Bridging the undergraduate curriculum using an integrated course-embedded undergraduate research experience (ICURE).

ABSTRACT: The traditional undergraduate program of study incorporates a selection of classes that represent a broad spectrum of subdisciplines. Unfortunately, few curricula successfully integrate concepts in all subdisciplines, giving undergraduates the misconception that there is a lack of application or connectedness between class subjects. An integrated course-embedded research experience (ICURE) was initiated to redress this problem by bridging classes within one discipline in an effort to engage undergraduates in a long-term analysis of biodiversity. The approach was both inclusive and longitudinal: 1) the ICURE bridge brought students from different classes and levels of instruction together with faculty members in a research project with a common goal-chronicling the changing face of the loca

SUBMITTER: Russell JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353079 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature