A First-Year Research Experience: The Freshman Project in Physics at Loyola University Chicago
Physics Education
2020-07-06 v3
Abstract
Undergraduate research has become an essential mode of engaging and retaining students in physics. At Loyola University Chicago, first-year physics students have been participating in the Freshman Projects program for over twenty years, which has coincided with a period of significant growth for our department. In this paper, we describe how the Freshman Projects program has played an important role in advancing undergraduate research at Loyola, and the profound impact it has made on our program. We conclude with suggestions for adoption of similar programs at other institutions.
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@article{arxiv.1906.03302,
title = {A First-Year Research Experience: The Freshman Project in Physics at Loyola University Chicago},
author = {Jonathan Bougie and Asim Gangopadhyaya and Sherita Moses and Robert D. Polak and Gordon P. Ramsey and Weronika Walkosz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03302},
year = {2020}
}
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The following article has been accepted by the American Journal of Physics. After it is published, it will be found at https://aapt.scitation.org/journal/ajp