Creativity-Innovation-Entrepreneurship (CIE)
CIE fosters creativity, entrepreneurial ingenuity, willingness to take risks, resilience, and competence in addressing challenges from multiple perspectives. By combining the expertise of our five distinguished schools, the University of Richmond has a unique opportunity to engage students and faculty in innovative and stimulating collaboration around real-world problems. CIE assists students and faculty through all stages of development – from back-of-the-napkin concepts to complete execution – with support in programming, mentorship, and funding.
Data Analytics & Data Science
We are training our students for future careers in the marketplace. Data science and quantitative computational analysis are emerging as critically important disciplines. Many of our students will work in fields impacted by and reliant upon fluency in these disciplines.
Inclusive Pedagogy
We benefit from the diversity of our student body, with increasing enrollment from underrepresented minority groups, international students, first-generation students, Pell grant recipients, and students identifying with a range of religious, gender, political, and sexual orientations. However, educational access does not always translate into meaningful inclusion or the dividends it affords. Our Inclusive Pedagogy program supports the development and incorporation of course content and pedagogical practices that enhance inclusion in the classroom.
General Education
Our recently approved new General Education curriculum provides a clear identity that is purposeful and coherent. Six areas of inquiry – literary, scientific, social, historical, symbolic reasoning, and visual and performing arts – are complemented by integrated focus areas: quantitative data literacy; equity, power, inclusion & culture; and written and oral/embodied communication. Students explore these areas through a foundation of liberal arts experiences, which includes a First Year Seminar, WELL 100, and a second language proficiency.
Enhance Student Learning
We are committed to ensuring all our students can make the most of their Richmond experience and accomplish what they set out to achieve. We provide academic resources at every stage of the educational journey, complementing and integrating skill-building with our curriculum to enhance and support holistic student development.
