Research

Many graduate students began to learn and complete research of their own in graduate school. But many faculty of Howard University feel that research should also be completed during your undergraduate years, too. So for the first year, Howard University requires all freshman seminar classes to complete a research project. The main objective of doing this research is to pursue the option of doing research in a career or to understand the importance of research. At the end of this freshman seminar, I expect to have a better understanding of research, learn more about my topic and to consider research in the future.
So many students make the assumption that research in college is like high school research projects. Research, to me, means to investigate and try to solve a problem. To get information, students sometimes only rely on internet to find information. The Internet can be used, but not as a main source. Other sources such as books, people and article are helpful sources to find information. Students are also puzzled with the many ways to build a research topic. First, I will have to find a problem or issue that catches my interest the most and come up with an argument regarding this problem. Then once I have that, I can start to look for information on my problem. When looking for information I should learn and look for background or the history of my topic. Then I should look for present information and factors that contribute to my problem. When I’m done with looking up information, I can then start to build my argument. I should then use all your valuable information to build a strong argument. Once I have a strong argument and successfully proved it, I will have effectively completed research.
I chose to research “HBCU’s V.S Majority Universities”. This topic drew my attention because I constantly have this debate with my friends who attend majority universities. They constantly say that their schools are diverse and mine is not. Having this debate always seems to upset me. My friends have always had a preconceived judgment of HBCU’s. Despite all the claims I make defending HBCU’s, they never listen. So I hope this research project will help me to be able present a counter argument to this and many other claims.
I wouldn’t mind doing research in the near future after I graduate. After graduating I plan on attending medical school. So it might look good and be a benefit to have done a lot of research. If my research topics are good, I can get a lot of publicity. Many researchers get that research published and get national and even world attention. Having that achievement can open up a lot of doors for me, like it’s done for many other famous researchers.
The field of research has become more in demand. Many researchers are needed to solve many of today’s problems. Many students are considering research as career. So I believe I can benefit from Freshman Seminar .At the end of this freshman seminar, I expect to have a better understanding of research, learn more about my topic and to consider research in the future.