{"id":245,"date":"2017-09-17T22:14:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:58:23","slug":"information-about-biol-491-undergraduate-research-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/","title":{"rendered":"Information About BIOL 491 Undergraduate Research Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>BIOL 491 Undergraduate Research Projects<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Important NOTICE<\/span>: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">People interested in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/about-the-biology-honors-program\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Honours Program in Biology\u00a0 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">must take BIOL 491\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Objectives &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/files\/2026\/01\/BIOL491RecruInf-SessionJan2026forY26.pdf\">course information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engage in exciting biological research<\/li>\n<li>Expand your research skills\n<ul>\n<li>Project design<\/li>\n<li>Field \/ laboratory research skills<\/li>\n<li>Communication of results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interact with scientists<\/li>\n<li>Study your field of interest<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnhance your resume\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pre-registration Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select area of interest &amp; potential advisor\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Past project titles\u00a0 &amp; Abstracts organized by areas of interest<\/strong> (years 2016 and 2017) are available\u00a0 in this site\u00a0 (links are on the top of this page just below the figure)<\/li>\n<li>Talk to faculty members, check out the abstracts and reports from past projects that are interesting to you\n<ul>\n<li>Printed abstracts from past projects and\u00a0 final reports of past projects will be available (upon request) for you to read<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Get the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/files\/2026\/01\/BIOL491-Application-Form-2025-2.pdf\">BIOL 491 Student Application Form<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Complete the BIOL 491 Student Application Form<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Submit form by e-mail to BIOL 491 Course coordinator <a href=\"Mercedes.Hernandez@viu.ca\">Mercedes.Hernandez@viu.ca<\/a>\u00a0 by<strong> <u>February 4 2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Faculty members will meet during the reading break to review the applications\n<ul>\n<li>You\u2019ll get an e-mail from the BIOL 491 coordinator indicating if your application was accepted &amp; who will be your advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Proceed to <strong>register<\/strong> into the course (school year 2025-2026) by filling the <strong>BIOL 491 Registration form\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with your future advisor (he\/she will have the registration form)<\/li>\n<li>Fill the form, and bring it to BIOL 491 coordinator before the due date indicated in the form (TBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Format \/ Procedures (<\/strong>General Timeline<strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1070px\" width=\"607\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"326\"><strong>Fall Semester <\/strong>(year before)\u00a0 <strong>Preliminary Steps<\/strong>: Identify and area of interest, talk to Biology faculty, submit the BIOL 491 application form\n<p><strong>Spring Semester<\/strong> (year before) Complete BIOL 491 Student application form (due late January\/ early February)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0If your application has been successful\u00a0 you will receive an e-mail from the course coordinator\u00a0 indicating who will be your advisor (early March).\u00a0 You should then contact your advisor to proceed with the pre-registration step.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"326\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\"><strong>Registration Form<\/strong> (after an advisor has been secured and you have been accepted as potential BIOL 491 student). Must be filled, signed, &amp; handed to coordinator in order to\u00a0 guarantee a seat into the course)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\"><strong>Late March early April<\/strong>\u00a0 (specific date TBA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"652\"><strong>FALL SEMESTER (<\/strong>as a registered as BIOL 491 student<strong>)<br \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Orientation<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">Friday,\u00a0 1<sup>st<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Committee Meeting No. 1 (Proposal)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Project proposal<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Work on research project\/ meet advisor<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">ongoing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"652\"><strong>SPRING SEMESTER<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Progress report (to all committee members)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">Friday 1<sup>st<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Poster Making Workshop<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">Friday 1<sup>st<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Committee Meeting No. 2 (Progress)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Project report (draft)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">\u00a07<sup>th<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Meet with advisor to discuss abstract, poster and final project title<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">8<sup>th <\/sup>week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Submit Project title\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">9<sup>th<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Submit Poster file (pdf format) to advisor<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">10<sup>th<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Project report (final)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">11<sup>th<\/sup> week of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Biology 491 Symposium<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">Last day of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"387\">Corrected Project report (public copy)<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">\u00a0two days after final exams conclude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"407\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"77\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"331\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/about-the-biology-honors-program\/\">About the BIOLOGY HONOURS PROGRAM<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/biol491\/biology-491-past-project-titles-1996-2016\/\">Biology 491 &#8211; 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