<p>Hey, I was wondering what kind of research opertunities there are at hulman in CS. Do undergraduates have the opertunity to assist in faculty research? How much opertunity is there compared to say, an average state flagship school? How early can students start doing research?</p>
<p>Rose focuses on undergraduate education rather than graduate level research like most large state schools. This means there isn’t as much research as the big schools, but there are more research opportunities for undergraduates. I know several people who are spending the summer helping professors with research. Since we don’t have very many graduate students, most of the students helping with research are undergraduates. As far as how early students can start, I know students that started the summer after freshman year. If you are interested in this, talk to your adviser during orientation or as soon as you can after that. He or she will know who in your department is doing research and can introduce you to those professors.</p>
<p>Research at Rose depends on the department. In math, you can’t really do research until you’ve taken an analysis course (Functions of a Real Variable) and an advanced algebra course (Linear or Abstract), so that’s sophomore or junior year, depending on how much calculus you’ve had.</p>
<p>In physics, though, they have a course called PH 290 Directed Research that is only for freshmen and sophomores - I got plugged into undergrad research my second quarter there, only having taken Physics I (I was doing acoustics research and already knew some stuff about music and waves having studied music for several years before, but still…)</p>
<p>I don’t know about the CS department, but I would ask the department head there… I mean from what I can see there’s a lot of research to be done in CS; Java, for example, is still a work in progress (whereas math has been around so long, it takes a while before one obtains enough knowledge to engage in entry-level research).</p>
<p>As a former student of Rose I can answer directly. There isn’t much serious research being done at RHIT, or at Ventures. Most of this is a marketing gimmick to get you to think that as an undergraduate you’ll be involved in ground breaking research. Truth is no one on the faculty has time to do real research. Besides most of the undergraduates need to learn the principles of science first before attempting to actually work on real research published work. Most school don’t differentiate between their graduate and under graduate program. Rose is the exception to that since it’s graduate program doesn’t have any research faculty willing to work on grants. Rose is one big Public relations stunt intended to fool people into thinking that you’ll know as much as a UCLA graduate by just being a Rose undergraduate. It’s just not going to happen. Go to a school that is honest and straight forward, not Rose - Hulman strong point</p>
<p>Above Poster first post… be careful. Rose is the most honest school and we’ve looked at plenty of them with 2 students. </p>
<p>I will say that Rose puts a lot into getting companies on campus to recruit for internships. They do have LOTS of companies coming in. My D will be in her Junior year and even in a tough economy had multiple job offers every year for an internship.</p>
<p>While Rose may not be doing groundbreaking research, there are opportunities on campus. I did a little research as an electrical engineer, and I knew a few others who did, as well. But Proemed is right: it’s not the same as MIT/CalTech/UIUC/GT.</p>
<p>However, you can very easily offset this by doing an REU during the summer. This way you can focus entirely on research without having your time split up with coursework. I really wish I’d done this as an undergrad.</p>