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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 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.
Upcoming classes for Spring 2023:
- PHIL 198: What Games Do: Play, Agency, and You
- PSYC 198: Cognitive Assessments and Their Applications
- EDUC 198: Understanding Social and Behavioral Aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- RLST 190: Buddha's Brain: Consciousness, Death and Neuroplasticity
- PHIL 198: Conscious Shopping in the Ever-Changing World
- PSYC 198: Psychology of the US Prison System
- HIST 198: The Assassin Brotherhood in History
- MCS 198: Internet Literacy Through Cultural Moments and Media
- EDUC 198: Disneyland Imagineer
- EDUC 198: Public Health Response to Stigmatized Diseases: HIV/AIDS, HPV, and Monkeypox
- NASC 198: The Science of You: Skin & Hair
- POSC 190: The Health, Environment, and Economic Impacts of Resource Extractions: Centering Social and Political Perspectives of People in the Imperial Valley
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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