Independent Study

[EarnestlyWilde]

How much time have people generally dedicated to this? (I'm in the neurobio field, if that helps.)

I've been work-studying in the lab for 2 years and am tired of doing work for other's projects when I could do the same things and get an intellectual kick + credit out of it.

But I would like to know people's experience since I'm loading up on orgo2, molec neurobio, russian language, and russian lit

Thanks in advance!!

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[Amba]

I think it depends a lot on your PI and how much you want to get done. I'm taking 4 credits of research and putting in 20+ hours per week, but the *suggested* amount for that many credits is ~12 hrs/week (3 hours/credit). Ultimately, if you are conducting independent research, it comes down to how much YOU want to accomplish, and this will dictate how much time you devote to it.

 

[nysegop]

Do you have to write a research paper or something? Or do you literally get credits just for studying?