How Does EPICS Count?

The following departments have formally approved how EPICS credit can be used on your plan of study.

College of Agriculture

Natural Resources and Environmental Science (NRES)

  • Counts as a capstone experience.

College of Engineering

Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

  • May be used to fulfill a technical elective.
  • Permission from the AAE School is required to use EPICS as a major/minor elective.
  • May be approved for appropriate projects but cannot satisfy Senior Design requirements.

Agricultural Engineering

  • Counts as an engineering technical elective or free elective.

Biomedical Engineering

  • May count toward technical elective credit.
  • Up to three (3) EPCS credits may be used on the Technical Elective Plan of Study.

Chemical Engineering

  • May count as a technical elective if all three credits are from EPICS.
  • May count toward STS or technical elective requirements (including Construction and Engineering Management).

Civil Engineering

  • May count toward technical elective credit. Up to three (3) EPCS credits (including 100- and 200-level courses) may be used.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • EE students may count up to 6 credits (excluding those used for Senior Design) as EE Special Content Electives. These may also satisfy 2 of the 3 advanced-level labs after completing 20000-level labs.
  • Computer Engineering students may count up to 6 credits (excluding Senior Design) as Special Content Electives.
  • Senior Design requires two consecutive semesters of EPCS 41200 (4 total credits).

First-Year Engineering

  • Second-semester students (ENGR 131–132) may take EPCS 101 for one credit.

Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies

  • Three (3) credits of EPCS (200 level or above) may fulfill the engineering design requirement.
  • Three (3) credits of EPCS (200 level or above) may count as an engineering elective.

Industrial Engineering

  • Up to three (3) EPCS credits may satisfy technical elective requirements.
  • If used for a foundational learning outcome, three credits must be taken.
  • EPCS used for General Education cannot also fulfill a Technical Elective requirement.
  • If six (6) credits are completed, three may apply to Gen Ed and three to Technical Electives.

Materials Engineering

  • Counts as a Support Technical Elective (two semesters required).

Mechanical Engineering

  • EPICS 101–202 may satisfy free electives.
  • EPICS 301–402 may satisfy technical electives.

Multidisciplinary Engineering (BSE)

  • EPCS 411 and 412 may fulfill the senior capstone design requirement.
  • Three (3) credits of EPCS (200 level or above) may fulfill the engineering design selective requirement.
  • Three (3) credits of EPCS (200 level or above) may count as an engineering elective.

Nuclear Engineering

  • Up to three (3) 400-level EPCS credits may count as technical electives.

Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering (SEE)

  • May count toward SEE Selective, Technical Elective, and/or Senior Design (maximum of 6 total EPCS/GEP credits applied).
  • SEE Selective: 3-credit sequence required; project must be SEE-related, consecutive semesters, same project, 200+ level.
  • SEE Technical Elective: 1–3 credits allowed; 100+ level permitted.
  • Senior Design: 3 EPCS credits permitted; consult SEE advisor.

College of Pharmacy

  • BSPS: Fulfills Science, Technology, and Society (UCC) selective or elective credit.
  • PharmD: Fulfills elective credit.

College of Science

  • Satisfies the multidisciplinary requirement.
  • 1–2 credits may meet the Science Core Teaming and Collaboration requirement.
  • Three (3) credits at any level may meet the Multidisciplinary Science requirement.

Computer Sciences

  • Senior participation (minimum 3 credits) may meet a CS track requirement with advisor approval.
  • Other participation counts as free electives.

Polytechnic Institute

Industrial Technology

  • Counts as a free elective for IT, ID, and ITID (Dual), not Tech Ed.

Mechanical Engineering Technology

  • May satisfy the Technical Selective and beyond-the-classroom component.

Organizational Leadership Supervision

  • May count as a free elective, technical elective, and experiential requirement.

College of Health and Human Sciences

  • Meets specialization requirements for Individual and Family Studies and Youth, Adult, and Family Services, or may be used as an elective for other majors.

College of Liberal Arts

  • Three (3) credits may fulfill the Social Ethics requirement of the CLA Core.
  • Honors Option available.

School of Business

  • Key component of the Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) program.
  • Counts as a free elective or University Core STS requirement.

Certificate in Entrepreneurship

  • Counts toward the Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
  • Option requirement: Any EPCS at the 100–300 level.
  • Capstone requirement: Two (2) credits at the 400 level.