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[Oyama]

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@kkiiji

Ahh I’m very confused. I’m allowed to apply my first quarter to a psych honors program as a biology major? Also the lab is interchangeable between two different fields? O_o</p>

<p>I am very very unfamiliar with how things work over there. Could you give a brief explanation please?

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<p>[UCSD</a> Psychology | Undergraduate Program | Honors Program | Honors Program](<a href=“Department of Psychology”>Department of Psychology)</p>

<p>I would try to secure an independent research position ASAP since you’re a transfer (you need a letter of rec as part of the app).</p>

<p>In my year’s cohort, it’s around 25 people–all but 3 are psych majors; the other 2 are bio who want to go into psychiatry (so it’s possible).</p>

<p>In the program, you’re given the opportunity and directed instruction on how to actually conduct research (something you don’t normally get to do in normal independent research labs where you’re mostly doing busy/menial work).</p>

<p>Work for it. Talk to Vic Ferreira (honor’s program director) and the 2 UG Psych advisors.</p>

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<p>[url=<a href=“http://web.mac.com/sanagnos/MCL/Opportunities.html]Opportunities[/url”>http://web.mac.com/sanagnos/MCL/Opportunities.html]Opportunities[/url</a>]</p>

<p>That’s the webpage for my lab.</p>

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Undergraduates seeking research experience for graduate school, professional development, or for course credit (e.g., Psych or BISP 199, 194) are encouraged to contact us at <a href=“mailto:stephana@ucsd.edu”>stephana@ucsd.edu</a>. Prior related coursework or research experience is a benefit, but not required.

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<p>BISP being Biology - Special Studies;</p>

<p>You’re going to be doing things regarding behavioral pharmacology, fear conditioning, place preference, forgetting curves, knockout gene behavioral neuroscience, etc. Things you encounter in BioPsych, Physio, and Pharm.</p>

<p>You will be working with the grad students (both are great and very friendly) and will actually get to see Stephan on a regular basis regarding new developments in the lab, guest speakers, conferences, etc.</p>

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<p>To enroll in these types of courses, you just need to go to tritonlink.ucsd.edu, go to forms, and download and print the Special Studies (99/199) form. Complete this and after you get a professor to give you the thumbs up, have him of her fill the rest out and turn it into your respective dept (either Psyc or Bio, depending on where you want the credit to be).</p>

<p>Besides that, feel free to PM me on logistical stuff.</p>

[kkiiji]

<p>Ah how interesting! Thank you very much for the information. I’ll definitely look into it.</p>

[Oyama]

<p>Anytime. Not enough people are interested in research (we’re one of the top research universities and no one seems to notice that on campus), so it’s fun to disseminate this information to those who genuinely want to pursue this path.</p>

[kkiiji]

<p>To be honest I’ve never done anything like it before, though I’m very excited by the idea. I mean I have plenty of laboratory experience from class(chem, bio, even physics >_>), but conducting my own research? Sounds fun!</p>