URSC 203 Undergraduate Research III

Students will evaluate their laboratory research project, write a research project, and write a research report including a revised abstract that describes the context of the research objectives, project design, methodologies, data collected, discussion, and literature cited. Students will observe ethical practices in research. Students will present their research report in both a poster session and an oral presentation to explain scientific ideas.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

URSC 202 and departmental permission

Hours Weekly

3 hours lab

Course Objectives

1. Recognize ethical issues related to research, identify one’s core beliefs relating to ethical issues, and apply a research code of ethics to ethical issues.
2. Construct a written research report including a revised abstract.
3. Develop a future plan for the research project, based on the current research project, based on the current research report, to continue the project.
4. Discuss project design and communicate research findings in an oral presentation.

Course Objectives

1. Recognize ethical issues related to research, identify one’s core beliefs relating to ethical issues, and apply a research code of ethics to ethical issues.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments
   • Team discussions

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric
   • Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET1
   • ET2
   • ET3
2. Construct a written research report including a revised abstract.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written report

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
3. Develop a future plan for the research project, based on the current research project, based on the current research report, to continue the project.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Written report

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric
4. Discuss project design and communicate research findings in an oral presentation.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Video of oral presentation

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Rubric