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New Course EPCS 101Engineering Faculty Document No. 32-04 TO: The Engineering Faculty FROM: The EPICS Curriculum Committee RE: New EPCS Course Numbers The EPICS Curriculum Committee has approved the following new course number. This action is now submitted to the Engineering Faculty with a recommendation for approval. EPCS 101 FRESHMAN PARTICIPATION IN EPICS Offered Fall and Spring, Summer by special arrangement. Credit 1. Prerequisite: Second semester freshman standing or permission of instructor. Course Description: Together, Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) courses (EPCS 101, EPCS 201, EPCS 301, EPCS 302, EPCS 401, and EPCS 402) create a vertical project track under which students work in multidisciplinary teams on long-term engineering-based design projects. Projects of at least one-year in duration are intended to solve real problems that are defined in consultation with "customers" from not-for-profit community and education organizations. EPCS courses are open to students from all disciplines; each student contributes expertise in his/her academic discipline. Each team consists of a mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Students are encouraged to participate in an EPICS project team for two or more semesters via enrollment in EPCS 101 while a freshman, EPCS 201 while a sophomore, EPCS 301/302 while a junior, and EPCS 401/402 while a senior. Freshman participating in EPCS 101 gain insight into the specific project, and more generally, into the design and development process. They attend planning and reporting meetings with the customer and are expected attend all team meetings. Under the mentorship of the team’s juniors and seniors they perform and report upon tasks consistent with their level of discipline expertise. May be repeated for credit. REASON: The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) courses are currently offered under 18 different course numbers within 9 different disciplines. The new course numbers aim to reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the course while also easing the registration difficulties of multiple, co-listed course numbers. Each participating department /school would determine how their students’ credits in EPICS count toward graduation requirements. Normally Offered: Each Fall, Spring. Offered Summer by special arrangement. Required Text(s): Service-Learning: Engineering in
Your Community, Marybeth Lima and William Oakes, Recommended Reference(s): None. Course Outcomes: A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements with at least 3 credits of EPICS taken over 2 or more semesters will have demonstrated: i. an ability to apply material from their discipline to the design of community-based projects ii. an understanding of design as a start-to-finish process iii. an ability to identify and acquire new knowledge as a part of the problem-solving/design process iv. an awareness of the customer v. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams and an appreciation for the contributions from individuals from multiple disciplines vi. an ability to communicate effectively with audiences with widely-varying backgrounds vii. an awareness of professional ethics and responsibility viii. an appreciation of the role that their discipline can play in social contexts Lecture Outline:
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