UGR Zero Credit Course
About this course
This course is for UNDERGRADUATE students conducting original research, scholarly, and/or creative projects under the mentorship of full-time faculty members. Registration will provide a record of student participation and mentoring by faculty. Successful completion of the course will be captured on the student transcript.
Students should enroll in this course even if they are enrolled in a for-credit research course in their discipline.
Registration Deadline: 3:00PM on Census Day Each Semester
Why should students enroll?
Benefits for enrolled students
- Provide you with an official record of participation in research, scholarly and/or creative activities on your official transcript
- Gain access to professional development training via the COURI Workshop Series
- Become eligible for a cord/stole recognizing your participation when graduating
EVEN IF YOU ENROLL IN FOR-CREDIT RESEARCH COURSES, PLEASE ALSO ENROLL IN RSRC 4033.
- Help accurately quantify the scale of undergraduate research at UTEP
- Help us investigate and document the impact of undergraduate research participation
- Help your mentor by documenting your participation for their merit evaluations
- Document mentoring for faculty merit evaluations
- Provide students with an official record of participation in research, scholarly and/or creative activities on their transcript
- Ability to accurately quantify the scale of undergraduate research at UTEP
- Investigate the impact of undergraduate research participation
- Liability protection for you, the student and the university
- Provide students with access to optional professional development training (COURI Workshop Series)
EVEN IF YOUR STUDENT(S) ENROLL IN FOR-CREDIT RESEARCH COURSES, HAVE THEM ALSO ENROLL IN RSRC 4033.
This course provides a unified datasource to document undergraduate research across all disciplines.
Most faculty already have a section.
RSRC instructors must have a full-time faculty appointment.
If you do not have a section or are new to the university, please use our RSRC Section Request form to create one for you. The deadline to submit for a new section is 5:00pm the first day of classes each semester.
WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS COURSE?
- Assign a grade at the end of the semester: Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U)
- Establish and maintain a healthy mentoring relationship
How do students enroll
Locate your mentor's RSRC Section in Goldmine and fill out the form available on the COURI website
Due to stay at home restrictions, forms are being accepted through email. Please ask your instructor to sign the form electronically (If instructor cannot sign form electronically, an email from the instructor authorizing COURI to enroll you into his/her section is accepted)
NOTE: Submitting an incomplete form will result in registration delays.
Submitting form BEFORE classes begin
Processed when term registration opens until Friday before classes begin
- Email complete form to couri@utep.edu
- COURI will lift departmental approval hold and email you when completed
- YOU self-register through Goldmine FREE of charge
(Please allow staff time to process your registration form. You will be notified that your request has been processed)
Submitting form AFTER classes begin
Processed first day of class until Census Day
- Email complete form to couri@utep.edu
- COURI will complete all necessary steps to register you for the course
(You will be responsible for the current course add/drop fee)