Change course description 201

Engineering Faculty Document No. 29-05

March 22, 2006

TO:                 The Engineering Faculty

FROM:           The EPICS Curriculum Committee

RE:                 Modify EPCS Course Description

            The EPICS Curriculum Committee has approved the change to the following course description.  This action is now submitted to the Engineering Faculty with a recommendation for approval.

EPCS  201  SOPHOMORE PARTICIPATION IN EPICS

                    Offered Fall and Spring, Summer by special arrangement. Credit 1.

                    Prerequisite:  Sophomore standing.

Course Description:  Continuation of EPCS courses (see EPCS 101).  Sophomores participating in EPCS 201 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 to 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.  EPCS 201 is offered for 1 credit.  May be repeated for credit. 

REASON:

The sentence “EPCS 201 is offered for 1 credit” shown above in bold typeface was added to differentiate it from the proposed course EPCS 202, which is offered for 2 credits, and consistent with other EPCS course numbers.