| Official Description | Special project or reading course for James Scholars in engineering. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. |
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| Hours | 1 to 4 hours. |
| Subject Area | Undergraduate Project, Seminar, and Thesis |
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| Description | Students who wish to receive credit under ECE 396 must first come to an agreement with an individual faculty member regarding the nature of the project, specific goals, credit hours, amount of effort required, and final report. The student is responsible for taking the initiative in arranging for this course credit: there are no regular or organizational meetings for this course. Nonetheless, independent study is highly encouraged for those students wishing to do research or otherwise go beyond what is required in normal classes. Often these experiences lead to further research, to graduate school projects, undergraduate thesis projects. ECE 396 may be the basis upon which a student with a 3.8/4.0 gpa qualifies for graduation with highest honors. We suggest the "rule of 4"--multiply the credit hours by four to get the number of hours per week you should be working on your project. |
| Notes | ECE 396 is the same as ECE 397 but is limited to James Scholars in the College of Engineering. |
| Credit | 1-4 hours |
| Topical Prerequisities | James Scholar in engineering, and consent of instructor |