STEM Education Vision

The School of Science and Technology is revolutionizing the undergraduate STEM learning experience by introducing GGC students to research opportunities beginning in their first year and continuing through all four years. It’s an innovative, multi-faceted model based on the dean’s vision of a four-year undergraduate research and creative experiences (4YrURCE) program.

Video featuring Dr. Tom Mundie (Dean) and Dr. Judy Among-Taylor (project leader and PI) discussing the STEM Education Vision

STEM Student Benefits

• Unprecedented opportunities to conduct authentic research
• Structured and intentional four-year program designed to develop skills in one stage and apply them in the next
• Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
• Traditional, faculty-mentored individual research
• Leadership, support and community-service options through two additional programs: Peer Supplemental Instruction (PSI) and Service Learning (SL)

Four Year Undergraduate Research and Creative Experiences (4YrURCE) Model

GGC STEM majors conduct research – freshmen to senior year. The 4YrURCE is a scaffolded program building skills in one stage and applying them in the next. During the progression from stage-to-stage, students start with skills and competencies from each previous stage and build upon them to develop more advanced skills and competencies while undertaking more challenging STEM research problems.

 

Learn about the 4YrURCE Program Model