PHSC 2650 — Introduction to Health Science Research

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonHybridTraditional

Surveys research methods and topics relevant to health science research with the goal of engaging undergraduate students to commit to research training throughout at least one semester and possibly continuing throughout their undergraduate program. Exposes students to lectures addressing the benefits of a research experience and readings of original literature. Health science faculty from across the university present their lines of research focusing on projects that would be available to students. Seeks to familiarize students with use of the scientific method in addressing unsolved problems and to prepare them to select the most appropriate research laboratory to engage in research.

Prerequisites

all of:
- BIOL 1111 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- one of:
  - CHEM 1161 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - CHEM 1211 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- one of:
  - MATH 1241 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - MATH 1245 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	13	39	33%	26.0
Spring 2025	1	24	48	50%	24.0
Spring 2026	1	19	24	79%	5.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 23% · T 77% · W 23% · Th 23% · F 77%

Common patterns: TF (77% of sections), MWR (23% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Leigh Plant (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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