Undergraduate Research
Research is not always in laboratory and scientific settings. The Ivan Allen College is a center for new discoveries in the liberal arts and there is extensive opportunity and support for undergraduate research projects.
Undergraduate research is a substantial discovery experience with the opportunity to advance knowledge in a field. A highlight for many students is the one-to-one mentoring by faculty who are engaged in cutting-edge research in the social sciences and humanities.
Requirements for the Research Option vary by School. Research projects are conducted for credit and/or pay. Completion of the Research Option is noted on the student's transcript.
The President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
Georgia Tech strongly believes in the value of undergraduate research and encourages it through information and funding through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and the President’s Undergraduate Reseach Awards (PURA).
Sample of Research Work Completed by Ivan Allen College Undergraduates
- Labor Policy
- Intellectual Property
- Macroeconomic Conditions
- Political Histories of the South
- Oral Histories of US Soldiers in Iraq
- Energy Policy
- Human Rights Issues
- Rise of Islamic leaders in Asia
- Speech Recognition
- Development of Text Animation
- Analysis of Themes in Science Fiction
- Water Policy
- Economic Development
- Causes of Homelessness
- Political Use of the Internet
39% of Ivan Allen College majors participate in the Undergraduate Research Option
Congratulations!
PURA Winners Spring 2009
STAC majors Bryn Gravitt & Kyle Koza in the School of Literature, Communication, & Culture.
Bryn will be doing research with Professor Narin Hassan on Women, Empire and Colonialism in Nineteenth Century Britain.
Kyle does research with Professor TyAnna Herrington on The Differences In Online Communication Between Russian and American Studies.
