ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WORKSHOP

Every Winter Quarter, we run our Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Workshop (AHSS). AHSS is a workshop focused on developing a research project and crafting a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG), which is a grant that serves all years and disciplines. Prior AHSS projects have centered on play writing, art history, journalism, and education – just to name a few! Students who sign up for this workshop mostly have no idea what they might want to do for a project or how to put one together – yet they succeed at getting SURGs at a rate better than the average student.

AHSS serves students who often question if their interest can even be research. As such, it aims to provide community, accountability, and guidance in the process of developing that idea into a research project. Over the course of the workshop, you will:

  • Generate research ideas centered on your interests
  • Refine research ideas to a functional research project through the iterative Triple Balance process
  • Identify and communicate with field experts (faculty, librarians, etc) to receive productive feedback on research idea
  • Understand how to contextualize and frame scholarly literature/output in order to develop research idea based on prior work in the field(s)
  • Explore feasibility constraints/considerations to develop a research idea that is achievable with your skill set
  • Write and submit a 2-pg grant proposal of your research project to the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant deadline (March 8th @ 11:59pm)

WQ ’24 AHSS will meet weekly Thursdays @ 4:30pm-6:00pm CST. We will have 9 full sessions starting January 11th – March 7th.

Click Here to Register Now or Use the Form Below!

Eligibility:

First-year, sophomore, and junior undergraduate students who are interested in research in the arts, humanities, and/or social science disciplines.

We will do our best to accommodate all interested students. However, due to space limitations, we will cap participants at 20 students. We will implement a waitlist in the case of attrition.

Registration:

NOTE: Registration for WQ24 AHSS is officially at maximum capacity. If you complete the form below, you will be immediately waitlisted.

FAQs
Is AHSS an official course/class?

Successful research projects are ones where students are able to commit the time to refine their project ideas, however, developing a project often happens alongside students’ full-time coursework and other obligations. While it is not a formal class you’d enroll in on CAESAR, AHSS is intentionally designed to provide more guidance and structure towards pursuing a funded summer research project. Although it is fully “opt-in”, AHSS has been the most beneficial for students who understood the commitment needed to create a research project and endeavored to engage within and outside each session.

I registered for AHSS - what happens next?

Thank you for registering. If you are one of the 20 participants, you will receive an confirmation email detailing upcoming specifics for the workshop as well as be added to the canvas page.

If you registered but are no longer able to participate, please contact our Education Program Manager immediately so we can prioritize students on the waitlist.

I wasn't able to register for AHSS. Does this mean I can't submit a SURG?

If you were not able be one of the 20 participants for AHSS, you will be added to the waitlist. In the event that some students drop the workshop prior to Session 1, we will work through the waitlist in an attempt to fill the spot. If AHSS ultimately does not work out for you, you absolutely can still receive support for creating an SURG proposal! You can attend any of our info sessions and/or schedule an Advising Appointment with our Advisors.

What if the research I want to conduct takes place in a lab?

If the research you want to conduct will take place in a Natural Science/Engineering specialized lab, then you may be a fantastic fit for our Science Research Workshop (SRW)! SRW is similar to AHSS in that it’s focused on helping students create a 2pg proposal for the SURG, but it’s for students specifically in lab-based disciplines. Eligible students must already be in a lab. You can learn more on the SRW page here.

If you need assistance finding a lab, you can register for our Finding a Lab Support Group, attend our weekly Finding a Research Mentor Workshops, or make an individual advising appointment with our advisors!