HIP Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research is one of UWG’s High-Impact Practices (HIPs) and an important part of the university’s broader commitment to experiential learning and career readiness. These experiences help students engage more deeply with disciplinary questions, creative inquiry, critical thinking, and scholarly or artistic production.

The Undergraduate Research (UR) course designation allows students to identify courses in the schedule of classes in Banweb that include an undergraduate research or creative project component. It also brings increased visibility to this High-Impact Practice and its role in academic life at UWG.

The Undergraduate Research (UR) Designation

The University of West Georgia aspires for every student to have the opportunity to engage in undergraduate research or creative projects. The UR course designation allows students to identify courses in the schedule of classes in Banweb that include an undergraduate research/creative project component and brings increased visibility to this High Impact Practice (HIP) and its support of academic life at UWG. Learn more about the history of HIPs at UWG in the Undergraduate Research Criteria document (pdf). There are four levels of course designation based on the extent and type of research or creative activities included in each course. View the Undergraduate Research designation matrix.

Once every fall and spring semester, faculty are invited to submit courses for approval for a UR HIP attribute in Banner. Faculty members complete a brief Smartsheet form and upload a syllabus, which should include at least one course-level learning outcome concerning undergraduate research or creative activity. The form asks whether you are submitting the course for all future sections or for selected sections in a particular semester. Faculty can also submit a Smartsheet form to remove a UR HIP designation if the attribute no longer applies.

 

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