INDV 460 - McNair Research Internship II

The McNair Research Internship II is designed to advance students’ understanding and experiential knowledge and practice of research from the base knowledge acquired in McNair Research Internship I. In this 10-week internship, students update their reviews of the scholarly literature in their proposal, revise their research questions and design, collect and analyze data under the guidance of a faculty research supervisor in their discipline. Students gain practical experience in the step-by-step process of implementing a primary research proposal. After conducting their research, they develop a 15-20 page manuscript detailing their methodology, results and conclusions. Students also effectively communicate their research findings in a public forum using a PowerPoint presentation. To ensure successful completion of the Internship, students attend weekly seminars on research methodology, statistics & computing, and professional writing, taught by various Truman professors, participate in three mandatory time-on-task meetings with McNair staff based on monthly progress reports from faculty research supervisors. The completed research project subsequently affords students greater confidence for pursuing future research activities at the graduate level. As part of the Internship, students attend seminars to help prepare them for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) through content and strategy review of the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic Writing sections of the test. As part of the Writing Seminar, students develop a personal statement for use in applying for graduate school during their senior year.

Prerequisites: INDV 360 - McNair Research Internship I and INDV 400 - Graduate School Preparation with a grade of C or higher, and McNair Scholar in good standing.
Credits: 4