Undergraduate Research
SCOPE—Summer Collaborative Opportunities and Experiences
SCOPE Scholars spend eight weeks during the summer conducting paid, full-time research alongside Southwestern faculty mentors.
Through SU’s Summer Collaborative Opportunities and Experiences, or SCOPE, students partner with faculty and fellow undergraduates from across the disciplines—including the natural and social sciences, the humanities, and the arts—to engage in scholarly and creative inquiry. While living on campus for eight weeks, students receive a stipend to collaborate full-time on SU faculty research projects and artistic works, from developing artificial intelligence for video games and identifying mollusks using environmental DNA to examining the leadership styles of CEOs and investigating the racial history of the University. They also engage in weekly social and academic events, fostering a tight-knit learning community as well as individual professional development. This intensive experience culminates in the presentation of projects at a fall open house as well as at our annual Research and Creative Works Symposium in the spring—both exciting opportunities for students to share their work with the Southwestern community.