UMBC Departmental Programs

Read this when you are just starting a new research relationship.

• Ancient Studies Department
  Fieldwork and internship opportunities:
  • http://www.umbc.edu/ancs/resources/other/field.htm
  • http://www.umbc.edu/ancs/excavation.htm#current

• Biological Sciences Department
  • http://www.umbc.edu/biosci/news/announce.php?announcementID=29
  • http://www.umbc.edu/biosci/undergrad/scholarships.php
  • http://www.umbc.edu/UGResearchOps

• Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
  http://www.cs.umbc.edu/CSEE/ugrad/documents/undergradresearchopps.pdf

• Geography and Environmental Systems Department
  http://www.umbc.edu/ges/GES_student_research.html
  Opportunities for undergraduate research experience in Geography and Environmental Systems.
  

• History Department http://www.umbc.edu/history/PHTrack/internships/information.htm
  Internship opportunities for undergraduate students.
  

• Mechanical Engineering Department
  http://www.umbc.edu/engineering/me/undergrad.htm
  Mini Baja Project- UMBC undergraduates work with faculty members to design, build, and, race an all-terrain vehicle in the "Mini-Baja" competition. The Mini-Baja group uses the same software as Ford Motor Company to model and analyze the vehicle. The mini-baja experience is a great way for mechanical engineering students to apply lessons from the classroom to the real world.

• Music Department
  http://umbc.edu/music/programs/mentors.php
  Faculty of the music department often serve as research mentors for individual undergraduate students, working on projects that are both part of the curriculum (independent studies such as Music 400, Music 492), or extensions of independent studies.

• Physics Department
  
  • http://www.physics.umbc.edu/research/centers.php
    Research opportunities, centers, and groups.
  • Summer Research Experiences in Physics conducted at UMBC
    http://physics.umbc.edu/
    A ten week program supported by the Department of Physics and the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences with funded internships for four undergraduates.
    Faculty contacts: Dr. Terry Worchesky and Dr. Wallace McMillan
    

• Psychology Department
  http://www.umbc.edu/psyc/undergrad/independent.html
  Opportunity to get credit for doing independent research with a faculty
  member. A list of faculty members and their research projects can be found at:
  http://www.umbc.edu/psyc/undergrad/researchop.html

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
  http://www.umbc.edu/UGResearchOps/SummerOps.html

If you know of an undergraduate research opportunity that is not listed here, please notify UndergradEd@umbc.edu