIT-BEARING RESEARCH COURSE: Register for a credit-bearing research course such as HONR:3994 or departmental research courses such as BIOL:3994. Consult your principle advisor (or ICRU) about major research courses as electives.
- VOLUNTEER/PAID/0 S.H. RESEARCH: If you are engaged in research on a volunteer basis, a paid basis, or for a 0 credit hour course such as URES:3992, then you would fill out the Honors Reflection Process in order to get credit.
If you’re not sure if your research fits in either of these options, reach out to a Peer Mentor or one of our advising staff members.
Credit Bearing Offerings
The following research opportunities appear automatically on your honors degree audit:
HONR:3994 Honors Research Practicum (1-3 s.h. registration)
Undergraduate Research Experiences:URES:3993, URES:3994 (1-4 s.h. registration)
URES:3995 Undergraduate Research Fellow (3 credits Fall/Spring, 4 credits Summer; applications due in March)
BIOC:3993 or BIOC:4999 Undergraduate Research in Biochemistry
BIOL:3994 or BIOL:4999 Undergraduate Research in Biology
PSY:3994, or PSY:3995Undergraduate Research in Psychology
BIOL:4995/PSY:4995 Honors Research in Neuroscience
BUS:3600 Tippie RISE Undergraduate Mentored Research
CHEM:3994 Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
COMM:2897 Undergraduate Research or Creative Work in Communication Studies
CPH:3999 or CPH:4990 Undergraduate Research in Public Health
CSD:3993 Undergraduate Research in Communication Sciences & Disorders
GEOG:3992 Undergraduate Research in Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
HHP:4500, HHP:4800 or HHP:4900 Undergraduate Research in Health and Human Physiology
IBA:3992 Research registration for students in the Iowa Biosciences Academy
LING:3195 Linguistics Lab 1
MICR:4161 or MICR:4171 Undergraduate Research in Microbiology and Immunology
PCOL:4199 Undergraduate Research in Pharmacology
PHAR:3994 Undergraduate Research in the College of Pharmacy
PHYS:4999 Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy
POLI:4600 Honors Research Project
PSY:4999 Undergraduate Research in Psychology
SOC:4800 or SOC:4998 Undergraduate Research in Sociology