Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Program (URCPP) was developed to provide students in all majors with high-impact learning opportunities not ordinarily found in courses or other forms of experiential learning. Typically, two to four students and a faculty mentor engage in a project for eight to ten weeks during the summer beginning no later than May 20^th, 2024. The central purpose should be to provide opportunities for students to experience research and creative activity through the structure of an apprentice-mentor relationship. This purpose requires that faculty mentors go beyond supervising student learning to working alongside students in order to provide active models of how research and creative processes are engaged. The purpose also implies that projects will be very carefully chosen and structured to satisfy two necessary conditions: