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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 Spring 2026:
- BIEN 198 Bioethics and Scientific Policy
- CRWT 190 Writing Tabletop Roleplaying Games
- EDUC 198: Understanding Social and Behavioral Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- EDUC 198: Imagineer: Build Your Own Disneyland or Universal Studio Ride
- EDUC 198 Emergency Medical Knowledge
- EDUC 198: Pediatric Health Inequities for Children (Age: 2-11) in Southern California
- EDUC 198: Reframing Healing Narratives: Investigating Diverse Human Experiences in Healthcare
- EDUC 198 Barriers to Healing: Equity and Access in Healthcare
- EDUC 198: Immigrant Perspectives in Southern California: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Experiences
- HIST 198: History of the World Cup
- ENGL 198 Poetry through Hip Hop
- ENGL 198 Art as Resistance in Dystopian Fiction
- LING 198: The Art of Empire: Roman History through Art
- LING 198 Mechanics of Mass Persuasion: The Semantic, Syntactic, and Sociopolitical
- MCS 198: Combatting the Mainstream Narrative
- MUS 198: The History of Nintendo: From Playing Cards to Global Gaming Icon
- NASC 198 Menstruality: A Deep Dive Into Menstrual Health
- NASC 198 Beyond the Label: Understanding Skincare Products and Ingredients
- NASC 198 Coffee Science: The Journey From Seed to Cup
- NASC 198: The Role of Oxidative Stress in Chronic Disease and Health Disparities
- PBPL 190 How Musicians Contribute to Political Knowledge and Public Opinion
- PHIL 198 Subjectivation: From self to subject in Continental Philosophy
- POSC 190: The Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan Conflict: Legacies of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to the Present
- PSYC 198 The Neuroscience of Learning: How the Brain Builds Knowledge
- PSYC 198: The Rise of the True Crime Genre in Media
- PSYC 198: Pleasure in Pain? – Exploring the Brain’s Overlapping Circuits
- SPN 190 Language and Culture: The things that create our identity
- TFDP 190: Punk Cinema: What Stylistic Choices Make a Movie Punk?
- TFDP 190 Sensational Soundscapes: Developing Sound for Theater
- TFDP 190 Professional Practices in Film Production
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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