GS 29501

Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience I
January-May 2026

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About the Course
This course is for current Purdue undergraduate researchers to hone skills necessary for successfully reflecting on and completing the experience. During this course, students will utilize their research experience to apply skills such as managing time with a research project, communicating your research, utilizing Purdue Libraries' resources, and providing feedback to peer researchers through the seven modules. Students will deliver research elevator pitches about their own project and provide critiques to others’ pitches.
Course Goals/Learning Objectives
  1. Communicate research to various audiences with a research elevator pitch and a research abstract
  2. Provide constructive feedback and interact with peers and apply comments to your work
  3. Define skills/attributes from your undergraduate research experience
  4. Develop and expand a network of researchers within your unit and among other peer researchers’
  5. Reflect on and apply transferable skills necessary to be a successful undergraduate researcher

GS 29501

Course Catalog
GS 29501 Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience I

Description
Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is for Purdue undergraduates who are part of an active research project and/or creative endeavor. Students will hone skills necessary for reflecting on and completing these experiences. During this course, students will utilize their research experience to apply skills including but not limited to: managing time with a research project, communicating research findings, using Purdue Libraries' resources, and providing constructive feedback to peer researchers. Students will deliver elevator pitches on their own research projects and critique pitches from their peers.
1.000 Credit hours
Levels:  Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
Schedule Types:  Distance Learning
Offered By:  College of Liberal Arts
Department:  College of Liberal Arts Admin
Course Attributes
Provost Low Enroll Perm Waiver, Lower Division
May be offered at any of the following campuses:  West Lafayette
Learning Objectives
1. Communicate research to various audiences with an oral research elevator pitch and a written research abstract. 2. Provide constructive feedback, interact with peers, and incorporate feedback in your work. 3. Define skills and attributes you have developed and expanded as a result of your involvement in an undergraduate research experience. 4. Develop and expand your network of peer researchers within and across disciplines. 5. Reflect on and apply transferable skills necessary to be a successful undergraduate researcher.