Application question Forum

[JuliusCaesar]

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[Student of Law]

I completed a Directed Individual Study for course credit for two semesters and am wondering if I should a. list this on my resume and or b. extra curricular, other activities section when filling out applications? I did not write a thesis or anything, but I assisted with some pretty in-depth research involving reviewing thousands of original documents, letters, bank records, etc. with a professor who is writing a book on the topic. I am wondering if they will simply view it as a class since it is for course credit, but then again internships often are as well and this was essentially an internship of sorts.

You could probably list the project on your resume under a research or project section. I did something similar, though my research was not for credit. Or you might be able to list it under experience. I am not sure if listing it as an extracurricular activity would make much sense. But, to be sure, I did list some of the same things on my resume as my activities section of the application, though again it would be strange to have a for credit project as an extracurricular activity.

[ihenry]

It probably doesn't belong to extracurriculars which conventionally refers to soccer/choir/community service. You may consider having a project or academic activities section, or roughly "experience", or in the education section under your college heading.

[PoopyPants]

I was an RA in a phys chem lab for a semester. I didn't list it at all because it was so long ago, but I used to list it as a project under the university.

[ltbenn]

IMO legitimate (and even recommended) to list this in the experience section of your resue - but make sure to note that it was for course credit. Something like "Research assistant (for academic credit)," with the timeline and a few bullets explaining the work done