Academic and Professional Preparedness: Outcomes of Undergraduate Research in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

As many studies on undergraduate research outcomes are focused on STEM fields, the widely variable experiences in the humanities, arts, and social sciences are less known and harder to study. This article assesses outcomes among students who pursued faculty-mentored research in those fields and conc...

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Published in:Scholarship and practice of undergraduate research 2021-08, Vol.4 (4), p.3-9
Main Authors: Kistner, Kelly, Sparck, Erin M, Liu, Amy, Whang Sayson, Hannah, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Arnold, Whitney
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art Education
Career Choice
Career Readiness
Control Groups
Departments
Employers
Higher education
Humanities
Independent Study
Knowledge
Mentors
Outcomes of Education
Science
Social Sciences
STEM education
Student Experience
Student Research
Students
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:As many studies on undergraduate research outcomes are focused on STEM fields, the widely variable experiences in the humanities, arts, and social sciences are less known and harder to study. This article assesses outcomes among students who pursued faculty-mentored research in those fields and concurrently participated in programs administered through UCLA's Undergraduate Research Center for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (URC-HASS). As program participants receive support to help counterbalance discrepancies across departments and mentors, they also form a distinct sample group useful for statistical analysis. Compared to a quasi-control group of nonresearch students, the research students reported statistically significant better outcomes on average in attaining several of the skills sought by today's employers, thus demonstrating the potential benefits of undergraduate research in these disciplines.
ISSN:2476-101X
DOI:10.18833/spur/4/4/1