<p>What skills/knowledge do you have to offer a professor? Why do you want to do “research”? Are you just looking for a free educational experience? I’m thinking that your one class, especially if not accompanied by extensive outside experience/knowledge that you won’t have much luck, but you won’t know until you try. Instead of contacting a professor directly at first, contact someone in the department to ask what opportunities there might be and what skills you would need and if there is anyone at the school that you could meet. That way when you talk to the prof, you aren’t clueless.</p>