Undergraduate Research is integrated throughout the curriculum at Carolina with research opportunities existing within courses in every department in Arts and Sciences. With the new course numbering system, these research courses are more easily identified. Courses numbered 195, 295 and 395 are designated as Undergraduate Research courses. In some departments, students may do independent research projects under Independent Reading or Study (196, 296, and 396). Students who want to write an honors thesis based on their research projects apply to take the Honors thesis courses (691H, 692H, 693H and 694H) in their majors. In addition, undergraduates may find research experiences within department other courses including research methodology courses, capstone courses and First Year Seminars but they should consult individual course instructors for specific course descriptions.

To increase the numbers of course-based research opportunities, each semester the Office for Undergraduate Research sponsors a number of undergraduate courses within departments which include research experiences. These courses can be found throughout the curriculum and are taught with the assistance of Graduate Research Consultants (GRCs)  who help students define and carry out their research, and then communicate their findings. Please see the GRC program page for more information about courses that have been taught with GRCs.

The new General College curriculum includes an Experiential Education (EE) requirement, which can be met by receiving credit for one course which includes sustained and mentored research.  Departmental course descriptions should be used to verify that any particular 195, 295,  395  or other department course has been approved to meet the Experiential Education requirement.