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FURJ

(Florida Undergraduate Research Journal)

FURJ is the research publishing arm of FURA (Florida Undergraduate Research Association)
FURA is the organization behind the conference called FURC (Florida Undergraduate Research Conference) which is Stage 9 on the path to PCA.

Publishing in a peer reviewed journal is the apex of academic work.
The only achievement exceeding that would be to increase one's H index number, a measure of the reception of one's ideas in a discipline, which can only be done by ... yup ... publishing.
FURJ's editorial and executive review follows blind peer-reviewed processes.
The following are general guidelines from FURJ:
- All disciplines are welcome
- Submissions accepted throughout the year
- Size of papers: max 8,000 words
- Needs to use a discipline specific citation style

In the past, we have worked on journal articles after PCA, which usually means Summer Term.
Usually the rough draft is hammered out before or after PCA in the Spring term, and then the more refined, discipline specific paper is crafted over Summer term.
Unlike PCA, the crafting of a research paper for publication must be discipline specific, with a focus on discipine specific langauge as well as discipline specific citable sources.
Crafting a paper will need more time and energy than what is typically used for a whole 16 week course in most other subjects.

The whole process is nearly a year long pathway.
1. Join a Humanities Themes, a Literature Themes, or an Introduction to Literature course with one of the following:
- Dr. Warren Jones
- Mr. Luke Leonard
- Mr. Robert Allen
2. In that course, the research paper will focus on a juncture between popular culture and academic thought.
3. In the Fall we submit abstracts to PCAACA.
- We'll hear from PCA about whose abstracts have been accepted by the end of the Fall term.
4. At the end of Fall term, we also submit abstracts to FURC (See Stage 9)
- We'll hear from FURC about whose abstracts have been accepted by the middle of January.
5. February, we go to FURC to poster present.
6. March or April (always the week leading up to Easter) we go to PCA to present.
7. Returning, we craft papers into publishable pieces over summer.
8. August or September, we submit papers to FURJ

Colleges are selecting future students less and less on numerics of GPAs and SAT/ACT scores and more on the ability to academically perform.
That statement has always been true for graduate schools, from medical to the arts.
Presenting at FURC, and/or presenting at PCAACA, and/or publishing in FURJ will significantly set you above other students in the quest for the next level of education.