Question Regarding Research Oppurtunity

[chrisevan1030]

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Hello, don't post much on here but I shadow around. I've recently been offered to join a team here at my campus to aid in their research. The professor has proposed what seems to be a choice...there's two ways I can be "officially" on his team. One way is to enroll in an "Independent Studies" titled course worth 2 units (graded course with evaluation at the end of the quarter), another is to go under salary pay (it's not much, but still a nice chunk of change) under the campus. He told me that a lot of undergrad.'s going into research do the 2-unit course but there are also plenty students that take the salary pay. I asked him twice to clarify the significant difference but I didn't really understand what he was saying. He did however note that the expected hours per week are the same for both options, and it will be the same exact work with the same exact workload. I'm kind of lost here, what is the difference? Does it look better to take the independent studies course, or does taking the salary pay and being able to put it on my resume just as equal?

 

[CoolWhipp]

Before I read anything. Fix the title.

 

[chrisevan1030]

Before I read anything. Fix the title.

All fixed princess. 😀

 

[CoolWhipp]

All fixed princess. 😀

Actually, its not. Try again.

 

[LHKP0603]

Actually, its not. Try again.

haha, it definitely is not fixed 🙂
What are your immediate needs? Are you currently in financial need?

 

[vickpick]

not oppurtunity - opportunity lol.. thats what the person meant...

take the 2 credits hrs choice..

somehow, paid work would look less charitable than just a credited research..

 

[chrisevan1030]

Not in a state where I'm in a huge financial need, but I just found paying the two units in order to do research seemed a bit 👎. I guess it would look more charitable though. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[kami333]

My old PI did this, it basically boils down to whether you want to pay and get a few credits worth of A, or get paid. (He also generally expected you do "volunteer" for a few months to make sure you weren't a screw up before getting any option)

 

[Narmerguy]

Don't bother what seems "cheritable" . No one will see what you're doing as charitable because either way you're either getting an A (most likely) or getting some dough.

Look at it this way. How much does 2 credits worth of A cost for you? How much would someone have to offer you to take those 2 credits away? Then ask if the pay is enough. I never liked the idea of being paid. I find that it usually comes with some tacit strings attached.