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Contract Courses

Contract courses are designated for students conducting supervised individual research or investigation under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Students in the Neuroscience major and minor may enroll in the Neuroscience contract courses to satisfy major or minor requirements. To be eligible to enroll, students must have completed NEUROSC M101A and an SRP-99/199 with the same lab and faculty mentor that they intend to complete the Neuroscience contract courses with. Additionally, students must be conducting neuroscience related research, and their faculty mentor must be a member of the Academic Senate.

NEUROSC 198A/198B, 199A/199B, and 199C

NEUROSC 198A and 198B (Honors Research in Neuroscience) are 4 unit, letter-graded contract courses open to students in the Neuroscience major who are pursuing Departmental Honors. Students are limited to enrolling in these contract courses to satisfy the independent research capstone option for the Neuroscience major.

NEUROSC 199A and 199B (Directed Research in Neuroscience) are 4 unit, letter-graded contract courses open to students in the Neuroscience major and minor. Students may enroll in these contract courses to satisfy the independent research capstone option for the Neuroscience major. Students may enroll in these contract courses to satisfy one elective requirement for the Neuroscience minor.

NEUROSC 199C (Continued Directed Research in Neuroscience) is a 4 unit, letter-graded contract course open to students who have previously completed NEUROSC 198A/198B or 199A/199B and are interested in earning additional upper division units for their research involvement. This contract course does not satisfy any Neuroscience major or minor requirements.

Enrolling in NEUROSC 198A/198B, 199A/199B, or 199C

All course contracts and materials are due by 4PM PST on Friday of Week 1 every quarter. Course contracts must be created every quarter that a student will be enrolling in either NEUROSC 199A/199B or 198A/198B.

NEUROSC 198A & 199A

  1. Create and download the NEUROSC 198A or 199A contract via MyUCLA. For assistance, please use the MyUCLA contract tutorial.
  2. Download and complete the Checklist and Proposal Outline document.
    • Include proof of completion of the Laboratory Safety Fundamental Concepts Course, if applicable (indicated on MyUCLA contract).
    • Obtain faculty mentor directory information from the UCLA Campus Directory (see here for example).
  3. Fill out the Faculty Sponsor Form.
  4. Obtain your faculty mentor’s signature on the MyUCLA course contract and the Faculty Sponsor Form.
    • You do not need the Department Chair’s signature.
  5. Submit the MyUCLA course contract, Checklist and Proposal Outline, and Faculty Sponsor Form as one PDF document to the Bruin Learn website by 4PM PST on Friday of Week 1.

NEUROSC 198B & 199B

  1. Create and download the NEUROSC 198B or 199B contract via MyUCLA. For assistance, please use the MyUCLA contract tutorial.
  2. Obtain your faculty mentor’s signature on the MyUCLA course contract.
    • Under Course Proposal, please include as much detail as possible regarding your research project and how you will be evaluated at the end of the quarter (i.e., final lab report or honors thesis and Neuroscience Poster Day presentation).
  3. Submit the MyUCLA course contract as one PDF document to the Bruin Learn website by 4PM PST on Friday of Week 1.

    NEUROSC 199C

    1. Create and download the NEUROSC 199C contract via MyUCLA. For assistance, please use the MyUCLA contract tutorial.
    2. Fill out the NEUROSC 199C Faculty Sponsor Form.
    3. Obtain your faculty mentor’s signature on the MyUCLA course contract and Faculty Sponsor Form.
    4. Submit the MyUCLA course contract and Faculty Sponsor Form as one PDF document to the Bruin Learn website by 4PM PST on Friday of Week 1.

    Quarterly Deadlines

    A report is due by 4PM on Friday of Finals Week during the quarter that a student is enrolled in any of the Neuroscience contract courses. Students will submit a status report for NEUROSC 198A/199A, a final report for NEUROSC 199B/199C, and an Honors thesis for NEUROSC 198B.

    Please click here for report directions.