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MCC Daily Tribune

Reaching Towards the UR-Designation

MCC's URSICA Committee is looking for faculty who employ research-oriented pedagogy in your classrooms and who might be curious about pursuing MCC's UR-designation.

MCC's UR-designation identifies courses that incorporate Undergraduate Research, Scholarly Inquiry, and/or Creative Activity by providing an active, inquiry-based learning environment and by emphasizing the language and processes of research/creative activity in the classroom. The purpose of a UR-designation is to promote a culture in which students are encouraged to explore, enter, and advance current dialogues in academic disciplines. UR-designated courses--like all HIPs-designated courses at MCC--support student learning, enhance professional satisfaction, strengthen program development, and advance the College's goals.

Visit URSICA's webpage: monroecc.edu/depts/undergraduate-research/ and scroll around to learn more about the UR-designation. Please also feel free to email Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu.  We'd love to talk more with you about how we can work together to spread this kind of applied learning across our campus!

Maria Brandt
URSICA
11/02/2023