URSC 202 Undergraduate Research Experience II

Students will work in teams under the direction of a faculty research mentor to engage in academic research. Students will understand the context of the research project and use relevant techniques needed for data acquisition and analysis. Students will observe ethical practices in research and use a lab notebook to document data collection and analysis.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

URSC 201 and departmental permission

Hours Weekly

3 hours lab weekly

Course Objectives

1. Actively engage in a research project while adhering to an ethical standard for research.
2. Utilize resources, including data bases, to find and analyze resource material.
3. Employ relevant techniques for data acquisition and analysis and document research using a lab notebook or other tools.
4. Construct an abstract demonstrating the context of the research project.
5. Describe the research objectives for a project, discuss research methods and report research progress effectively in oral and written forms.

Course Objectives

1. Actively engage in a research project while adhering to an ethical standard for research.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Team discussions

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
2. Utilize resources, including data bases, to find and analyze resource material.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Lab notebook

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
3. Employ relevant techniques for data acquisition and analysis and document research using a lab notebook or other tools.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Lab notebook

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
4. Construct an abstract demonstrating the context of the research project.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written abstract

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
5. Describe the research objectives for a project, discuss research methods and report research progress effectively in oral and written forms.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written report; video of oral presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric