I just discovered how easy it was to "register" for the Rutgers Human Subjects Approval course. For those of you who don't know what it is: There are federal regulations regarding how you can treat humans. This course is to make sure you know how to treat human subjects while doing your research. In other words, if you are going to interact with people at all to get information for your thesis, including interviews, meetings, getting human blood samples, etc., you need to get human subjects approval (regardless of your major). So, if you are a Rutgers student and you want to write a thesis, I strongly suggest you get this approval, even if you don't think you need it, just to be safe.
How to do it:
If you are a Rutgers student, it is super simple to get. First, go to: http://orsp.rutgers.edu/Humans/hscp.php . Then, read over the information on the page. Once you're ready to sign up for the sakai course, scroll down to where it says "What is the format of the program?" and click on where it says "to go to the Human Subjects Certification Program on Sakai, click here." Once you click on the link, enter your netid and password, and click "login." After you click "login," you will be registered for the course.
Advice Tidbit:
I just registered for the sakai course today, and saw that there was a LOT of reading material. I strongly recommend getting your approval as soon as possible if you plan on writing a thesis, and on top of that, I strongly recommend doing the course during winter break, spring break, or summer vacation, when you have time to sit and read through all of the material.
Enjoy the rest of your holidays!
-Aakruti
To do:
2. Set up a concrete question
3. Start a rough outline about subtopics within the main topic
4. Research professors in France who can be secondary thesis advisors (may not be able to do this until I actually get to Paris)
7. Get human subjects approval
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