Fall 2025 Biology UN3500 section 001

INDEP BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Call Number 10738
Points 2-4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Ron M Prywes - e-mail, homepage
Type INDEPENDENT
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Prerequisites: Intro Bio I & II. Students who have not taken Intro Bio are encouraged to register for BIOL UN2600. Concurrent with registering for this course, a student must register with the department and provide a written invitation from a mentor; details of this procedure are available at https://biology.columbia.edu/content/biol-un3500-independent-biological-research. Students must register for recitations UN3510 or consult the instructor. Corequisites: BIOL UN3510.

Independent Biological Research is an opportunity for full-time undergraduates in the College, SEAS and GS interested in laboratory research to share in the work of an ongoing research program in our Department or in a comparable laboratory elsewhere in the region. Projects should address a specific biological problem. Clinical projects are not allowed. While most projects are laboratory-based, computational projects that address specific biological issues are allowed.

Web Site Vergil
Department Biological Sciences
Enrollment 134 students (150 max) as of 9:05PM Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Subject Biology
Number UN3500
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note Fill out dept registration on course website
Section key 20253BIOL3500W001