Staying safe in off-campus experiences

Please see our guidelines for staying safe in off-campus experiences for information relevant to students, faculty/staff, and campus partners.

VCU REAL

REAL is

Connect. Create. Contribute.

What is REAL?

» Hands-on learning for every VCU student

Welcome to the REAL website! We hope students, faculty, staff and community partners alike will find these pages to be a valuable digital resource for experiential learning at VCU.

As a starting point, here are some of the key items we think might currently be of interest:

For students

 Find an experience
 Ask a question

For students, the REAL website provides a central place to find experiential learning experiences, learn what the REAL levels mean, and to ask questions that you need answered.

For faculty and staff

 Get a REAL classification
 Data Dashboard

For faculty and staff, this website offers resources for navigating experiential learning during COVID-19, information about the REAL academic regulation, as well as tools for using Student Opportunities Center.

See presentation to Faculty Senate on REAL requirement »

For community partners

 Hiring/recruiting guidance

On this website, our community partners can find guidance on hiring and recruiting during COVID-19.

Key partners

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Undergraduate Research
Community Engagement and Impact
Education Abroad
Living-learning programs
Career
Services
Major Maps

Types of REAL activities

A wide variety of academic activities qualify as a REAL experience:

  • Capstone experiences
  • Integrative learning experiences
  • Career exploration and development activities
  • Interprofessional collaboration
  • Civic learning and engagement
  • Leadership education
  • Co-ops
  • Living-learning communities
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation activities
  • Project/performance-based learning
  • Field experiences
  • Practicums/clinical placements
  • Independent studies
  • Research
  • Internship
  • Service learning

Want to learn more?

Ask your academic advisor, or contact us at real@vcu.edu.

At VCU, our goal is not only workforce readiness.

It's WORLD readiness.

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