TABLE 1.

Acronyms used in this essay and their meanings

Acronym	Meaning
ALO(s)	Anticipated learning outcome(s)
CURA(s)	Course-based undergraduate research ability(ies)
CURE(s)	Course-based undergraduate research experience(s)
LO(s)	Learning outcome(s)
LR	An example of a “lower-rated” CURA statement: Recognize how proteins that are closely related by evolution can have dramatically different functions
PICURA	Process for Identifying Course-Based Undergraduate Research Abilities
TR	An example of a “top-rated” CURA statement: Determine using computational software whether, and where a ligand may be binding to a protein
VLO(s)	Verified learning outcome(s)
WR	Weighted-relevance