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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 2025:
- ANTH 190: Academics at Play: Anthropological Explorations into Alternative Pedagogies
- BUS 198: Natural Language Processing Tools for Personal, Creative, and Academic Use
- CS 190: Getting Started With Linux
- EDUC 198: Immigrant Perspectives in Southern California: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Experiences
- EDUC 198: Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder
- EDUC 198: Emergency Medical Knowledge
- EDUC 198: Fitness 101 - Enhancing Health Through Exercise, Nutrition, and Sleep
- EDUC 198: Improving Health Equity for Underserved Populations in the Inland Empire
- EDUC 198: More Than Just Dust: Understanding Particulate Matter and How It Affects Health
- EDUC 198: Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine
- EDUC 198: Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
- EDUC 198: Immigrant Perspectives in Southern California: Navigating Challenges and Exploring Experiences
- EDUC 198: The Past, Present, and Future of Educational Policy in California
- ENGL 198: Reading Aloud: Poetry, Short Stories, and Narration
- LING 198: Love in Greek Mythology
- LING 198: The Art of Empire: Roman History through Art
- MCS 198: Taylor Swift: Whiteness, Feminism, and Activism in Contemporary Culture
- MCS 198: The History of Black Metal and the Far Right in Music
- MCS 198: Combating the Mainstream Narrative
- ME 198: PORSCHE: A Testament to Human Ingenuity
- NASC 198: From Concept to Creation: 3D Printing Workshop
- NASC 198: Patient Ethics in Hospital Settings
- NASC 198: Radiohead: A Neurological Analysis on Music and Other Stimuli
- NASC 198: Unveiling Ayurveda's Secrets: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
- POSC 190: The Future of War
- POSC 190: Local Public Radio Storytelling with 91.9 KVCR News
- POSC 190: International Relations as a Function of Spaceflight
- POSC 190: The Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan Conflict: Legacies of the Armenian Genocide from 1915 to the Present
- PSYC 198: Climate Psychology: Understanding the Role of Psychology in Climate Change
- PSYC 198: Media and the Mind: A Deep Dive on Mental Health Through Media
- RLST 190: Esoteric Asian Religions
- 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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