Program Overview

Undergraduate Research Opportunity

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) provides an opportunity for senior undergraduates from CAPT to be part of a Fellow’s existing research project. Students will be able to:

• Identify interesting questions to be answered within the context of the research project
• Formulate strategies to gather relevant information
• Analyse the patterns in the information to arrive at conclusions
• Justify the credibility of the conclusions
• Critically evaluating the nature of the inquiry undertaken and its strengths and weaknesses

Course Information

The UROP is a 4 Unit graded undergraduate course without S/U option. It is an Unrestricted Elective (UE) that cannot replace the five courses in the University Town College Programme (UTCP). If this course clashes with UTCP, the UTCP course must take priority. Students should have completed or are en route to completing the UTCP, but they may apply to read UROP if they are concurrently reading a remaining course to complete UTCP. The student must be a current CAPTain or a CAPT alumnus, with a CAP of 3.50 and above.

UROP Timeline

• 1 to 2 months before the semester: Publicising of UROP topic and consultation with Supervising Fellow
• Weeks -2 to -1: Submission of UROP Registration Form
• Weeks 1 to 13: Research and consultation with Supervising Fellow
• By Week 14: Submission of assessment items listed in the UROP Registration Form

Research Areas

Some potential research areas include:

• Learning Outcomes and Higher Education: The Convergences and Divergences in Achieving 21st Century Graduate Attributes
• Improving of Social Values of Seawalls in Singapore
• Other research projects initiated by CAPT Fellows