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I understand that undergraduate research is big at UCSC and that it is required for both of my prospective majors (physics and robotics engineering). What I'm trying to figure out is the specific differences between undergraduate and graduate research. I would guess that undergraduate reseach is basically just doing busy work for professors with their own potential theses and project ideas in my mind, but I've been told that's wrong; undergraduate students actually explore their own projects in my mind. My questions are: how is this different from postdoctoral work? How much time does it take? Is it essentially equivalent to taking another class? Could I potentially create one thesis for both applied physics and robotics engineering? (Given that they're related fields)
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