Student Learning Goals

Through the Faculty-Student Mentoring Program, protégés develop the skills, confidence, and critical thinking needed to excel in research, scholarship, and creative work. Guided by faculty mentors, students learn to design projects, collaborate effectively, and present their findings with clarity and purpose.

F-SMP Protégés will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the research, scholarship and/or creative practices in their discipline and related subfields.
• Utilize research, scholarship and/or creative practices and tools of their field to carryout their projects.
• Bring appropriate skills to bear with an awareness of how one portion of a design or project will affect other aspects of their project.
• Continuously monitor their own learning and seek guidance to advance their own knowledge and their project.
• Work constructively with faculty mentor.
• When appropriate, protégés will establish a common vision for group projects or within interdisciplinary teams.
• Gather information relevant to their research, either from published sources or direct observations.
• Evaluate the quality of the information obtained for their projects.
• Present orally and in writing their work, vision, and/or conclusions as part of direct activities with faculty mentor and peers.
• Articulate and defend their work, vision, and/or conclusions to peers and superiors at campus or regional undergraduate research, scholarship and/or creative competitions.