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Democratic Education: Where people are not passive recipients of knowledge, but rather are active co-creators of their own learning
In December 2014, the UCR Academic Senate approved the offering of student-initiated courses, also known as R’Courses. These student-initiated courses designed by undergraduates and taken by other undergraduates at UCR are based on the idea of Democratic Education; creating a community of equals, upholding values such as social justice, respect, and active and engaging participation.
R’Courses support students’ efforts to develop leadership skills, to innovate the undergraduate curriculum, and to promote democratic, experiential education on campus. Students from any undergraduate degree program at UCR are invited to design and lead their own original courses.
These courses are 1 unit, S/NC offerings facilitated by UCR undergraduate students. Each course has a faculty instructor of record who provides mentoring and support behind the scenes. The Office of Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning works with the R’Course Governing Board to review R’Course proposals, coordinate course activities with academic departments, provide student facilitator training, and facilitate student recruitment.
For more information on leading a R'Course of your own, visit our Create a Course page.
Read this great article from UCR Magazine article featuring Neima, a math major and transfer student who graduated spring 2019, and his creation of an R'Course. Neima's course was designed around his passion for math and the presentation of accessible problem solving to students of all backgrounds and abilities.
Classes for Winter 2025:
- BUS 198: Natural Language Processing Tools for Personal, Creative, and Academic Use
- EDUC 198: Can We Trust the Health Industry?
- EDUC 198: Disneyland Imagineer
- EDUC 198: Immigrant Perspectives in Southern California: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Experiences
- EDUC 198: Pediatric Health Inequities in the Inland Empire
- EDUC 198: Public Health In Inland Southern California
- EDUC 198: Understanding Disabilities and Inequities Among People with Disabilities in the Inland Empire
- EDUC 198: Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder\
- EDUC 198: Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Health Outcomes in the Inland Empire Southern California
- EDUC 198: Emergency Medical Knowledge
- EDUC 198: Fitness 101 - Enhancing Health Through Exercise, Nutrition, and Sleep
- ENGL 198: Modeling Music: Tackling a Multidisciplinary Phenomenon
- HIST 198: Indigenous Research Methodologies: A Critical Survey of Cahuilla Historical Sources
- LING 198: Love in Greek Mythology
- NASC 198: From Concept to Creation: 3D Printing Workshop
- NASC 198: Patient Ethics in Hospital Settings
- NASC 198: The Science of Studying - The Biological Basis of Learning
- NASC 198: The Muscular System and a Cellular Analysis of Relevant Pathologies
- NASC 198: An R^2 course: Unlocking the basics of coding in R
- NASC 198: Radiohead: A Neurological Analysis on Music and Other Stimuli
- NASC 198: Unveiling Ayurveda's Secrets: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
- POSC 190: Local Public Radio Storytelling with 91.9 KVCR News
- POSC 190: International Relations as a Function of Spaceflight
- RLST 190: Esoteric Asian Religions
- RLST 190: Neuroscience of the Mind: Exploring Consciousness, Free Will, and Beyond
- TFDP 190: Theater, Film and Digital Production: The Ultimate Maker Workshop
Visit the Take a Course page for course scheduling information and to join our information list to find out when our courses have been scheduled.
Past Courses
Visit our Courses page for descriptions of the courses, and a listing of all past R’Courses that have been offered at UCR since 2014.
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