Organizational Units
Organizational Units Within Undergraduate Education
The Undergraduate Education unit supports programs, research and seminars across campus. A list to the programs and links to contact information (when available) appears below.
Undergraduate Education Organizational Chart
Our Undergraduate Education organizational chart in a downloadable and printable PDF format.
Alpha Center
The ALPHA Center is an infrastructure for establishing long term engagements between faculty/campus personnel and K-12 education. The purpose is to foster collaboration between interested groups, focusing attention and resources to insure a quality education for all students.
ALPHA Center contact information
Education Abroad Program
The Education Abroad Program, run through the International Education Center caters to outbound students who have the desire to study in a foreign country, offering full-year and short-term programs in a wide range of academic disciplines.
International Education Center contact information
First -Year Programs
First-Year Programs help students to get the most out of their first year on campus and to navigate their everyday challenges outside the classroom.
First-Year Programs contact information
Institutional Research
Institutional Research designs and implements research and evaluation studies related to undergraduate education, in support of program and policy development and academic planning.
Institutional Research contact information
iTeach
iTeach serves as an online clearinghouse for resources related to instructional enhancement
Learning Center
The Learning Center provides a variety of services to help students succeed in their college classes.
Learning center contact information
Office of Instructional Development
Office of Instructional Development supports instructional innovation and excellence through a variety of instructional innovation programs including grants, development programs, and support services to promote the effective use of current and emerging instructional methodologies, pedagogues, and technologies to enhance teaching and learning opportunities on our campus.
Summer Sessions
Summer Sessions provides students with access to over 350 courses each summer, including many high demand classes.
UC Washington Academic Internship Program
The UC Washington Academic Internship Program offers qualified undergraduate students from any major an exciting opportunity to combine course work, field research and work experience during a quarter's residence in our nation's capital.
University Honors Program
The University Honors Program encourages well prepared and highly motivated students to excel in a challenging academic environment, while providing stimulating learning opportunites that promote growth and discovery.
University Honors Program contact information
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Education and the Colleges support a variety of programs that allow UCR students to attain a high proficiency in undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity. Programs match students with faculty mentors, host several l symposia to showcase students' accomplishments, and help to publish an Undergraduate Research Journal containing the highest quality research and scholarly activity completed on campus each year.
Undergraduate Research contact information
University Writing Program
The University Writing Program (UWP) is responsible for administering courses that fulfill the cmapus writing requirement, and for developing initiatives that promote and support writing across the curriculum. UWP also administers the English 1ABC as well as the examinations and courses related to the Entry-Level Writing Requirement (Analytical Writing Placement Exam, Basic Writing3 (ESL Instruction), English Writing 4, and English 5). It also offers workshops, tutorials, and TA-training to departments across the campus to support the expansion of writing-intensive instruction across the curriculum.
University Writing Program contact information
Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC)
UCR is currently undergoing reaccreditation from Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC). The three major themes of the review are: (1) Learning within a Campus Culture of Diversity, (2) Growing and Improving Graduate and Professional Programs, and (3) Improving Undergraduate Student Engagement, Experience, and Learning Outcomes.